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Garden plants of Central America (38 P) Pages in category "Garden plants of South America" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 202 total.
For the purposes of this category, "South America" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), which calls it Southern America, namely as one of the nine "botanical continents". It includes the following regions: Flora of Central America; Flora of the Caribbean; Flora of northern South ...
The national flower of Colombia is the orchid Cattleya trianae which was named after the Colombian naturalist José Jerónimo Triana. The orchid was selected by botanist Emilio Robledo , in representation of the Colombian Academy of History to determine the most representative flowering plant of Colombia.
Cacti of South America. As this is a subcategory of Category:Flora of Southern America, "South America" means "Southern America" as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. See the maps at Category:Flora of Southern America. In particular, it includes Central America and the Caribbean.
The genus Alstroemeria is exclusively native to South America, with various species found ranging from Venezuela (3° north of the Equator), to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (53° South). [4] Within this range of the entire genus, two centers of species diversity are recognized, one in Brazil and one in Chile. [5]
Talinum fruticosum is a herbaceous perennial plant that is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, West Africa, Central America, and much of South America.Common names include Ceylon spinach, [2] waterleaf, cariru, Gbure, Surinam purslane, Philippine spinach, Florida spinach, potherb fameflower, Lagos bologi, sweetheart, and Kutu bataw in Ghana from the Akan language [1] It is widely grown in ...
This category contains articles related to the flora of southern South America (a region known in other geographic systems as the Southern Cone). For the purposes of this category, "southern South America" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD); as the southern region within ...
Laelia is a small genus of 25 species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). [1] Laelia species are found in areas of subtropical or temperate climate in Central and South America, but mostly in Mexico. [2] Laelia is abbreviated L. in the horticultural trade. [3]