INDEX
PLANTARUM
Being an annual account of live plants
cultivated in the Biology Greenhouse at
McMaster University, Hamilton,
Ontario,Canada
Compiled by
Arthur R. Yeas
Greenhouse Technician.
April 2013
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INTRODUCTION
INDEX PLANTARUM
omne ignotum pro magnifico est –
Everything Unknown Is Taken As Marvelous
TACTTUS-AGRICOLA XXX
The Index Plantarum is a working list of plants growing in the Biology greenhouse at McMaster
University.
The Index Plantarum is organized in the following manner:
Section 1 –
Monocotyledonous plants
Page 4 to page 13
Section 2 –
Eudicotyledonous plants
Page 14 to page 31
Section 3 –
Pterophyta (The Ferns)
Page 32 to page 34
Section 4 –
Conifers
Page 35 to page 38
Cycads
Equisetum
Selaginella
Psilotum
Jungermania (formerly Marchantia)
Podocarpus
Each plant family name, plant genus and species was researched using three sources of
information. They were:
1.
The International Plant Name Index
2.
The Plant List
3.
World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
All of the plant families were verified using the most up to date information provided at the
“World Checklist of Selected Plant Families”. (Check “References Used” at the end of this introduction
for the web address). The information at World Checklist of Selected Plant Families was used “with the
permission of the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew”.
An asterisk (*) beside a plant family name indicates that the family name is unresolved and is
currently being researched. When the family name is accepted by the scientific community, appropriate
changes will be made.
Plant families are organized alphabetically in each section.
Plant Names
Within each section in the Index Plantarum plant names are organized alphabetically under each
plant family.
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Each plant name has been checked and verified using the references listed in this document.
Where a plant name is unresolved, a notation to that effect is made under the plant name. Every plant
name is recorded in the Index Plantarum in a specific manner.
For example:
Anthurium hookeri Kunth
Enum. Pl. 3:74 (1841)
Giant Bird-Nest Anthurium
St. Lucia to Northern South America
-each plant name has a currently accepted genus and species
-the author’s name (abbreviated) credited with first publishing that name
-the name of the publication (abbreviated) and the date when the plant name appeared for the first time in
the scientific literature
-at least one common name (if any)
-a place of origin where the plant is native
STATISTICS
Number of families in the plant collection
–
77
Number of genera in the plant collection
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150
Number of species in the plant collection
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217
REFERENCES USED
1.
The International Plant Name Index
http://www.ipni.org
2.
The Plant List (2010) Version 1
Published on the Internet,
http://www.theplantlist.org
3.
World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
WCSP (2013). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp
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SECTION 1
MONOCOTYLEDONOUS
PLANTS
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SECTION 1
Amaryllidaceae
Eucharis amazonica Linden ex Planch
J. Gen.Hort.12:1216 1857
Amazon lily
Central America and Ecuador
Hippeastrum cv. Dutch hybrids
Amaryllis
Tropical and Subtropical Americas
Sprekelia formosissima (L.) Herb
Aztec Lily
Mexico
Araceae
Alocasia amazonica cv. ‘Polly’
African Mask Plant
Hybrid between A. sanderiana or A. watsoniana or
A. longiloba or A. watsoniana
Alocasia ‘Calidora’
Giant Elephant Ear
Alocasia gageana x Alocasia odora
Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don ‘Nigra’
Hort. Brit. ed. 3: 631 1839
Giant Taro
Malaysia to Queensland
Anthurium andraeanum Linden Eye Andre
III. Hort. 24:43 1877
cv. Red
cv. Pink
Flamingo Flower
Columbia to Ecuador
Anthurium hookeri Kunth
Enum. Pl. 3’74 (1841)
Giant Bird Nest Anthurium
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St. Lucia to Northern South America
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Melet. Bot. 18 1832
Taro
Wetlands of Malaysia
Epipremum aureum (Linden and Andre) G.S. Bunting
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 50:28 (1964)
Devil’s Ivy
Northern Australia through Malaysia, IndoChina to India
Lemna minor L.
Sp. Pl. 970 1753
Common Duckweed
From Africa
Monstera deliciosa Liebm.
Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren.
Kjobenhavn 1:19 (1849)
Swiss Cheese Plant
Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca Chiapas) to
Central America
Philodendron bipinnatifidum Schott ex Endl.
