Foreword
Preface
References
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Contents
About the Author
Alphabetical List of Families
Part I: DICOTYLEDONS
1: BASAL LINEAGES
NYMPHAEACEAE
WATER LILY FAMILY
5 GENERA AND 70 SPECIES
Nymphaea spp.
WATER LILIES
Victoria amazonica
ROYAL WATER LILY
SCHISANDRACEAE (Including ILLICIACEAE)
ILLICIUM FAMILY, STAR ANISE FAMILY
3 GENERA AND ±90 SPECIES
Illicium floridanum
FLORIDA ANISE, PURPLE ANISE
Illicium parviflorum
STAR ANISE
2: MAGNOLIIDS
PIPERACEAE
PEPPER FAMILY
5 GENERA AND ±3700 SPECIES
Peperomia spp.
RADIATOR PLANT
Piper spp.
PEPPER
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
DUTCHMAN’S PIPE FAMILY; BIRTHWORT FAMILY, PIPEVINE FAMILY
7 GENRA AND ±500 SPECIES
Aristolochia arborea
ARISTOLOCHIA TREE
Aristolochia littoralis
CALICO FLOWER
MAGNOLIACEAE
MAGNOLIA FAMILY
2 GENERA AND 267 SPECIES
Liriodendron tulipifera
TULIP TREE, YELLOW POPLAR
Magnolia figo
BANANA SHRUB
Magnolia grandiflora
SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA, BULL BAY
Magnolia liliiflora
MULAN MAGNOLIA, PURPLE MAGNOLIA, LILY MAGNOLIA
Magnolia × soulangeana
SAUCER MAGNOLIA
Magnolia stellata
STAR MAGNOLIA
Magnolia × ‘Royal Crown’
ROYAL CROWN MAGNOLIA
ANNONACEAE
CUSTARD APPLE FAMILY
±111 GENERA AND ±2300 SPECIES
Cananga odorata
YLANG-YLANG
Asimina spp.
PAWPAW
CALYCANTHACEAE
CALYCANTHUS FAMILY
4 GENERA AND ±11 SPECIES
Calycanthus floridus
SWEET SHRUB
ADDITIONAL GENUS
LAURACEAE
LAUREL FAMILY
±45 GENERA AND ±2850 SPECIES
Cinnamomum camphora
Camphor Tree
Cinnamomum verum
CINNAMON TREE, CEYLAN CINNAMON TREE
Persea americana
ALLIGATOR PEAR, AVOCADO, AGUACATE
Persea borbonia
RED BAY
3: Eudicots
PAPAVERACEAE
POPPY FAMILY
43 GENERA AND ±525 SPECIES
SUBFAMILY PAPAVEROIDEAE
Dendromecon harfordii
CHANNEL ISLANDS TREE POPPY
Meconopsis betonicifolia
BLUE POPPY, HIMALAYAN POPPY
Papaver spp.
POPPIES
ADDITIONAL GENERA
SUBFAMILY FUMARIOIDEAE (FUMARY, BLEEDING HEARTS)
Dicentra eximia
EASTERN BLEEDING HEART, FRINGED BLEEDING HEART, TURKEY CORN
Lamprocapnos spectabilis
BLEEDING HEART
BERBERIDACEAE (Including Nandinaceae & Podophyllaceae)
BARBERRY FAMILY
14 (15) GENERA AND ±750 SPECIES
Berberis aquifolium
OREGON GRAPE-HOLLY
Berberis bealei
LEATHERLEAF MAHONIA
Berberis julianae
WINTERGREEN BARBERRY
Berberis thunbergii
JAPANESE BARBERRY
Epimedium grandiflorum
BISHP’S HAT, HORNY GOAT WEED
Nandina domestica
HEAVENLY BAMBOO, SACRED BAMBOO
Podophyllum peltatum
MAYAPPLE, INDIAN APPLE, WILD MANDRAKE, POMME DE MAI
RANUNCULACEAE (Including Helleboraceae)
BUTTERCUP FAMILY
43 GENERA AND ±2346 SPECIES
Anemone hupehensis
JAPANESE THIMBLEWEED
Aquilegia spp.
COLUMBINE
Aquilegia canadensis
EASTERN RED COLUMBINE
Aquilegia vulgaris
COMMON COLUMBINE
Clematis spp.
CLEMATIS
Delphinium spp.
LARKSPUR
Glaucidium palmatum
MOUNTAIN-HOLLYHOCK, JAPANESE WOOD POPPY
Helleborus argutifolius
CORSICAN HELLEBORE
Nigella damascena
LOVE-IN-A-MIST, DEVIL-IN-A-BUSH
Ranunculus occidentalis
WESTERN BUTTERCUP
Ranunculus asiaticus
PERSIAN BUTTERCUP, TURBAN BUTTERCUP
Thalictrum aquilegifolium
MEADOW-RUE
ADDITIONAL GENERA
NELUMBONACEAE
SACRED LOTUS FAMILY
1 GENUS AND 3 SPECIES
Nelumbo nucifera
SACRED LOTUS, EAST INDIAN LOTUS
PLATANACEAE
PLANE TREE FAMILY
1 GENUS AND 8 SPECIES
Platanus spp.
SYCAMORE
PROTEACEAE
PROTEA FAMILY
79 GENERA AND ABOUT ±1700 SPECIES
Grevillea robusta
SILK OAK, SPIDER FLOWER
Leucospermum cordifolium
NODDING PINCUSHION
Protea magnifica
QUEEN PROTEA, QUEEN SUGARBUSH
TROCHODENDRACEAE
TROCHODENDRON FAMILY
2 GENERA AND 2 SPECIES
Trochodendron aralioides
TAIWANESE PARASOL TREE, WHEEL TREE
BUXACEAE
BOXWOOD FAMILY
6 GENERA AND ±60 SPECIES
Buxus microphylla
BOXWOOD
Buxus sempervirens
COMMON BOXWOOD; ENGLISH BOXWOOD
GUNNERACEAE
1 GENUS AND 56 SPECIES
Gunnera manicata
GIANT RHUBARB
DILLENIACEAE
DILLENIA FAMILY
12 GENERA AND 430 SPECIES
Dillenia indica
INDIAN CATMON, ELEPHANT APPLE
Dillenia ovata
SIMPUR, THIU, TIMPURU
PAEONIACEAE
PAEONY/PEONY FAMILY
1 GENUS AND 32 SPECIES
Paeonia spp.
PAEONY OR PEONY
ALTINGIACEAE
SWEETGUM FAMILY
1 GENUS AND 15 SPECIES
Liquidambar styraciflua
SWEET GUM
HAMAMELIDACEAE
WITCH HAZEL FAMILY
26–30 GENERA AND ±80–140 SPECIES
Fothergilla gardenii
DWARF FOTHERGILLA, COASTAL FOTHERGILLA
Hamamelis × intermedia
HYBRID WITCHHAZEL
Loropetalum chinense
CHINESE FRINGE BUSH
HAEMODORACEAE
BLOODWORT FAMILY
14 GENERA AND ±100 SPECIES
Anigozanthos spp.
KANGAROO PAW; CATSPAW; AUSTRALIAN SWORD LILY
SAXIFRAGACEAE
SAXIFRAGE FAMILY
35 (43) GENERA AND 643 SPECIES
Astilbe spp.
FALSE GOATSBEARD, FEATHER TREE
Heuchera spp.
ALUM-ROOT, CORAL BELLS
Saxifraga
SAXIFRAGE
Tiarella cordifolia
FOAMFLOWER, HEARTLEAF FOAM FLOWER
ADDITIONAL GENERA
CRASSULACEAE
ORPINE FAMILY
48 (7–35) GENERA AND ±1300 (1400) SPECIES
Aeonium spp.
AEONIUMS
Bryophyllum manginii
CHANDALIER PLANT, BEACH BELLS
Cotyledon orbiculata
PIGS EAR
Crassula arborescens
SILVER DOLLAR PLANT; SILVER JADE
Crassula ovata
JADE PLANT, MONEY TREE
Echeveria spp.
HEN-AND-CHICKENS
Kalanchoe beharensis
VELVET LEAF KALANCHOE, FELT BUSH, ELEPHANT EAR
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
KALANCHOE
Kalanchoe marmorata
PENWIPER PLANT, SPOTTED KALANCHOE
Kalanchoe tomentosa
PANDA PLANT
Sedum spp.
STONECROPS
Sedum morganianum
BURRO’S TAIL, DONKEY’S TAIL
Sempervivum spp.
