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  2. List of California native plants - Wikipedia

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    Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4] This botanical diversity stems not only from the size of the state, but also its diverse topographies , climates, and soils (e.g. serpentine outcrops ).

  3. Tropical agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Many tropical food plants are propagated by cuttings. Seeds are necessary for plant embryos to survive the winter and other harsh conditions such as drought. However, where the weather is normally conducive to growth year-round, plants reproducing plants through means other than seeds is often advantageous. By bypassing the seed stage, plants ...

  4. List of food plants native to the Americas - Wikipedia

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    When complete, the list below will include all food plants native to the Americas (genera marked with a dagger † are endemic), regardless of when or where they were first used as a food source. For a list of food plants and other crops which were only introduced to Old World cultures as a result of the Columbian Exchange touched off by the ...

  5. Tropical horticulture - Wikipedia

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    Tropical horticulture includes plants such as perennial woody plants (arboriculture), ornamentals (floriculture), vegetables (olericulture), and fruits including grapes (viticulture). The origin of many of these crops is not in the tropics but in temperate zones. Their adoption to tropical climatic conditions is an objective of breeding. Many ...

  6. List of companion plants - Wikipedia

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    Fennel is allelopathic to most garden plants, inhibiting growth, causing to bolt, or actually killing many plants. [87] When growing together a higher ratio of fennel to dill provides the highest profit. Dill has a stabilizing effect on the fennel seed. [86] Because it attracts syrphidae it reduces aphids through predation. [65] Flax: Linum ...

  7. List of Samoan plant common names - Wikipedia

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    Combretaceae (Tropical Island family) Tropical almond Talo: Colocasia esculenta: Araceae (Arum family) Taro: Teuila: Alpinia purpurata: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) Red ginger. (national flower of Samoa) Teve: Amorphophallus paeoniifolius: Araceae (arum family) elephant foot yam, whitespot giant arum Tipolo (Tahitian loan word) Citrus medica ...

  8. List of edible seeds - Wikipedia

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    An edible seed [n 1] is a seed that is suitable for human or animal consumption. Of the six major plant parts, [n 2] seeds are the dominant source of human calories and protein. [1] A wide variety of plant species provide edible seeds; most are angiosperms, while a few are gymnosperms.

  9. List of largest seeds - Wikipedia

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    California buckeye Aesculus californica: Horse chestnut family (Hippocastanaceae) 2.88 in width, 2.63 in breadth and 2.13 in height. [29] 7.32 cm width, 6.68 cm breadth and 5.41 cm height 5 oz (140 grams) This is the largest of all temperate (non-tropical) seeds. Poisonous. Calatola Calatola costaricensis: Metteniusaceae: 3 inches long by two ...

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