Gen. Pl. 1(3):237 (1837)
Lacy Tree Philodendron
South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina,
Paraguay)
Philodendron cordatum Kunth ex Schott
syn. Avoid:95 (1853)
Heartleaf Philodendron
S.E. Brazil (Rio de Janiero to Sao Paulo)
Philodendron ‘Emerald Queen’
Brazil, Guyana, Colombia
Pistia stratiotes L.
Sp. Pl. 963 (1753)
Water lettuce
Tropics and Subtropics
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Arecaceae
Caryota mitis Lour.
Fl. Cochinch:697 (1790)
Fishtail Palm
S.E. China to IndoChina, Indomalaya, Australasia
Chamaedora cataractarum Mart.
Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 309 1849.
Cat Palm
Mexico
Dysis decaryi (Jum.) Beentje and J.Dransf..
Palms Madagascar:187 (1995)
Triangle Palm
S.E. Madagascar
Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Mort.
Hist. Nat. Palm.3:240 (1838)
Chinese Fan Palm
South Japan to China (Guangdong)
Phoenix reclinata Jacq.
Fragm.1:27 (1801)
Senegal Date Palm
Trop. Africa, Madagascar
Comoro Islands, S.W. Arabian Peninsula
Asparagaceae
Agave Americana subsp. Americana
Publication details unknown
Century Plant
Arizona to S. Texas and Mexico
Agave attentuata Salm-Dyck. Var “Kara’s Stripes’
Hort. Dyck:303 (1834)
Lion’s Tail Plant
Western and Central Mexico
Agave de-meesteriana Jacobi
Monog:218 (1864)
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Smooth Century Plant
Central Mexico, Mexican Gulf, N E Mexico
Dracena angustifolia (Medik.) Roxcb.
Hort. Bengal.24 1814
Dracena
Phillippines
Haworthia herbacea var. herbacea
Publication details unknown
Haworthia
S. Africa
Ruscus hypoglossum L.
Sp. Pl:1041 1753
Mouse Thorn
Western Europe to Iran
Sansevieria hahnii hort
Sansevieria trifasciata Prain
Bengal Pl.2:1054 1903
Snake Plant
Tropical West Africa, Nigeria to Congo
Asparagus densiflorus ‘Meyersii’
Foxtail fern
S.W. Cape and KwaZulu Natal
Asparagus densiflorus ‘Sprengeri’
Asparagus fern
Aspidistra elatior Blume
Tijdschr. Natuurl. Physiol. 1:76 1834
Variegated bar-room plant
Japan
Chlorophytum comosum (Thumb.) Jaques
J. Soc. I imp. Centr. Hort.8:345 1862
Spider Plant
Tropical and S.Africa
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Yucca gigantea Lem.
111 Hort.6(Misc.):91 (1859)
Spineless Yucca
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Mexico
Bromeliaceae
Aechmea fasciata (Lindl.) Baker var. ‘Primera’
J. Bot 17:231 (1879)
Urn Plant
Brazil (Rio de Janiero)
Commelinaceae
Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R. Hunt
Cv ‘Purple Heart’
Contr.U.S. Nat. Herb. 13:294 1911
Purple Wandering Jew
Gulf coast region of East Mexico
Costaceae
Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht
Taxon 55:159 (2006)
(unplaced name)
Spiral Ginger
Tropical to Subtropical Asia and Queensland
Cyperaceae
Cyperus papyrus L.
Sp.Pl:47 (1753)
Nile Grass
Africa
Dioscoreaceae
Tacca chantrieri André
Rev. Hort. 73: 541 1901
Black Bat Plant
Southern China, Malaysia
Tacca integrifolia Ker Gawl.
Bot. Mag. 36: t. 1488 1812
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White Bat Plant
Tibet, Bhutan, Assam, Bangladesh, Indochina, India, Pakistan, Java, Malaysia,
Sumatra, Borneo
Eriocaulaceae
Syngonanthus chrysanthus ‘Mikado’ (Bong.) Ruhland
Pflanzenr.IV,30:256 1903
Mikado Plant
riparian areas of Brazil
Hydrocharitaccae
Egeria densa Planch
Menatsber.Konigi.Preuss.Akad.Wiss.
Berlin 1857:49 1857
Brazilian Waterweed
Southeast Brazil, Argentina, Uraguay
Elodea canadensis Mich
Fl.Bor.-Ameri. 1:20 1803
Canadian Pondweed
North America
Marantaceae
Calathea crocata E.Morren & Joriss.