HOUSE-LEEK
ADDITIONAL GENUS
VITACEAE
GRAPE FAMILY
14 GENERA AND 910 SPECIES
Leea guineensis
WEST INDIAN HOLLY
Cyphostemma juttae
BLUE KOBAS, WILD GRAPE, ELEPHANT’S FOOT
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
CALTROP FAMILY, CREOSOTE BUSH FAMILY
21 (27) GENERA AND ±154 (240) SPECIES
Guaiacum sanctum
LIGNUM VITAE, PALO SANTO, HOLYWOOD
ADDITIONAL GENERA
FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE)
LEGUME FAMILY, PEA FAMILY
766 GENERA AND ±19,580 SPECIES
SUBFAMILIES OF FABACEAE
SUBFAMILY DUPARQUETIODEAE
1 GENUS AND 1 SPECIES
SUBFAMILY CERCIDOIDEAE
13 GENERA AND ±335 SPECIES
Bauhinia spp.
ORCHID TREE
Cercis canadensis
EASTERN REDBUD
SUBFAMILY DETARIOIDEAE
84 GENERA AND 760 SPECIES (IN 7 TRIBES)
Amherstia nobilis
PRIDE OF BURMA
Brownea macrophylla
PANAMA FLAME TREE, ROSE OF VENEZUELA
Saraca asoca
ASHOKA TREE, HANDKERCHIEF TREE, SORROWLESS TREE
Tamarindus indica
TAMARIND
SUBFAMILY DIALOIDEAE
17 GENERA AND 85 SPECIES
SUBFAMILY FABOIDEAE (PAPILIONOIDEAE)
484 GENERA AND ±13,483 SPECIES
Dalbergia sissoo
SISSOO TREE, INDIAN ROSEWOOD
Erythrina crista-galli
CORAL TREE, COCKSPUR CORAL TREE, CRYBABY TREE
Erythrina herbacea
CORALBEAN, CHEROKEE BEAN
Baptisia australis
BLUE WILD INDIGO, BLUE FALSE INDIGO
Genista spachiana
SWEET BROOM, CANARY ISLAND BROOM
Hardenbergia violacea
PURPLE CORAL PEA, LILAC VINE, AUSTRIAN SARSAPARILLA
Laburnum anagyroides
GOLDEN CHAIN, GOLDEN RAIN
Lespedeza bicolor
SHRUBBY BUSH CLOVER, SHRUB LESPIDEZA
Lupinus × hybrida
LUPIN, LUPINE
Sesbania punicea
RATTLEBOX, PURPLE SESBAN
Strongylodon macrobotrys
JADE VINE, EMERALD VINE
Wisteria sinensis
CHINESE WISTERIA
ADDITIONAL GENERA
SUBFAMILY CAESALPINIODEA (INCLUDES THE FORMER SUBFAM. MIMOSOIDEAE)
148 GENERA AND ±4400 SPECIES
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
PEACOCK FLOWER, BARBADOS PRIDE, DWARF POINCIANA
Cassia leptophylla
GOLD MEDALION TREE
Delonix regia
FLAMBOYANT, ROYAL POINCIANA
Parkinsonia aculeata
JERUSALEM THORN TREE, MEXICAN PALO VERDE, RATAMA
Peltophorum pterocarpum
COPPERPOD, YELLOW POINCIANA
Calliandra brevipes
PINK POWDERPUFF
Calliandra haematocephala
POWDERPUFF BUSH
Mimosa pudica
SENSITIVE PLANT, TOUCH ME NOT
Senna bicapsularis
BUTTERFLY BUSH, CHRISTMAS SENNA, RAMBLING CASSIA
Senna didymobotrya
AFRICAN SENNA, POPCORN CASSIA, PEANUT BUTTER CASSIA
Vachellia farnesiana
SWEET ACACIA, PERFUME ACACIA
Albizia julibrissin
MIMOSA, PERSIAN SILK TREE
ADDITIONAL GENUS
POLYGALACEAE
MILKWORT FAMILY
21 GENERA AND 900 SPECIES
Polygala virgata
PURPLE BROOM, MILKWORT
ROSACEAE
ROSE FAMILY
133 GENERA AND 1966 SPECIES
Chaenomeles japonica
JAPANESE FLOWERING QUINCE
Cotoneaster spp.
COTONEASTER
Eriobotrya japonica
LOQUAT, JAPANESE PLUM
Geum rivale
WATER AVENS, INDIAN CHOCOLATE
Malus hupehensis
TEA CRABAPPLE, CHINESE CRABAPPLEVL
Malus ioensis
PRAIRIE CRABAPPLE, IOWA CRABAPPLE
Photinia glabra
REDLEAF PHOTINIA, JAPANESE PHOTINIA
Prunus laurocerasus
Prunus persica
DOUBLE FLOWERING PEACH
Prunus serrulata
JAPANESE FLOWERING CHERRY
Prunus subhirtella ‘Pendula’
PENDULUS ROSEBUD CHERRY, WEEPING HIGAN CHERRY
Prunus umbellata
FLATWOODS PLUM, HOG PLUM
Pyracantha coccinea
SCARLET FIRE THORN
Pyrus calleryana
FLOWERING PEAR
Rhaphiolepis indica
INDIAN HAWTHORN
Rhaphiolepis umbellata
YEDDO HAWTHORN
Rosa SPECIES, HYBRIDS, AND CULTIVARS
ROSE
Rubus odoratus
FLOWERING RASPBERRY
Spiraea cantoniensis
REEVE’S SPIRAEA
Spiraea japonica
JAPANESE MEADOWSWEET
ADDITIONAL GENERA
ELAEAGNACEAE
OLEASTER FAMILY
3 GENERA AND 50 SPECIES
Elaeagnus pungens
SILVER THORN
RHAMNACEAE
BUCKTHORN FAMILY
55 GENERA AND ±1040 SPECIES
Frangula caroliniana
CAROLINA BUCKTHORN, INDIAN CHERRY
Rhamnus cathartica
COMMON BUCKTHORN, EUROPEAN BUCJTHORN, PURGING BUCKTHORN
ADDITIONAL GENERA
ULMACEAE
ELM FAMILY
7 GENERA AND 45 SPECIES
Ulmus alata
WINGED ELM
Ulmus parvifolia
CHINESE ELM
MORACEAE
FIG FAMILY. MULBERRY FAMILY
37 GENERA AND ±1180 SPECIES
Artocarpus heterophyllus
JACKFRUIT
Broussonetia papyrifera
PAPER MULBERRY
Ficus aspera
VARIEGATED CLOWN FIG
Ficus aurea
STRANGLER FIG, GOLDEN FIG
Ficus benghalensis
BANYAN FIG, INDIAN BANYAN
Ficus benjamina
WEEPING FIG
Ficus carica
FIG, COMMON FIG
Ficus deltoidea
MISTLETOE FIG
Ficus elastica
INDIAN RUBBER TREE, RUBBER TREE
Ficus lyrata
FIDDLELEAF FIG
Ficus macrophylla
INDIAN LAUREL, MORTON BAY FIG, AUSTRALIAN BANYAN
Ficus pumila
CREEPING FIG
Ficus racemosa
CLUSTER FIG
Ficus rubiginosa
RUSTY FIG, PORT JACKSON FIG
Morus spp.
MULBERRY
ADDITIONAL GENERA
URTICACEAE
NETTLE FAMILY
53 GENERA AND ±1250 (2625) SPECIES
Cecropia spp.
