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This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names , in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.
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Epipremnum aureum, the Pearls and Jade pothos, is a species in the arum family Araceae, native to Mo'orea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. [1] The species is a popular houseplant in temperate regions but has also become naturalised in tropical and sub-tropical forests worldwide, including northern South Africa, [2] Australia, Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent, the Pacific Islands ...
This category is primarily for articles whose title (and subject) is a common name for a plant that does not correspond to a single scientifically recognized species (or other taxonomic rank). There should generally be some shared characteristic that can be discussed in an article (e.g. cardamom is a spice derived from multiple species; tree ...
Selected houseplants are typically of healthy origin, with tidy leaves and upright stems. Houseplants which survive in conditions similar to a homeowner's living space will have a higher probability of survival. Tropical houseplants which grow under high thresholds of heat, for instance, will grow sun leaves which contain fewer chloroplasts.
The list includes individual plant species identified by their common names as well as larger formal and informal botanical categories which include at least some domesticated individuals. Plants in this list are grouped by the original or primary purpose for which they were domesticated, and subsequently by botanical or culinary categories.
Each family's formal name ends in the Latin suffix -aceae and is derived from the name of a genus that is or once was part of the family. [ 3 ] The table below contains seed-bearing families from Plants of the World by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz (lead author), Michael F. Fay and Mark W. Chase , with two updated families [ a ] from Plants of the ...
Banksia taxa by common name (123 P) D. Drosera species by common name (55 P) G. Grevillea taxa by common name (186 P) L. Levenhookia species by common name (12 P) N.