Ann. Bot. Hort. 25: 141 1875
Eternal Flame
Brazil
Musaceae
Musa basjoo Siebold and Zucc. Exlinuma
Somoku-Dzusetsu,ed.2:3,t.1 1874
Japanese banana
South China
Musa acuminata (AAAGroup)
Dwarf Cavendish
triploid cultivar, edible banana
Vietnam, China
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Musa acuminata subsp.acuminata
VanHouette ex Planch.
Fl.Serres Jard.Eur.10:223(1855)
Blood Banana
Sumatra,Indonesia
Orchidaceae
Vanilla imperialis Kraenzl.
Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 155 1896
Vanilla Orchid
Western Tropical Africa to South-West Ethiopia and Angola
Pandanaceae
Pandanus tectorius Parkinson ex Du Roi
Naturforscher(Halle)4:250 (1774)
Screw Pine
Phillippines to Pacific
Poaceae
Oryza sativa L.
Sp.Pl:333 (1753)
Rice
Cultigens from China
Phyllostachys aurea Riviere and C.Riviere
Bull.Soc.Acclem.France,111,5:716 (1878)
Golden Bamboo
China(Fujian,Zhejiang)
Saccharum officinarum L.
Sp.Pl:54 (1753)
Sugar-cane
Cultigen from New Guinea
Triticum aestivum L. var. ‘Pima Club’
Sp.Pl;85 (1753).(May 1 1753)
Common Wheat
Cultigens from South Transcaucus to Northwest Iran
Zea mays L. cv. ‘Guarijio Red’
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Corn
Mexico
Zea mays L. cv. ‘Hopi’
Hopi Corn
Mexico
Zea mays L. cv. ‘Hopi Blue Sakwapu’
Corn
Mexico
Zea mays L. cv ‘Hernandez multicolor’
Corn
Mexico
Zea Mexicana (Schrad.) Kuntze in T.E. von Post and C.E.O. Kuntze
Lex.Gen.Phan:599 (1904)
Teosinte
Mexico (Chihuhua to North Oaxaca)
Pontederiaceae
Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.(Sdms
Monogr.Phan.4:527 1883
Water Hyacynth
Amazon basin
Strelitziaaceae
Ravenala madagascariensis Sonn.
Voy. Indes Orient 2:223 (1782)
Traveller’s Tree
Northeast Madagascar
Strelitzia nicolai Regel and K.Koch
Gartenflora 7:263 (1858)
Giant White Bird of Paradise Tree
East Zimbabwe to KwaZulu-Natal, East Botswana
Strelitzia reginae Banks
Icon:t.Strelitzia reginae
Bird of Paradise Plant
Cape Province to KwaZulu-Natal
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Xanthorrhoeaceae
Aloe ferox Mill.
Gard. Dict. Ed. 8:no22 (1768)
Cape Aloe
South Africa
Aloe perfoliata L.
Syn. Pl. Succ.78 1812
Rubble Aloe
Western Cape, South Africa
Aloe succotrina Lam.
Encyl.1:85 (1783)
Magic Healing Plant
Southwest Cape Province
Zingiberaceae
Zingiber officinale Roscoe.
Trans. Linn. Soc London 8:348 (1807)
Ginger
South Central China to India
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SECTION 2
EUDICOTYLEDONOUS
PLANTS
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SECTION 2
*Acanthaceae
Acanthus mollis L.
Sp.Pl.2:639 1753
Bear’s Breeches
Mediterraneum region, Portugal to North Africa
Fittonia albivenis (Lindl.ex Veitch) Brunsmitt
Bot.Mag.182:165 1979
Nerve Plant
South America, Peru
Fittonia gigantea Linden
Rev. Hort. (1869) 186
Nerve Plant
Peru
Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Roxb.
Bot. Reg. 6: 6 1820
Blue sky flower
India, China, Nepal
*Aizoaceae
Lithops lesliei (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.
Gard. Chron.,ser.371:65 65 1922
Living Stone Plant
Savannah of S. Africa
Lithops turbiniformis N.E.Br.
Gard.Chron.111,71:55 1922
Living Stone Plant
South Africa
Lithops species (unknown)
Lithops species (unknown)
Lithops species (unknown)
Lithops species (unknown)
Lithops species (unknown)
Lithops species (unknown)
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Lithops species (unknown)
Lithops species (unknown)
Lithops species (unknown)
Lithops species (unknown)
Lithops species (unknown)
Lithops species (unknown)
Lithops species (unknown)
Apocynaceae
Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem & Schult.