TRUMPET TREE, SNAKEWOOD
ADDITIONAL GENERA
FAGACEAE
BEECH FAMILY
8 (or 9) GENERA AND 927 (±1100) SPECIES
Castanea sativa
SWEET CHESTNUT
Fagus sylvatica
EUROPEAN BEECH, COMMON BEECH
Lithocarpus dealbatus
TANBARK, CHESTNUT-OAK
Quercus laevis
TURKEY OAK
Quercus laurifolia
LAUREL OAK, DIAMOND OAK, DARLINGTON OAK
Quercus michauxii
BASKET OAK, SWAMP CHESTNUT OAK
Quercus nigra
WATER OAK
Quercus shumardii
SCHNECK OAK, SHUMARD OAK
Quercus virginiana
LIVE OAK
MYRICACEAE
BAYBERRY FAMILY
4 GENERA AND 48 SPECIES
Morella cerifera
SOUTHERN BAYBERRY, SOUTHERN WAX MYRTLE
JUGLANDACEAE
WALNUT AND PECAN FAMILY
12 GENERA AND 84 SPECIES
Carya glabra
PIGNUT HICKORY
Carya illinoinensis
PECAN
CASUARINACEAE
CASUARINA FAMILY
4 GENERA AND ±90 SPECIES
Casuarina equisetifolia
AUSTRALIAN PINE, SHE OAK, BEEFWOOD
BETULACEAE
BIRCH FAMILY
6 GENERA AND ABOUT 120–130 SPECIES
Betula nigra
RIVER BIRCH
Betula pendula
EUROPEAN WHITE BIRCH
BEGONIACEAE
BEGONIA FAMILY
2 GENERA AND ±1600 SPECIES
Begonia aconitifolia × B. coccinea
ANGEL-WING BEGONIA
Begonia boliviensis
BOLIVIAN BEGONIA
Begonia rex-cultorum
REX BEGONIA; FANCY-LEAF BEGONIA
Begonia × semperflorens-cultorum
WAX BEGONIA
Begonia × tuberhybrida
TUBEROUS BEGONIA
ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES
OXALIDACEAE (Including AVERRHOACEAE)
WOOD SORREL FAMILY
8 GENERA AND ±600 SPECIES
Averrhoa bilimbi
BILIMBI, BILIMBING, CUCUMBER TREE
Biophytum sensitivum
LITTLE TREE PLANT
Oxalis debilis
PINK WOOD SORREL
CUNONIACEAE (Including EUCRYPHIACEAE)
27 GENERA AND ±300 SPECIES
Eucryphia lucida
LEATHERWOOD
ERYTHROXYLACEAE (4 GENERA AND ±260 SPECIES)
Erythroxylum coca
COCAINE (254 LISTED SPECIES)
OCHNACEAE
OCHNA FAMILY
32 GENERA AND ±550 SPECIES
Ochna serrulata
MICKEY-MOUSE PLANT, CARNIVAL BUSH
CLUSIACEAE (= GUTTIFERAE)
GARCINIA FAMILY
14 GENERA AND ±750 SPECIES
Calophyllum brasiliense
BRAZILIAN BEAUTY LEAF, CALABA TREE, SANTA MARIA
Calophyllum inophyllum
ALEXANDRIAN LAUREL, BEAUTY LEAF
Clusia rosea
BALSAM APPLE, PITCH APPLE, COPEY, AUTOGRAPH TREE
HYPERICACEAE
ST. JOHN’S WORT FAMILY
9 GENERA AND 590 SPECIES
Hypericum spp.
ST. JOHN’S WORTS
MALPIGHIACEAE
MALPIGHIA FAMILY
73 (77) GENERA AND 1315 SPECIES
Galphimia gracilis
THRYALLIS, RAIN OF GOLD
Malpighia coccigera
HOLLY MALPIGHIA, MINIATURE HOLLY, SINGAPORE HOLLY
Malpighia glabra
ACEROLA, BARBADOS CHERRY
Stigmaphyllon ellipticum
GOLDEN VINE, GOLDEN CREEPER
CHRYSOBALANACEAE
CHRYSOBALANUS FAMILY, COCOPLUM FAMILY
27 GENERA AND ±530 SPECIES
Chrysobalanus icaco
COCOPLUM
Geobalanus oblongifolius
GOPHER APPLE
VIOLACEAE
VIOLA FAMILY
21 GENERA AND ±800 SPECIES
Viola × wittrockiana
PANSIES
Viola sororia
COMMON BLUE VIOLET, WOOLLY BLUE VIOLET
PASSIFLORACEAE (Including Turneraceae)
PASSION FLOWR FAMILY
27 GENERA AND 694 SPECIES
SUBFAMILY PASSIFLOROIDEAE
Passiflora spp.
PASSION FLOWERS
SUBFAMILY TURNEROIDEAE (TURNERACEAE)
Turnera ulmifolia
YELLOW ALDER, RAMGOAT DASHALONG
SALICACEAE (Including FLACOURTIACEAE p.p.)
WILLOW FAMILY
56 GENERA AND ±1220 SPECIES
POPULUS SPP.
POPLAR, ASPEN, COTTONWOOD
Salix babylonica
WEEPING WILLOW
Xylosma congesta
BRUSHHOLY, SHINY XYLOSMA
EUPHORBIACEAE
SPURGE FAMILY
210 (229) GENERA AND ±6500 SPECIES
Acalypha amentacea subsp. wilkesiana
COPPERLEAF
Acalypha hispida
CHENILLE PLANT, RED-HOT CATTAIL
Acalypha pendula
FIRETAIL CHENILLE PLANT; DWARF CHENILLE PLANT
Dalechampia dioscoreifolia
COSTA RICAN BUTTERFLY VINE, BOW TIE VINE, WINGED BEAUTY
Vernicia fordii
TUNG OIL TREE, CHINA WOOD OIL TREE
Cnidoscolus stimulosus
BULL-NETTLE, TREAD SOFTLY, FINGER NOT, SPURGE NETTLE
Codiaeum variegatum
CROTON
Jatropha curcas
PHYSIC NUT; BARBADOS NUT, PURGING NUT
Jatropha gossypiifolia
BELLYACHE BUSH, COTTON-LEAF PHYSICNUT
Jatropha integerrima
FIRECRACKER
Jatropha multifida
CORAL PLANT
Jatropha podagrica
BUDDHA’S BELLY PLANT, GOUTYSTALK, GOUT PLANT
Manihot esculenta
ASSAVA, MANDIOCA, MANIOC, YUCA
ADDITIONAL GENUS
GENUS EUPHORBIA
Euphorbia canariensis
CANARY ISLAND SPURGE, HERCULES CLUB
Euphorbia candelabrum
CANDELABRA SPURGE, AFRICAN MILK BUSH
Euphorbia characias
MEDITERRANEAN SPURGE
Euphorbia corollata
FLOWERING SPURGE
Euphorbia cotinifolia
CARIBBEAN COPPER PLANT; TROPICAL SMOKE BUSH
Euphorbia epithymoides
CUSHION SPURGE
Euphorbia esculenta
VINGERPOL SPURGE
Euphorbia graminea
GRASSLEAF SPURGE
Euphorbia griffithii
GRIFFITH’S SPURGE
Euphorbia lactea
CANDELABRA PLANT; MOTTLED SPURGE
Euphorbia milii
CORONA DE CRISTO, CROWN OF THORNS
Euphorbia obesa
BASEBALL PLANT
Euphorbia pseudocactus
ZIG-ZAG EUPHORBIA
Euphorbia pulcherrima
POINSETTIA
Euphorbia punicea
JAMAICAN POINSETTIA
Euphorbia tirucalli
PENCIL TREE, MILK BUSH, AVELOZ
Euphorbia (= Pedilanthus) spp.
BIRD FLOWER, LADY SLIPPER; DEVILS’ BACKBONE
Triadica sebifera
CHINESE TALLOW TREE, POPCORN TREE, CANDLEBERRY TREE
ADDITIONAL GENERA
LINACEAE
LINUM FAMILY
13 GENERA AND ±255 SPECIES
Reinwardtia indica
YELLOW FLAX, PYOLI
ADDITIONAL GENERRA
PHYLLANTHACEAE (Including Bischofiaceae)
58 GENERA AND ±2000 SPECIES
Bischofia javanica
TOOG TREE
Phyllanthus arbuscula
LEAF-FLOWER
GERANIACEAE
GERANIUM FAMILY
7 GENERA AND ±840 SPECIES
Erodium spp.
FILAREES, HERON’S BILL, STORKBILLS
Geranium spp.
CRANESBILLS
Pelargonium spp.
COMBRETACEAE
COMBRETUM FAMILY
17 GENERA AND ABOUT ±500 SPECIES
Combretum fruticosum
ORANGE FLAME VINE, CHAMELEON VINE
Combretum indicum
RANGOON CREEPER, CHINESE HONEYSUCKLE
Conocarpus erectus
BUTTONWOOD
Terminalia buceras
BLACK OLIVE, GREGORYWOOD
Terminalia catappa
INDIAN ALMOND, TROPICAL ALMOND
LYTHRACEAE
LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY, HENNA FAMILY, POMEGRANATE FAMILY
31 GENERA AND ±600 SPECIES
Cuphea hyssopifolia
FALSE HEATHER, MEXICAN HEATHER
Cuphea ignea
CIGAR PLANT, FIRECRACKER PLANT
Cuphea llavea
BAT FACE CUPHEA, RED CUPHEA
Lagerstroemia indica
CRAPE (CREPE) MYRTLE
Lagerstroemia speciosa
PRIDE OF INDIA, QUEEN’S CRAPE MYRTLE
Punica granatum
POMEGRANATE
ONAGRACEAE
EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY
22 GENERA AND ±650 SPECIES
Fuchsia spp.
