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List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C) Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus 's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [ 1] Many of these plants are listed in Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners.
C. County flowers of Norway. County flowers of the United Kingdom. List of crop plants pollinated by bees.
Ba: listed in Ross Bayton's The Gardener's Botanical[ 4] Bu: listed in Lotte Burkhardt's Index of Eponymic Plant Names[ 5] CS: listed in both Allen Coombes's The A to Z of Plant Names and William T. Stearn 's Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners[ 6] Gl: listed in David Gledhill's The Names of Plants[ 7]
Hanakotoba, also known as 花言葉 – Japanese form of the language of flowers; List of national flowers – flowers that represent specific geographic areas; Plants in culture – uses of plants by humans; Narcissus in culture - uses of narcissus flowers by humans
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (/ ˌ æ n dʒ i ə ˈ s p ər m iː /), [5] [6] commonly called angiosperms.They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants.
Flower bulbs are generally planted in the fall in colder climates. The bulbs go dormant in the winter but they continue to absorb water and nutrients from the soil and they develop roots. [2] Most bulbs produce perennial flowers. Occasionally certain bulbs become crowded in the ground and they must be removed and separated.
A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae ). Flowers consist of a combination of vegetative organs – sepals that enclose and protect the developing flower. These petals attract pollinators, and reproductive organs that produce gametophytes, which in ...
Oxalis. Oxalis ( / ˈɒksəlɪs / (American English) [ 1] or / ɒksˈɑːlɪs / (British English)) [ 2] is a large genus of flowering plants in the wood-sorrel family Oxalidaceae, comprising over 550 species. [ 3] The genus occurs throughout most of the world, except for the polar areas; species diversity is particularly rich in tropical Brazil ...