Syst.Veg 4:411 (1819)
Desert Rose plant
Sahel regions, south of the Sahara and Tropical and
Subtropical East and South Africa and Arabia
Hoya carnosa (L.f.) R.Br.
Asclepiadeae 1810
Wax plant
East Asia to Australia
Nerium oleander L.
Sp.Pl.:209 1753
Oleander
Mediterraneum area to South Central China
Mandevilla Sun Parasol ‘Crimson’
Mandevilla
Mexico to Central and South America
Stapelia gigantea N.E.Br.
Gard.Chron. 1:684,f 112 684 1877
Carrion Flower
Tropical and Subtropical Africa,
Botswana, Zimbabwe
Stephanotis floribunda Brongm.
Ann.Sci.Nat.Bot.ser.2,7:30 30 1837
Madagascar Jasmine
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Madagascar
Araliaceae
Hedera helix L.
Sp. Pl.:202 (1753)
Ivy
Europe to West and North Turkey
Schefflera arboricola (Hayata) Merr.
Var. ‘Hawaiian Elf’
Lignan Sci. J. 5:139 1929
Dwarf Umbrella Tree
Taiwan
Aristolochiaceae
Aristolochia labiataWilld.
Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 2: 101 1809.
Rooster Flower
Brazil
Asteraceae
Chrysanthemum morofolium Ramat.
J. Hist. Nat. 2:240. 1792.240 1792
Commercial mum
cv. yellow
cv. white
Begoniaceae
Begonia coccinea Hook.
Bot.Mag.69:t.3990 (1843)
Scarlet Begonia
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Begonia masoniana Irmsch. ex Ziesenh.
Begonian 38: 52 1971
Iron Cross Begonia
China, Malaysia
Begonia x ricinifolia A. Dietr. Var ‘Immense’
Allg. Gartenzeitung 15:282 1847
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Name is unplaced
Artificial hybrid
Bignoniaceae
Dolichandra unquis-cati (L.) L.G. Lohmann
Brittonia 25:236 1973
Cat Claw Creeper
Tropical forest of Central America and
South America, Caribbean
*Brassicaceae
Lepidium meyenii Walp.
Nov. Actorum Acad Caes. Leop-Card.Nat.
Car.19 (Suppl.1)249.1843
Macca
Bolivia
Cactaceae
Cereus repandus (L.) Mill.
Gard. Dict. Ed. 8 5 1768
Peruvian apple cactus
South America
Cereus repandus ‘Monstrous’
Montrose apple cactus
Echinocactus grusonii Hildm.
Deutshe Gartn. Zeitung 1886 (3):27 1886
Golden Barrel Cactus
Central Mexico
Echinocactus sp. Unknown
Ferocactus sp. Unknown
Barrel cactus
Southwest USA to Northwest Mexico
Lemaireocereus sp. Unknown
Mexican fencepost cactus
Mexico
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Mammillaria sp. Unknown
(Unresolved plant genus)
Southwest USA, Caribbean to Central America
(Martex Pfeiff.) Console
Blatt.Reake Onto Bot. Giardino Colon. Palmermo 1:10 10 1897
Blue Myrtle cactus
South Mexico
Neobuxbaumia Polylopha (DC.) Backeb.
Blatt. Kakteenf.66 1938
Mexico
Opuntia leucotricha DC.
Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat 17:119 119 1828
Aaron’s Beard cactus
Central Mexico
Schlumbergera russelianum (Hook.) Britton & Rose
Contv. U.S. Natl.Herb.16(9):261 261 1913
Christmas cactus
Brazil
Schlumbergera truncata (Haw.) Moran
Gentes Herb.(8)4:329 329 1953
Thanksgiving cactus
Brazil
*Clusiaceae
Clusia rosea Jacq.