FUCHSIA, LADY’S EAR DROPS
Oenothera lindheimeri
GAURA, LINDHEIMER BEEBLOSSOM
Hauya elegans
Ludwigia sedioides
MYRTACEAE
MYRTLE FAMILY
144 GENERA AND 5774 SPECIES
Acca sellowiana
PINEAPPLE GUAVA, FEIJOA, GUAVASTEEN
Melaleuca citrinus
LEMON BOTTLEBRUSH, SCARLET BOTTLEBRUSH
Melaleuca quinquenervia
CAJEPUT TREE, PUNK TREE
Melaleuca rigidus
STIFF BOTTLEBRUSH
Melaleuca viminalis
WEEPING BOTTLEBRUSH
Eucalyptus spp.
EUCALYPTUS
Eucalyptus lehmannii
BUSHY YATES
Eucalyptus pauciflora
ALPINE SNOW GUM
Eugenia uniflora
SURINAM CHERRY, BRAZILIAN CHERRY
Myrcianthes fragrans
SIMPSON STOPPER, TWINBERRY
Psidium cattleyanum
CATTLEY GUAVA, STRAWBERRY GUAVA
Syzygium australe
BUSH CHERRY, LILLIPILLY, ALLSHAPES BONSAI
Syzygium jambos
ROSE APPLE
ADDITIONAL GENERA
MELASTOMATACEAE
MELASTOMA FAMILY
178 GENERA AND ±5000 SPECIES
Bellucia pentamera
MONZANA DE MONTANA, CORONILLO
Brachyotum microdon
RHODODENDRON OF THE ANDES
Medinilla magnifica
SHOWY MEDINILLA, PINK LANTERN
Medinilla myriantha
MALAYSIAN ORCHID, TROPICAL GRAPES
Medinilla formosana
CHANDELIER PLANT, MAL BOVITYA
Melastoma malabathricum
MALABAR MELASTOME, SINGAPORE RHODODENDRON
Pleroma urvilleana
PRINCESS FLOWER
ADDITIONAL GENERA
BURSERACEAE
TORCHWOOD FAMILY
17–20 GENERA AND 760 SPECIES
Bursera simaruba
GUMBO-LIMBO, BIRCH TREE, TURPENTINE TREE
ANACARDIACEAE
CASHEW FAMILY
ABOUT 83 GENERA AND ±860 SPECIES
Anacardium occidentale
CASHEW
Cotinus coggygria
SMOKE TREE, WIG TREE
Mangifera indica
MANGO
Pistacia chinensis
CHINESE PISTACHE
Rhus copallinum
SHINING SUMAC, WINGED SUMAC, FLAMELEAF SUMAC
Rhus typhina
STAGHORN SUMAC
Schinus terebinthifolius
BRAZILIAN PEPPER TREE, CHRISTMAS BERRY TREE
ADDITIONAL GENUS
SAPINDACEAE (Including ACERACEAE and HIPPOCASTANACEAE)
SOAPBERRY FAMILY
144 (124, 138) GENERA AND ±1860 SPECIES
Acer negundo
BOX ELDER
Acer palmatum
JAPANESE MAPLE
Acer rubrum
RED MAPLE
Aesculus hippocastanum
EUROPEAN HORSE CHESTNUT, CONKER TREE
Aesculus pavia
RED BUCKEYE, SCARLET BUCKEYE
Aesculus × carnea
(Aesculus pavia × A. hippocastanum)
RED HORSE CHESTNUT
Dimocarpus longan
LONGON, DRAGON’S EYE
Koelreuteria elegans
GOLDENRAIN TREE, FLAMEGOLD
RUE OR CITRUS FAMILY
±161 GENERA AND ±2070 SPECIES
Atalantia buxifolia
BOXTHORN, CHINESE BOX ORANGE
Calodendrum capense
CAPE CHESTNUT
Citrus spp.
CITRUS
Murraya paniculata
ORANGE JASMINE, CAFE DE LA INDIA, SATINWOOD TREE
Ruta graveolens
COMMON RUE, HERB OF GRACE
Skimmia japonica
JAPANESE SKIMMIA
ADDITIONAL GENERA
MELIACEAE
MELIA FAMILY
46 GENERA AND ABOUT 559 SPECIES
Melia azedarach
CHINABERRY TREE, PRIDE OF INDIA, UMBRELLA TREE
Swietenia mahagoni
MADEIRA, MAHOGANY, CAOBA
MALVACEAE
MALLOW FAMILY
244 GENERA AND 4225 SPECIES
MALVACEAE
MALLOW FAMILY
243 GENERA AND ±4225 SPECIES
Subfamily Helecteroideae
8 or10 GENERA AND 95 SPECIES
Durio zibethinus
DURIAN
Subfamily Byttnerioideae
26 GENERA AND 650 SPECIES
Theobroma cacao
CACAO TREE
ADDITIONAL GENUS
SUBFAMILY BOMBACOIDEAE
BOMBAX SUBFAMILY
27 GENREA AND 120 SPECIES
Adansonia digitata
BAOBAB TREE, MONKEY-BREAD TREE
Bombax ceiba
RED SILK COTTON TREE
Ceiba speciosa
SILK FLOSS TREE
Fremontodendron californicum
FREMONTIA, CALIFORNIA FLANNELBUSH
Pachira aquatica
GUIANA CHESTNUT, MALABAR CHESTNUT, WATER CHESTNUT, ETC.
Pseudobombax ellipticum
SHAVING BRUSH TREE
SUBFAMILY DOMBEYOIDEAE
DOMBEYA SUBFAMILY
17 (20) GENERA AND 164 (380) SPECIES
Dombeya wallichii
PINK BALL
Pentapetes phoenicea
SIMONE, MOONPLANT, COPPER CUPS, MIDDAY FLOWER
SUBFAMILY GREWIOIDEAE
GREWIA SUBFAMILY
25 GENERA AND 770 SPECIES
Grewia occidentalis
CROSSBERRY, FOUR-CORNER, LAVENDER STAR FLOWER
SUBFAMILY MALVOIDEAE
MALVA SUBFAMILY
78 GENERA AND 1800 SPECIES
Abelmoschus esculentus
OKRA, OCHRA, GUMBO, LADIES FINGERS
Abutilon × hybridum
FLOWERING MAPLE, CHINESE LANTERN
Gossypium arboreum
TREE COTTON
Hibiscus acetosella
RED-LEAF HIBISCUS, FALSE ROSELLE, ROSE MALLOW
Hibiscus coccineus
SCARLET HIBISCUS, SCARLET ROSE MALLOW
Hibiscus moscheutos
ROSE MALLOW, SWAMP ROSE MALLOW
Hibiscus mutabilis
CONFEDERATE ROSE, DIXIE ROSEMALLOW
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
HIBISCUS, ROSE OF CHINA
Hibiscus schizopetalus
FRINGED HIBISCUS, FRINGED ROSEMALLOW
Hibiscus sabdariffa
ROSELLE
Hibiscus syriacus
ROSE OF SHARON, SHRUB ALTHEA
Lavatera thuringiaca
TREE MALLOW
Malvaviscus arboreus
TURK’S CAP, WAX MALLOW
Talipariti tiliaceum ‘Tricolor’
SEA HIBISCUS, MAHOE
ADDITIONAL GENUS
SUBFAMILY STERCULIODEAE
STERCULIA SUBFAMILY
12 GENERA AND 430 SPECIES
Brachychiton acerifolius
ILLAWARA FLAME TREE, KURRAJONG
Brachychiton discolor
BUSH KARRAJONG, LACEBARK TREE, PINK FLAME TREE
Cola acuminata
COLA
SUBFAMILY TILIOIDEAE
TILIA SUBFAMILY
3 GENEA AND 50 SPECIES
Tilia cordata
LITTLELEAF LINDEN
THYMELAEACEAE
DAPHNE FAMILY
50 GENERA AND 898 SPECIES
Daphne odora
FRAGRANT DAPHNE, WITNTER DAPHNE
BIXACEAE
ACHIOTE FAMILY
4 GENERA AND 23 SPECIES
Bixa orellana
ANNATTO, LIPSTICK TREE
ADDITIONAL GENUS
CISTACEAE
ROCK ROSE FAMILY
9 GENERA AND ±200 SPECIES
Cistus ladanifer
BROWN-EYED ROCK ROSE
Cistus × skanbergii
DWARF PINK ROCKROSE
Helianthemum nummularium
COMMON SUN ROSE
TROPAEOLACEAE
NASTURTIUM FAMILY
1 GENUS AND 96 SPECIES
Tropaeolum majus
NASTUTIUM, INDIAN CRESS
CARICACEAE
PAPAYA FAMILY
6 GENERA AND 34 SPECIES
Carica papaya
PAPAYA, PAWPAW
Vasconcellea pubescens
MOUNTAIN PAPAYA
CAPPARACEAE (= CAPPARIDACEAE)
CAPER FAMILY
33 (34) GENERA AND ±700 SPECIES
Capparis spp.
