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  2. List of world records held by plants - Wikipedia

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    The fruit of W. angusta is 0.30 mm long (1/80th of an inch) and weighs about 70 micrograms (1/400,000 of an ounce). Even though it is the smallest fruit in the world, it is one of the largest fruits relative to the size of the parent plant.

  3. List of longest vines - Wikipedia

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    The longest monocot. It also weighed 250 pounds (110 kg). It is unknown whether it could grow this long or this heavy in the wild. Rattan Manau (Calamus manan, or Calamus ornatus (Palmae, or Arecaceae) East Indies. This one at the Buitenzorg (now Bogor) Botanic Gardens, Java, Indonesia. 787 feet (240 m) exactly. The longest exact measurement ...

  4. List of largest plants - Wikipedia

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    The conifer division of plants includes the tallest organism, and the largest single-stemmed plants by wood volume, wood mass, and main stem circumference.The largest by wood volume and mass is the giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), native to Sierra Nevada and California; it grows to an average height of 70–85 m (230–279 ft) and 5–7 m (16–23 ft) in diameter. [1]

  5. List of largest inflorescences - Wikipedia

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    The Candelabra Flower (Brunsvigia orientalis, or B. gigantea) Amaryllidaceae. South Africa. The 35 deep rose colored flowers form a ball up to 24 inches (61 centimeters) in diameter. [54] The simple umbel with the greatest number of flowers is Flowering Onion (''Allium giganteum'')[Alliaceae] of the Himalayas. Mr.

  6. List of largest seeds - Wikipedia

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    It can reach about 30 centimetres (12 inches) long, and weigh up to 18 kilograms (40 pounds). The coco de mer, which produces a giant, dark brown seed, [4] has been protected by the government of the Seychelles because of its rarity [5] – the tree can grow up to 31 m (102 ft) tall, with leaves measuring 6 m (20 ft) long and 3.6 m (12 ft) wide.

  7. One of Earth's oldest known plants takes center stage in ...

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    A Palmer oak in Jurupa Valley is estimated to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old. The plant, which looks like a sprawling, dark green shrub, is now at the center of a development battle.

  8. List of the largest genera of flowering plants - Wikipedia

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    The sizes of plant genera vary widely from those containing a single species to genera containing thousands of species, and this disparity became clear early in the history of plant classification. The largest genus in Carl Linnaeus ' seminal Species Plantarum was Euphorbia , with 56 species; Linnaeus believed that no genus should contain more ...

  9. These Are the Fastest Growing Plants You Can Still Grow This ...

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