Enum. Syst. Pl. 34 1760
Autograph tree
Florida
Cornaceae
Camptotheca acuminata Deene
Bull. Soc. Bot. France 20:157 1873
Happy tree
Southern China and Tibet
*Crassulaceae
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Sedum morganianum E.Walther
Cact. Succ. (Los Angeles) 10:35 1938
Burro’s Tail
South Mexico, Honduras
Kalanchoe daigremontiana Raym.-Hamet and H.Perrier
Am. Mus. Colon. Marseille 2:128-132 128 1914
Mother of Thousands
Madagascar
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita argyrosperma Huber ‘Yoeme Kama’
Index Seminum 1867:8 1867
Cushaw pumpkin
Mexico
Cucurbita argyrosperma ‘Douglas Heirloom’
Cushaw pumpkin
Mexico
Cucurbita argyrosperma ‘Batopilas Canyon’
Cushaw pumpkin
Mexico
Cucurbita pepo L.
Sp. Pl. 1010 1753
Acoma pumpkin
Central America
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich
Dict. Class. His. Nat. 6:19 1824
Squirting cucumber
Europe, North Africa
Gerrardanthus macrorhizus Gerrardanthus macrorhizus Harv. ex Benth. & Hook.f.
Gen. Pl. 1: 840 1867.
Bigfoot
Southern Africa
Droseraceae
Dionaea muscipula J.Ellis
Nova Acta Regia Soc.Sci. Upsal.1:98 1773
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Venus Fly Trap
East coast of U.S.A.
Drosera capensis L.
Sp. Pl. 282 1753
Cape Sundew
Cape, South Africa
Drosera spathulata Schult.
Systema Vegetabilium 6 1820
Sundew
Southeast Asia, South China, Japan,
Micronesia, New Guinea
Euphorbiaceae
Codiaeum variegatum (L.)Rumph. Ex A.Juss
Euphorb. Gen. 80, 111 1824
Garden Croton
Malaysia to the Pacific
Codiaeum sp. (unknown)
Euphorbia grandicornis Goebel ex N.E. Br.,
Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 26:t.2531 (1897)
Cow’s Horn
South Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal
Euphorbia ingens E. May. Ex Boiss
In A.P. deCardolle. Pradr. 15(2):87 (1862)
Candleabra Tree
South Tropical and South Africa
Euphorbia lactea forma cristata
Elkhorn arid region of India to Sri Lanka
Euphorbia mammillaris L.
Sp. Pl.:451 (1753)
Indian Corn Cob Euphorbia
Cape Province, South Africa
Euphorbia milii var. splendens (Bojer ex Hook.) Ursch and Leandri
Mem. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Ser. B., Biology
Veg.5:148 (1954 pub. 1955)
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Crown of Thorns
Madagascar
Euphorbia tirucalli L.
Sp. Pl.:452 (1753)
Pencil Tree
Ethiopia to South Africa
Euphorbia tithymaloides L.
Sp. Pl. 453 1753
Devil’s Backbone
Florida, Mexico to Tropical America
Euphorbia trigona Mill.
Gard. Dict. Ed. 8:No.3 (1768)
African Milk tree
Gabon to Malawi
Jatropha podagrica Hook.
Bot. Mag. 74:t.4376 (1848)
Gout Plant
South Mexico to Nicaragua
Ricinus communis L.
Sp. Pl.:1007 (1753)
Castor Oil Plant
Mediterranean basin to East Africa and India
Ricinus communis var. Carmencita
Castor Bean
(synonym)
*Fabaceae
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Observ. Bot. (Swartz) 166. 1791 [May-Jul 1791]
Pride of Barbados
Tropical Americas
Codariocalyx motorius (Houtt.) H.Ohashi
Journ. Jap. Bot. xl. 367 1965
Telegraph Plant
Southeast Asia, Cambodia to Sri Lanka to Vietnam
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Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf
Royal Poinciana
Madagascar
Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb.
Fl. Brit. W.I. (Griesbach)226.(1860) (late 1860)
Elephant Ear Tree
Central Mexico, North Brazil, Costa Rica, Venezuela
Glycyrrhiza glabra L.
Sp. Pl.2:742 (1753)
Licorice
Southern Europe, parts of Asia
Mimosa Pudica L.
Sp. Pl.1:518, 1753 (1 May 1753)
Sensitive Plant
Brazil, South and Central America
Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray
Smithsonium Contr. Knowl.3 (5):43.1852
Tepary Bean
Northern Mexico
cv. ‘San Pablo Balleza’
cv. “Blue Speckled’
cv. “Cocopah White’
Schizlobium Parahyba (Vell.) S.F. Blake
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20:240, 1919
Brazilian Fire Tree
Tropical America
Senna Corymbosa Lam.) H.S. Irwin and Barneby
Encyl. (J.Lamarck et al.) 1 (2):644, 1785
Argentine Senna
Argentina to Brazil to Uruguay
*Geraniaceae
Pelargonium graveolens L.’Her
Geraniologica, pl 17 1792
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Scented geranium
South Africa
Lamiaceae
Hyptis suaveolens (L) Poit
Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7:472 (1806)
Pignut
Mexico to Tropical America
Ocimum basilicum L.