CAPERS
CLEOMACEAE
SPIDERFLOWER FAMILY
17 GENERA AND ±150 SPECIES
Cleome hassleriana
SPIDER FLOWER
BRASSICACEAE (= CRUCIFERAE)
CRUCIFERS, CABBAGE FAMILY
±350 GENERA AND ±3600 SPECIES
Aubrieta deltoidea
PURPLE ROCK CRESS, RAINBOW ROCK CRESS
Aurinia saxatilis
GOLDEN ALYSSUM, GOLD DUST, BASKET OF GOLD
Brassica oleracea
ORNAMENTAL KALE, ORNAMENTAL CABBAGE
Iberis sempervirens
CANDYTUFT
Lobularia maritima
SWEET ALYSSUM
Matthiola incana
STOCK
ADDITIONAL GENERA
LORANTHACEAE
SHOWY MISTIETOES FAMILY
79 GENERA AND ±900 SPECIES
Psittacanthus sonorae
PARROT FLOWER
PLUMBAGINACEAE
LEADWORT FAMILY
30 GENERA AND ±725 SPECIES
Armeria maritima
SEA THRIFT, SEA PINK
Plumbago auriculata
CAPE LEADWORT, PLUMBAGO
POLYGONACEAE
BUCKWHEAT FAMILY, SMARTWEED
56 GENERA AND 1266 SPECIES
Antigonon leptopus
CORAL VINE, LOVE VINE
Coccoloba diversifolia
PIGEON PLUM
Coccoloba uvifera
SEAGRAPE
Persicaria bistorta
MEADOW BISTORT, SNAKEWEED
ADDITIONAL GENERA
DROSERACEAE
SUNDEW FAMILY
3 GENERA AND 187 SPECIES
Dionaea muscipula
VENUS’ FLYTRAP (or FLY TRAP)
Drosera spp.
SUNDEWS
NEPENTHACEAE
TROPICAL PITCHER PLANTS FAMILY
MONOGENERIC, WITH 85 SPECIES
Nepenthes spp.
TROPICAL PITCHER PLANTS, MONKEY CUPS
SIMMONDSIACEAE
JOJOBA FAMILY
1 GENUS AND 1 SPECIES
Simmondsia chinensis
JOJOBA, GOAT NUT
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
PINK FAMILY, CARNATION FAMILY
81 GENERA AND ±2625 SPECIES
Dianthus caryophyllus
CARNATION
Dianthus barbatus
SWEET WILLIAM
Dianthus plumarius
PINKS
ADDITIONAL GENERA
AMARANTHACEAE (Including CHENOPODIACEAE)
AMARANTH FAMILY
±180 GENERA AND ±2000 SPECIES
Alternanthera spp.
JOYWEEDS, JOSEPH’S COAT
Celosia spp.
WOOLFLOWERS, COCK’S COMBS
Iresine herbstii
BLOODLEAF OR BLOOD LEAF
Gomphrena globosa
GLOBE AMARANTH
ADDITIONAL GENUS
AIZOACEAE
ICE PLANT FAMILY, STONE PLANTS, DEWPLANT FAMILY
113 (134) GENERA AND ±2000 SPECIES
Lampranthus spp.
LAMPRANTHUS ICE PLANT, VYGIE
Carpobrotus edulis
HOTTENTOT FIG, ICE PLANT, SOUR FIG
ADDITIONAL GENUS
PHYTOLACCACEAE
POKEWEED FAMILY
5 genera and 33 SPECIES
Phytolacca dioica
BELHAMBRA, OMBU, BELLA OMBRE
4: Eudicots (Part II)
NYCTAGINACEAE
BOUGAINVILLEA OR FOUR O’CLOCK FAMILY
27 GENERA AND 335 SPECIES
Bougainvillea spp.
BOUGAINVILLEA
Mirabilis jalapa
FOUR O’CLOCK FLOWER, MARVEL OF PERU
MONTIACEAE
BLINKS FAMILY
10 (14) GENERA AND ±295 SPECIES
Lewisia longipetala
LONG-PETALED LEWISIA, TRUCKEE LEWISIA
DIDIEREACEAE
7 GENERA AND 22 SPECIES
Didierea madagascariensis
OCTOPUS TREE
ADDITIONAL GENUS
Portulacaria afra
ELEPHANT BUSH, DWARF JADE PLANT, PORKBUSH
PORTULACACEAE
PURSLANE FAMILY
16 OR 20 GENERA AND 278 SPECIES
Portulaca grandiflora
PURSLANE, MOSS ROSE
CACTACEAE
CACTUS FAMILY
160 GENERA AND ±1500 SPECIES
Cereus repandus
HEDGE CACTUS, PERUVIAN APPLE CACTUS
Cleistocactus winteri
GOLDEN RAT TAIL CACTUS
Echinocactus grusonii
GOLDEN BARREL CACTUS
Epiphyllum spp. and Hybrids
ORCHID CACTUS
Gymnocalycium mihanovichii
CHIN CACTUS
Harrisia spp.
PRICKLY APPLECACTI
Hylocereus undatus
NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS
Leuenbergeria bleo
ROSE CACTUS
Mammillaria spp.
GOLDEN STAR CACTUS
Opuntia spp.
PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS
Parodia magnifica
BALLOON CACTUS
Pereskia spp.
BARBADOS GOOSEBERRY
Rhipsalis spp.
WICKERWARE CACTUS
Schlumbergera spp. and Hybrids
CHRISTMAS CACTUS, EASTER CACTUS
ADDITIONAL GENERA
NYSSACEAE
NYSSA FAMILY, TUPELO-TREE FAMILY
5 GENERA AND 33 SPECIES
Davidia involucrata
DOVE TREE, HANDKERCHIEF TREE, GHOST TREE
Nyssa sylvatica
TUPELO, SOUR GUM, BLACK GUM
HYDRANGEACEAE (Including Philadel
HYDRANGEA FAMILY
10 GENERA AND 223 SPECIES
Deutzia gracilis
SLENDER DEUTZIA, SLENDER HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea arborescens
SMOOTH HYDRANGEA, WILD HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea macrophylla
BIGLEAF HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea quercifolia
OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea serrata
MOUNTAIN HYDRANGEA
Philadelphus inodorus
SCENTLESS MOCK ORANGE
ADDITIONAL GENUS
LOASACEAE
LOASA FAMILY, BLAZINGSTAR FAMILY
21 GENERA AND ±380 SPECIES
Mentzelia laevicaulis
GIANT BLAZINGSTAR, SMOOTHSTEM BLAZINGSTAR, PRAIRIE LILY
CORNACEAE
DOGWOOD FAMILY
12 GENERA AND 124 SPECIES
Cornus florida
FLOWERING DOGWOOD
BALSAMINACEAE
BALSAM FAMILY
2 GENERA AND ABOUT 600 SPECIES
Impatiens spp.
IMPATIENS
FOUQUIERIACEAE
OCOTILLO FAMILY
1 GENUS AND 11 SPECIES
Fouquieria columnaris
BOOJUM TREE, ARBOL CIRIO, CIRIO
POLEMONIACEAE
PHLOX FAMILY
25 GENERA AND 270–400 SPECIES
Phlox spp.
PHLOX
ADDITIONAL GENUS
LECYTHIDACEAE
BRAZIL NUT FAMILY
20 GENERA AND 250–350 SPECIES
Couroupita guianensis
CANNONBALL TREE, BOSKALEBAS
Gustavia superba
HEAVEN LOTUS TREE, MEMBRILLO
PENTAPHYLACACEAE
PENTAPHYLLUM FAMILY
12 GENERA AND 330 (405) SPECIES
Ternstroemia gymnanthera
CLEYERA, FALSE JAPANESE CLEYERA
SAPOTACEAE
SAPODILLA FAMILY
±58 GENERA AND ±1300 SPECIES
Manilkara zapota
CHICLE, SAPODILLA, CHICO, NASBERRY, NISPORO
EBENACEAE
EBONY FAMILY, PERSIMMON FAMILY
3 GENERA AND 768 SPECIES
Diospyros spp.
EBONY, PERSIMMON
PRIMULACEAE
PRIMROSE FAMILY
53 (69) GENERA AND ±2800 SPECIES
Jacquinia pungens
CUDJOEWOOD
Cyclamen persicum
PERSIAN VIOLET, PERSIAN CYCLAMEN, FLORIST”S CYCLAMEN
Dodecatheon meadia
SHOOTING STAR
Primula vulgaris
PRIMROSE PRIMULA, ENGLISH PRIMROSE
Ardisia crenata
CORAL ARDISIA
Lysimachia congestiflora
CREEPING JENNY, LOOSESTRIFE
THEACEAE
TEA FAMILY
7 GENERA AND 200 SPECIES
Camellia japonica
CAMELLIA
Camellia sasanqua
SASANQUA CAMELLIA
Gordonia lasianthus
LOBLOLLY BAY
Stewartia malacodendron
SILKY CAMELLIA, VIRGINIA STEWARTIA
SARRACENIACEAE
PITCHER PLANTS
3 GENERA AND 32 SPECIES
Darlingtonia californica
CALIFORNIA PITCHER PLANT, COBRA PLANT
Heliamphora spp.
MARSH PITCHER PLANTS
Sarracenia spp.
NORTH AMERICAN PITCHER PLANTS
ERICACEAE
HEATH FAMILY
126 GENERA AND ±4426 SPECIES
Enkianthus campanulatus
FURIN-TSUTSUJI, REDVEIN ENKIANTHUS
Kalmia latifolia
MOUNTAIN LAUREL
Pieris japonica
LILY OF THE VALLEY BUSH, BITTERWEED, JAPANESE ANDROMEDA
Rhododendron spp.
AZALEA
Rhododendron austrinum
FLORIDA FLAME AZALEA
Rhododendron canescens
SOUTHERN PINXTER AZALEA, PIEDMONT AZALEA
Rhododendron minus
PIEDMONT RHODODENDRON
Rhododendron × obtusum
KURUME HYBRID AZALEA
Rhododendron simsii
FORMOSA AZALEA, INDIAN AZALEA
Vaccinium spp.
BLUEBERRY, CRANBERRY, HUCKLEBERRY, ETC.
ADDITIONAL GENERA
GENTIANACEAE
GENTIAN FAMILY
102 GENERA AND ±1750 SPECIES
Eustoma grandiflorum
LISIANTHUS, BLUEBELL GENTIAN, PRAIRIE GENTIAN
Exacum affine
PERSIAN VIOLET
Gentiana pumila
DWARF GENTIAN
RUBIACEAE
COFFEE FAMILY, MADDER FAMILY
593 (609) GENERA AND ±13,673 SPECIES
Arachnothryx leucophylla
BUSH PENTAS, PANAMA ROSE, DAMA DE NOCHE
Bouvardia ternifolia
SCARLET BOUVARDIA, FIRECRACKER BUSH
Coffea arabica
ARABIAN COFFEE
Gardenia jasminoides
GARDENIA, CAPE JASMINE
Hamelia patens
FIREBUSH, SCARLET BUSH
Ixora coccinea
IXORA, FLAME OF THE WOODS
Mussaenda philippica
TROPICAL DOGWOOD, ”BUDDHA”S LAMP, VIRGIN TREE
Myrmecodia tuberosa
ANT PLANT
Pentas lanceolata
STAR FLOWER, EGYPTIAN STAR CLUSTER
Pogonopus speciosus
CHORCHA DE GALLO
Portlandia grandiflora
JAMAICAN BELL FLOWER, WHITE HORSE FLOWER
Psychotria nervosa
WILD COFFEE, SEMINOLE BALSAMO
Psychotria poeppigiana
HOT LIPS, LABIOS DE PUTA, SORE-MOUTH BUSH
Rondeletia odorata
RONDELETIA, PANAMA ROSE
ADDITIONAL GENERA
GELSEMIACEAE
2 GENERA AND 7 SPECIES
Gelsemium sempervirens
CAROLINA JESSAMINE, YELLOW JESSAMINE, FALSE JASMINE
APOCYNACEAE
DOGBANE FAMILY
ABOUT 366–402 GENERA AND 5000–5250 SPECIES
SUBFAMILIES APOCYNOIDEAE + RAUVOLFIOIDEAE (APOCYNACEAE)
Adenium obesum
DESERT ROSE, MOCK AZALIA
Allamanda blanchetii
PURPLE ALLAMANDA, VIOLET ALLAMANDA
Allamanda cathartica
YELLOW ALLAMANDA, GOLDEN TRUMPET VINE
Allamanda schottii
BUSH ALAMANDA
Amsonia tabernaemontana
ARKANSAS BLUE STAR
Carissa macrocarpa
NATAL PLUM
Cascabela thevetia
YELLOW OLEANDER, SUICIDE TREE, LUCKY NUT
Catharanthus roseus
MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE
Mandevilla boliviensis
WHITE MANDEVILLA
Mandevilla splendens
PINK ALLAMANDA
Nerium oleander
OLEANDER
Ochrosia elliptica
KOPSIA, OCHROSIA, WEDGE APPLE
Pachypodium baronii
BONTAKA
Pachypodium lamerei
MADAGASCAR PALM
Pachypodium rosulatum
ELEPHANT FOOT PLANT
Plumeria rubra
FRANGIPANI
Plumeria pudica
BRIDAL FRANGIPANI
Strophanthus gratus
POISON ARROW; CLIMBING OLEANDER
Tabernaemontana divaricata
CREPE JASMINE, PINWHEEL FLOWER; FLEUR D”AMOUR
Trachelospermum asiaticum
SMALL-LEAF CONFEDERATE JASMINE, JAPANESE STAR JASMINE
Trachelospermum jasminoides
CONFEDERATE JASMINE, STAR JASMINE
Vinca major
PERIWINKLE, CREEPING MYRTLE
Wrightia antidysenterica
CORAL SWIRL, WHITE ANGEL, SNOWFLAKE
ADDITIONAL GENUS
SUBFAMILIES ASCLEPIADOIDEAE, PERIPLOCOIDEAE, SECAMONOIDEAE (ASCLEPIADACEAE)
Asclepias curassavica
TROPICAL MILKWEED, BLOOD FLOWER
Asclepias incarnata
SWAMP MILKWEED
Asclepias syriaca
COMMON MILKWEED
Asclepias tuberosa
BUTTERFLY WEED, PLEURISY ROOT
Asclepias viridis
GREEN ANTELOPEHORN, SPIDER MILKWEED
Ceropegia haygarthii
LANTERN FLOWER, PARASOL FLOWER
Cryptostegia grandiflora
RUBBER VINE
Dischidia nummularia
BUTTON ORCHID, PEBBLE BEACH, STRING OF NICKELS
Fockea crispa
BERGBAROE. KAMBRO
Hoodia gordonii
BUSHMAN”S HAT, QUEEN OF THE NAMIB
Hoya archboldiana
PAPUA WAX PLANT
Hoya carnosa
PORCELAIN FLOWER, WAX PLANT
Hoya diversifolia
WAX PLANT; PORCELAIN FLOWER, AKAR KEKAPAL
Hoya macgillivrayi
WAX PLANT, PORCELAIN FLOWER
Hoya multiflora
SHOOTING STAR HOYA
Hoya pachyclada
WAX PLANT, PORCELAIN FLOWER
Huernia schneideriana
RED DRAGON FLOWER
Orbea lepida
AFRICAN STARFISH FLOWER
Stapelia gigantea
CARRION FLOWER; STARFISH FLOWER
Stapelia grandiflora
STARFISH FLOWER; GIANT ZULU
Stapelia hirsuta
STARFISH FLOWER, CARRION PLANT
ADDITIONAL GENUS
BORAGINACEAE
BORAGE FAMILY, FORGET ME NOT FAMILY
135 GENERA AND ±2500 SPECIES
Cordia boissieri
TEXAS OLIVE, WHITE CORDIA, ANACAHUITA
Cordia lutea
YELLOW CORDIA
Cordia sebestena
SCARLET CORDIA, GEIGER TREE
Heliotropium angiospermum
SCORPION’S TAIL
Heliotropium arborescens
COMMON HELIOTROPE, CHERRY PIE
Myosotis sylvatica
GARDEN FORGET ME NOT, WOODLAND FORGET ME NOT
ADDITIONAL GENERA
CONVOLVULACEAE
MORNING GLORY FAMILY
57 GENERA AND ±1660 SPECIES
Evolvulus glomeratus
EVOLVULUS, BLUE DAZE
Ipomoea alba
MOON FLOWER
Ipomoea batatas
SWEET POTATO
Ipomoea horsfalliae
LIPSTICK VINE, CARDINAL CREEPER, LADY DOORLY’S VINE
Ipomoea pes‑caprae
BEACH MORNING GLORY, GOAT”S FOOT, RAILROAD VINE
SOLANACEAE
NIGHTSHADE FAMILY
105 GENERA AND ±2030 SPECIES
Brugmansia spp.