Sp. Pl.:597 (1753)
Basil
Tropical to Subtropical Asia
Plectranthus scutellariodes (L.) R. Br.,
Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.:506 (1810)
cv. ‘Fishnet Stockings
cv. ‘Lifelime’
cv. ‘Sedona’
cv. ‘unknown’
Coleus
Tropical to Subtropical Asia to North Australia
Rosmarinus officinalis L.
Sp. Pl. 23 1753
Rosemary
Mediterranean
Salvia columariae Benth.
Labiat. Gen. Spec.:302 (1833)
Desert Chia
Southwest USA to Northwest Mexico
Salvia tilifolia Vahl
Symb. Bot. 3:7 (1794)
Tarahumara Chia
Texas to Peru
*Lauraceae
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Persea Americana Mill.
Gard. Dict. Ed. 8 sp. 1768
Avocado
Central Mexico
*Lentibulariaceae
Pinguicula sp.
Butterwort
Utricularia vulgaris L.
Sp. Pl. 1:18 18 1753
Common Bladderwort
Asia to Europe
*Malvaceae
Gossypium Arboreum L.
Sp. Pl. 1753
Cotton
India, Pakistan
Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis L.
Sp. Pl. 694 1753
Chinese Hibiscus
East Asia
cv. ‘Montego Wind’
cv. ‘Sunny Wind’
Theobroma cacao L.
Sp. Pl. 782 1753 (1 May 1753)
Chocolate Tree
Tropical regions of South America
*Melastomataceae
Medinilla magnifica Lindl.
Pakton. Fl. Gard. 1:55+.12.1850 1850
(unresolved name)
Malyasian Orchid
Philippines
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*Moraceae
Ficus benjamina L. ‘variegata’
Mant. Pl. 129 1767
Variegated Weeping Fig
India, South China, Solomon Is.
Ficus Binnendiikii ‘Alii’
Cultivar does not exist in wild
Species origin in Java and Philippines
Ficus carica L.
Sp. Pl. 1059 1753
Common fig
Middle East to West Asia
Ficus elastica Roxb. Ex Hornem.
Hort. Bot. Hafn. Suppl.:7 1819
Rubber Tree
Northeast India to South Indonesis
Var ‘Tricolor’
Ficus lyrata Warb.
Bot. Janrb. Syst. 20:172 1894
Fiddleleaf Fig
West Africa, Cameroon to Sierra Leon
Ficus pumila L.
Sp. Pl. 1060 1753
Creeping Fig
East Asia
Ficus pumila ‘Variegata’
Variegated Creeping Fig
Ficus religiosa L.
Sp. Pl. 1059 1753.
Sacred Fig
Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, south-west China, Indochina
Moringaceae
Moringa ovalifolia Dinter & A.Berger
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Neue Pfl. Südw.-Afr. 45 1914
Ghost Miracle Tree
Namibia and Angola
Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus globulus Labill.
Voy. Rech. Perouse 1:153 1800
Tasmanian Blue Gum
Australia
*Nepenthaceae
Nepenthes gracilis Korth.
Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt., Bot 22.t.1
Slender Pitcher Plant
Borneo (Suda region)
Nepenthes maxima hybrid
The Great Pitcher Plant
Sulawesi, New Guinea, Maluku Islands
Oleaceae
Jasminum officinale L.
Sp. Pl.:7 (1753)
Common Jasmine
Caucasys, North Iran, Himalayas
West China
Olea europea L.
Sp. Pl. 8 1753
Olive Tree
Mediterranean
*Passifloraceae
Passiflora edulis Sims
Bot. Mag.45:t 1989 1818
Purple Granadilla
Brazil, Paraguay to North Argentina
Passiflora morifolia Mast
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Fl. Brass. 13 (1):555 1872
Blue Sweet calabash
Central and South America
*Piperaceae
Peperomia obtusifolia (L.) A.Dietr.