ANGEL’S TRUMPET
Brunfelsia pauciflora
YESTERDAY-TODAY-AND TOMORROW
Capsicum annuum
PEPPER
Cestrum spp.
CESTRUMS, JESSAMINES
Datura metel
DOWNY THORN APPLE, MOONFLOWER
Iochroma cyaneum
VIOLET CHURUR, PURPLE VIOLET TUBEFLOWER
Juanulloa aurantiaca
PERUVIAN ORANGE BUSH, GOLD FINGER
Nicotiana tabacum
TOBACCO
Petunia hybrida
COMMON PETUNIA
Salpiglossis sinuate
SALPIGLOSSIS, PAINTED TONGUE
Solanum spp.
NIGHTSAHDES
Solandra maxima
CUP OF GOLD VINE, GOLDEN CHALICE VINE, COPA-DE-ORO
MENYANTHACEAE
BOG BEANS FAMILY
7 GENERA AND 55 SPECIES
Nymphoides cristata
CRESTED FLOATINGHEART
Nymphoides peltata
YELLOW FLOATING HEART
OLEACEAE
OLIVE FAMILY
24 GENERA AND ±790 SPECIES
Cartrema americana
DEVILWOOD, AMERICAN OLIVE, WILD OLIVE
Chionanthus retusus
CHINESE FRINGE TREE
Chionanthus virginicus
FRINGE TREE, OLD MAN’S BEARD, GRAY BEARD
Fraxinus americana
WHITE ASH
Jasminum mesnyi
PRIMROSE JASMINE
Jasminum multiflorum
DOWNY JASMINE, STAR JASMINE
Jasminum laurifolium
PINWHEEL JASMINE, SHINING JASMINE
Ligustrum japonicum
JAPANESE PRIVET, WAX-LEAF PRIVET
Ligustrum lucidum
GLOSSY PRIVET, TREE PRIVET
Ligustrum sinense
CHINESE PRIVET
Noronhia emarginata
MADAGASCAR OLIVE
Olea europaea
COMMON OLIVE
Osmanthus fragrans
SWEET OSMANTHUS, FRAGRANT OLIVE
Osmanthus × fortunei
FORTUNE’S OSMANTHUS
Syringa vulgaris
COMMON LILAC, PERSIAN LILAC
GESNERIACEAE
GESNERIA FAMILY
154 GENERA AND MORE THAN ±3500 SPECIES
Aeschynanthus pulcher
LIPSTICK PLANT, BUGLE VINE
Codonanthe spp.
Episcia cupreata
FLAME VIOLET
Seemannia sylvatica
HARDY GLOXINIA
Sinningia speciosa
BRAZILIAN GLOXINIA
Sinningia ‘Towering Inferno’
TOWERING INFERNO HARDY GLOXINIA
Stereptocarpus ionantha
AFRICAN VIOLET
Streptocarpus saxorum
FALSE AFRICAN VIOLET
CALCEOLARIACEAE
Calceolaria spp.
SLIPPER FLOWER, SLIPPER-WORTH, POCKETBOOK PLANT
PLANTAGINACEAE
SPEEDWELL FAMILY
99 GENERA AND ±1900 SPECIES
Angelonia angustifolia
NARROWLEAF ANGELONIA, SUMMER SNAPDRAGON
Antirrhinum majus
SNAPDRAGON
Bacopa monnieri
WATER HYSSOP, INDIAN PENNYWORT, HERB OF GRACE
Digitalis purpurea
FOXGLOVE
Linaria maroccana
TOADFLAX, BUTTER, AND EGGS, BABY SNAPDRAGON
Rhodochiton atrosanguineum
PURPLE BELL VINE
Russelia equisetiformis
FOUNTAINBUSH, CORAL FOUNTAIN
Veronica peduncularis
SPEEDWELL
Veronica (= Hebe) speciosa
NEW ZEALAND HEBE, SHOWY HEBE
SCROPHULARIACEAE
FIGWORT FAMILY
59 GENERA AND ±1830 SPECIES
Buddleja davidii
BUTTERFLY BUSH, SUMMER LILAC
Chaenostoma cordatum
SNOW STORM, GIANT SNOWFLAKE
Leucophyllum frutescens
TEXAS SAGE, TEXAS BAROMETER BUSH, CENIZO
Myoporum parvifolium
CREEPING BOOBIALLA, SMALL LEAVED MYOPORUM
Verbascum phoeniceum
PURPLE MULLEIN, VELVET PLANT
LINDERNIACEAE
FALSE-PIMPERNEL FAMILY
25 GENERA AND ±260 SPECIES
Torenia fournieri
WISHBONE FLOWER, BLUEWING FLOWER
PEDALIACEAE
SESAME FAMILY
13 GENERA AND 74 SPECIES
Uncarina grandidieri
MOUSE TRAP TREE
ACANTHACEAE
ACANTHUS FAMILY, BEAR’S-BREECHES FAMILY
±225 GENERA and ±4000 SPECIES
Acanthus spinosus
SPINY BEAR’S BREECHES
Crossandra infundibuliformis
FIRECRACKER FLOWER
Justicia amplifolia
ORANGE FLAME JUSTICIA, GOLDEN CROWN JACOBINIA
Justicia aurea
YELLOW JACOBINA
Justicia brandegeana
SHRIMP PLANT
Justicia carnea
BRAZILIAN PLUME FLOWER, FLAMINGO FLOWER, JACOBINIA
Justicia spicigera
MEXICAN HONEYSUCKLE, FIRECRACKER BUSH
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
RED-CLOAK, BRAZILEAN PLUME
Odontonema cuspidatum
FIRESPIKE, MOTLED-TOOTHED THREAD
Pachystachys coccinea
BRAZILIAN PLUME, CARDINAL’S GUARD
Pachystachys lutea
YELLOW CANDLES, LILLIPOP PLANT, GOLDEN SHRIMP PLANT
Pachystachys spicata
CARDINAL’S GUARD, CHANDELIER
Peristrophe hyssopifolia “Aureo-variegata”
MARBLELEAF
Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum
SHOOTING STAR, PURPLE DAZZLER
Ruellia simplex
MEXICAN PETUNIA
Ruellia caroliniensis
WILD PETUNIA, CAROLINA PETUNIA
Sanchezia speciosa
SHRUBBY WHITEVEIN
Strobilanthes dyeranus
PERSIAN SHIELD
Thunbergia alata
BLACK-EYED SUSAN VINE
Thunbergia erecta
BUSH CLOCK VINE, KING’S MANTLE
Thunbergia grandiflora
BLUE SKY FLOWER, BENGAL TRUMPET VINE, BLUE TRUMPET VINE
Thunbergia mysorensis
BRICK AND BUTTER VINE, LADY SLIPPER VINE, DOLLS SHOES
BIGNONIACEAE
BIGNONIA FAMILY
85 GENERA AND ±845 SPECIES
Adenocalymma comosum
YELLOW TRUMPET VINE
Bignonia callistegioides
PAINTED TRUMPET VINE, ARGENTINE TRUMPET VINE
Bignonia capreolata
CROSS VINE
Bignonia magnifica
GLOWVINE, PURPLE BIGNONIA
Campsis radicans
TRUMPET VINE, TRUMPET CREEPER
Crescentia cujete
CALABASH TREE
Dolichandra unguis-cati
CAT’S-CLAW VINE, CAT’S-CLAW CREEPER
Handroanthus chrysotrichus
GOLDEN TRUMPET, TRUMPET TREE, ROBLE
Jacaranda mimosifolia
JACARANDA
Kigelia africana
SAUSAGE TREE
Pandorea jasminoides
BOWER PLANT, VINE PLANT
Pyrostegia venusta
FLAME VINE, GOLDEN SHOWER
Spathodea campanulata
AFRICAN TULIP TREE
Tabebuia berteroi
HISPANIOLAN ROSY TRUMPET TREE
Tecoma stans
YELLOW ELDER; YELLOW BELLS
Tecomanthe dendrophila
NEW GUINEA TRUMPET VINE
LENTIBULARIACEAE
BLADDERWORT FAMILY
3 GENERA AND 316 SPECIES
PINGUICULA SPP.