Sp. Pl. ed. 6 1:154 1831
Bob’s Rubber Plant
Mexico to Caribbean
*Ranunculaceae
Delphinium elatum L. cv. ‘Guardian White’
Sp. Pl. 531 1753
Candle Larkspur
Europe
Helleborus orientalis Lam cv ‘Spring Promise’
Encyl. 3:96 1789
Lenten Rose
Europe
*Rhizophoraceae
Rhizophora mangle L
Sp. Pl. 443 1753
Red Mangrove
Throughout the tropics
Rubiaceae
Coffea arabica L.
Sp. Pl. 172 1753
Coffee
Mountains of Southeast Ethiopia
Myrmecodia sp.
Ant Plant
Southeast Asia to Queensland, Australia
*Rutaceae
Citrus aurantieolia (Christm.) Swingle
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J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3 (18):465 465 1903
Key Lime
Southeast Asia
Citrus limon (L.) Burm. F.
Fl. Indica 173 173 1768
Lemon
Asia
Citrus reticulata Clementine Blanco
Fl. Filip. 610 1837
Mandarin Orange
Japan
Citrus X Microcarpa Bunge.
Enum. Pl. China Bor. 10 1833
Unresolved name
China
Citrus paradisi Macfad.
Bot. Misc. 1: 304 1830.
Grapefruit
Caribbean
Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack
Malayan Miscl.1 (5):31 1820
Orange Jessamine
Southeast Asia to China to Australia
*Sarraceniaceae
Sarracenia purpurea L.
Sp. Pl. 510 1753
Purple Pitcher Plant
Eastern USA to Southeast Canada
Sarracenia psittacina Michx.
Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 311 [as "psyttacina"], 2: 341 1803
Parrot Pitcher Plant
United States of America
*Solanaceae
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum
(Dunal) Heiser and Pickersgil
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Baileya 19:156 1975
chilipiquin
Central and South America
Capsicum chinense Jaq. ‘Bhut Jolokia’
Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3:38 1777
Ghost Pepper
Species from Central America
Capsicum chinense ‘Red Savina Habanero’
Nicotiana tabacum L
Sp. Pl. 180 1753
Tobacco
The Americas, tropical and subtropical
Nicotiana sylvestris Spreg and S.Comes
Monogr. Nicotiana 10, f.s.n. 10 1899
Woodland tobacco
South America
Solanum aethiopicum L
Cent. Pl. 112:10 10 1756
Pumpkin on a stick
Asia and Tropical Africa
Solanum anguim Lam.
Tabl. Encycl. 2:23 23 1794
Apple of Sodom
Africa, Dead Sea
Solanum macrocarpon L.
Mart. Pl. A Hera 205 1771
African eggplant
(unresolved name)
West Africa
Solanum melongena ‘Striped Toga’
Striped Toga Eggplant
Southeast Asia
Solanum pyracanthum Jacq.
Pl. Hort Schoenlor.4:36 36 1864
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Porcupine tomato
Tropical Madagascar and islands of Indian Ocean
Solanum quitoense Lan
Tabl. Encycl.2:16 16 1794
Naranjilla
Ecuador to Panama
Solanum sisymbriifolium Lanik
Tabl. Encycl 2:25 25 1794
Fire and Ice Plant
Central and South America
Solanum uporo Dunal
Prodr.13 (1):138 138 1852
Cannibal’s Tomato
Fiji
(unresolved name)
*Urticaceae
Soleirolia soleirolii (Reg.) Dandy
Feddes Report.70:4 1965
Baby’s Tears
North Mediterranean, Italy and the islands
Verbenaceae
Duranta erecta L.
Sp. Pl. 637 1753
Pigeon Berry
Tropical America
*Vitaceae
Tetrastigma voinierianum (Baltat) Gagnep.
Notul.Syst. (Paris)1(9):269-270 269 1910
Lizard Vine
Sumatra
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SECTION 3
PTEROPHYTA
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SECTION 3
Adiantiaceae
Adiantum capillariis-veneris L.
Sp. Pl. 2: 1096 1096 1753
Maidenhair fern
Worldwide distribution
Aspleniaceae
Asplenium nidus L.
Sp. Pl. 2: 1079 1079 1753
Bird’s Nest Fern
Tropical S. E. Asia, Hawaii, Polynesia,
Christmas Island, India & E. Africa
Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum
(Ferald) Kartesz & Ghandi
American hart’s tongue fern
North America, New York State, Michigan, Tennessee
Asplenium viviparum (L. P.) Presl.
Tent. Pterid. 109, + .3, F. 20 109 1836
Mother fern
Australia & New Zealand
Davalliaceae
Davallia fejeensis Hook.
Sp Fil. 1. 166 + .55D. 1846 1846
Rabbit’s foot fern
Fiji
Dryopteridaceae
Rumohra adiantiformis (G Forst.) Ching
Sinonsia 5:70 70 1934
Leather fern
Colombia, Galapagos Islands, Australia & New Zealand
Osmundaceae
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum (L.) C. Presl
Gefässbüdel Farrn 18 1847.
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Cinnamon fern
Americas, Eastern Asia
Polypodiaceae
Aglamorpha meyeniana Schott
Gen. Fil., pl. 20 1834
Bear Paw fern
Philippines
Phlebodium aureum (L.) J. Sm
Sp. Pl. 2: 1087 1087 1753
Golden Serpent fern,
Caribbean, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles & S.A. to Paraguay
Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. hr.
Index Filic, fasc 8: 496 496 1906
Elkhorn fern
Java, New Guinea, S.E. Australia, Lord Howe Island
Pteridaceae
Pellaea rotundifolia (G. Forst.) Hook.
Sp. Fil. 2: 136 1858
Buton fern
New Zealand
Pteris quadriaurita var tricolor Ref2.
Painted brake fern
Asia, Africa
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SECTION 4
CONIFERS
CYCADS
EQUISETUM
SELAGINELLA
PSILOTUM
JUNGERMANIA
PODOCARPUS
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SECTION 4 CONIFERS
Araucariaceae
Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco
Anais. Inst. Super. Agron. 19:11 1952
Norfolk Island Pine
Norfolk Island, New Caledonia
Cupressaceae
Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.
Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 16:298 (1810)
Bald Cypress
East Coast and Southeast U.S.A. to Guatemala
Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus macrophyllus de laub
Kalikson 7:140 1978
Kusamaki
Japan and China
Sciadopityaceae
Sciadopitys verticillata (Thunb.)Siebold & Zucc.
Fl. Japan. 2(1):3 1842
Japanese Umbrella Pine
Japan
Taxaceae
Cephalotaxus harringtonii (Knight ex J. Forbes) K. Koch
Dendrologie 2(2):102 1873
Japanese Plum Yew, Cow Tail Pine
Japan
PART 4 CYCADS
Cycadaceae
Cycas revoluta Thunb.
Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Weetensch. Haarlem 20:424
Sago Palm
Japan (Kyushu) to Nansei-shoto
Zamiaceae
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Dioon edule Lindl.
Edward’s Bot. Reg. 29 (Miscl.):59 *1843)
Chestnut dioon
N.E. Mexico
Zamia furfuraceae L. f. ex Aiton.
Hort. Kew.3:477 (1789)
Cardboard palm
S.E. Veracruz (E. Mexico)
Zamia integrifolia L. f. in W. Aiton
Hort. Kew. 3:478 (1789)
Coontie
Mexico
Zamia pumila L.
Sp. Pl. ed. 2:1659 (1763)
Coontie
Cuba to Puerto Rico
PART 4 EQUISETUM
*Equisetaceae
Equisetum hymenale L.
Sp. Pl. 2:1062 1062 1753
Rough horsetail
Widespread
PART 4 SELAGINELLA
*Selaginellaceae
Selaginella erythropus (Mart.) Spring ‘Sanguinea’
Fl. Bras. 1(2):125 125 1840
Ruby Red Spike Moss
Tropical America
Selaginella martensii Spring.
Mem. Acad. Royal. Soc. Belgique 24:129 129 1849
Marten’s Spike Moss
Mexico and Central America
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Selaginella kraussiana (Kunze) A.Braun
Index Sem. (Berlin) 22 22 1860
African Club moss
Canary Islands, the Azores to Mainland Africa
PART 4 PSILOTUM
*Psilotaceae
Psilotum nudum (L.) P.Beauv.
Prodr. Aetheogam. 106,112 106 1805
Skeleton Fork Fern
Tropical Africa, Central America,
South America, Asia, Australia, Hawaii,
Lord Howe Island
PART 4 JUNGERMANIA
*Jungermaniaceae
Jungermania polymorpha (L.) Hook.f. and Taylor\
Sp. Pl. 1137 1137 1753
Common liverwort
Worldwide tropical to subarctic
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