BUTTERWORTS
146 SPECIES
VERBENACEAE
VERBENA FAMILY
34 GENERA AND 1071 SPECIES
Duranta erecta
GOLDEN DEWDROPS, SKY FLOWER
Glandularia tampensis
TAMPA VERBENA, TAMPA MOCK VERVAIN
Lantana camara
LANTANA, YELLOW SAGE
Lantana involucrata
WILD-SAGE, BUTTONSAGE
Lantana trifolia
TREELEAF SHRUBVERBENA
Lantana montevidensis
TRAILING LANTANA, WEEPING LANTANA
Petrea volubilis
QUEEN’S WREATH, SANDPAPER VINE
Verbena × hybrida
GARDEN VERBENA
LAMIACEAE (= LABIATAE)
MINT FAMILY, SAGE FAMILY
250 GENERA AND ±7850 SPECIES
Ajuga reptans
BUGLEWEED
Callicarpa americana
AMERICAN BEAUTYBERRY, FRENCH MULBERRY
Clerodendrum spp.
CLERODENDRUMS
Coleus scutellarioides
COLEUS
Leonotis leonurus
LION’S-EAR
Holmskioldia sanguinea
MANDARIN HAT, PARASOL FLOWER
Monarda didyma
BERGAMOT, SCARLET BEE BALM
Orthosiphon aristatus
CAT’S WHISKERS, JAVA TEA
Plectranthus parviflorus
SWEDISH IVY
Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’
HYBRID LAVENDER, LAVENDER SPUR FLOWER
Salvia splendens
SCARLET SAGE
Salvia × sylvestris ‘Mainacht’
WOOD SAGE, MAY NIGHT SALVIA
Scutellaria indica
JAPANESE SKULLCAP, HELMET FLOWER
PAULOWNIACEAE
PAULOWNIA FAMILY
3 GENERA AND 8 SPECIES
Paulownia tomentosa
PRINCESS TREE, EMPRESS TREE
HELWINGIACEAE
HELWINGIA FAMILY
1 GENUS AND 4 SPECIES
Helwingia japonica
JAPANESE HELWINGIA
AQUIFOLIACEAE
HOLLY FAMILY
3 GENERA AND ABOUT ±500 SPECIES
Ilex × attenuata (Ilex cassine × I. opaca)
COMMON NAMES VARY WITH CULTIVAR
Ilex cassine
DAHOON HOLLY
Ilex cornuta
CHINESE HOLLY
Ilex crenata
JAPANESE HOLLY
Ilex latifolia
LUSTERLEAF HOLLY
Ilex opaca
AMERICAN HOLLY
Ilex rotunda
KUROGANE HOLLY, ROUND HOLLY
Ilex vomitoria
YAUPON HOLLY
CAMPANULACEAE
BELLFLOWERS, CANTERBURY BELLS
84 GENERA AND ±2400 SPECIES
Campanula elatines
ADRIATIC BELLFLOWER
Canarina canariensis
CANARY BELLFLOWER
Lobelia erinus
TRAILING LOBELIA, EDGING LOBELIA
GOODENIACEAE
GOODENIA OR FANFLOWER FAMILY
12 GENERA AND ±400 SPECIES
Scaevola aemula
FAIRY FAN FLOWER
Scaevola taccada
SCAEVOLA, BEACH CABBAGE, BEACH NAUPAKA
ASTERACEAE (= COMPOSITAE)
DAISY FAMILY, ASTER FAMILY, SUNFLOER FAMILY
±1900 GENERA AND 32,000 SPECIES
Achillea millefolium
COMMON YARROW
Ageratum houstonianum
FLOSS FLOWER
Aster spp.
ASTER, MICHAELMAS-DAISIES
Bellis perennis
COMMON DAISY, ENGLISH DAISY
Chrysanthemum indicum
CHRYSANTHEMUM
Coreopsis spp.
CALLIOPSIS, TICKSEED
Cosmos bipinnatus
COSMOS
Dahlia Cultivars
DAHLIA
Echinacea purpurea
ECHINACEA
Erigeron speciosus
DAISY FLEABANE
Euryops pectinatus
GOLDEN DAISY BUSH
Farfugium japonicum
LEOPARD PLANT, GREEN LEOPARD PLANT
Gaillardia pulchella
FIREWHEEL, INDIAN BLANKET FLOWER
Gazania spp.
TREASURE FLOWERS
Gerbera jamesonii
GERBERA DAISY
Gynura aurantiaca
PURPLE PASSION, VELVET PLANT
Helianthus angustifolius
NARROW-LEAVED SUNFLOWER, SWAMP SUNFLOWER
Helianthus annus
SUNFLOWER
Inula racemosa
INDIAN ELECAMPAIN, PUSHKAMOOLA
Jacobaea maritima
DUSTY MILLER, SILVER RAGWORT
Leucanthemum × superbum
SHASTA DAISY
Liatris spp.
BLAZING STAR, GAYFEATHER, BUTTON SNAKEROOT
Melampodium divaricatum
MELAMPODIUM, BLACKFOOT
Osteospermum ecklonis
AFRICAN DAISY, CAPE DAISY, CAPE MARGUERITE
Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides
MEXICAN FLAME VINE, ORANGE GLOW VINE
Rudbeckia spp.
CONE FLOWER, BLACK-EYED-SUSANS
Santolina chamaecyparissus
LAVENDER COTTON
Senecio radicans
STRING OF BANANAS, FISHHOOK SENECIO
Tagetes erecta
AFRICAN MARIGOLD
Sphagneticola trilobata
TRAILING DAISY, WEDELIA
Tithonia diversifolia
TREE MARIGOLD, MEXICAN SUNFLOWER
Xerochrysum bracteatum
STRAWFLOWER, EVERLASTING DAISY
Zinnia elegans
ZINNIA
VIBURNACEAE (= ADOXACEAE)
MOSCHATEL FAMILY
5 GENERA AND 225 SPECIES
Viburnum obovatum
WALTER’S VIBURNUM; BLACK HAW; SMALL-LEAF ARROWWOOD
Viburnum odoratissimum
SWEET VIBURNUM
Viburnum plicatum
DOUBLEFILE VIBURNUM; JAPANESE SNOWBALL BUSH
Viburnum suspensum
SANDANKWA VIBURNUM
Viburnum tinus
LAURUSTINUS
CAPRIFOLIACEAE
HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY
28 GENERA AND ABOUT 825 SPECIES
Linnea × grandiflora
GLOSSY ABELIA
Lonicera japonica
JAPANESE HONEYSUCKLE
Lonicera sempervirens
CORAL HONEYSUCKLE
Weigela florida
WEIGELA
PITTOSPORACEAE
PITTOSPORUM FAMILY
7 (9) GENERA AND ±245 SPECIES
Pittosporum tobira
JAPANESE PITTOSPORUM, CHEESEWOOD
ARALIACEAE
ARALIA FAMILY, GINSENG FAMILY
43 GENERA AND ±1650 SPECIES
×Fatshedera lizei
BUSH IVY
Fatsia japonica
FATSIA, JAPANESE ARALIA
Hedera algeriensis
ALGERIAN IVY
Hedera helix
ENGLISH IVY
Schefflera actinophylla
SCHEFFLERA, QUEENSLAND UMBRELLA TREE, OCTOPUS TREE
Schefflera arboricola
DWARF SCHEFFLERA
Schefflera elegantissima
FALSE ARALIA
Tetrapanax papyrifer
RICE PAPER PLANT
APIACEAE (= UMBELLIFERAE)
CELERY, CARROT, PARSELY FAMILY
347 (434) GENERA AND ± 3500 SPECIES
Angelica spp.
ANGELICA
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