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  2. Melaleuca - Wikipedia

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    The plant he called Arbor alba is now known as Melaleuca leucadendra. The name Melaleuca was first used by Linnaeus in 1767. [9] Many species previously known as Metrosideros were then placed in Melaleuca. In Australia, Melaleuca is the third most diverse plant genus with up to 300 species. [10]

  3. List of plants by common name - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Melicoccus bijugatus - Wikipedia

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    They are typically dioecious plants, though autogamous trees occur from time to time. Flowers have four petals and eight stamens and produce void, green drupes which are 2.5–4 cm (0.98–1.57 in) long and 2 cm (0.79 in) wide. Their pulp is orange, salmon or yellowish in color with a somewhat juicy and pasty texture.

  5. List of descriptive plant species epithets (I–Z) - Wikipedia

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    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] These scientific names have been catalogued in a variety of works, including Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners.

  6. Symphytum officinale - Wikipedia

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    Symphytum officinale is a perennial flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae.Along with thirty four other species of Symphytum, it is known as comfrey (from the Latin confervere to 'heal' or literally to 'boil together', referring to uses in ancient traditional medicine).

  7. Agastache - Wikipedia

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    Agastache rupestris in bloom.. Agastache (/ ˌ æ ɡ ə ˈ s t ɑː k iː /) is a genus of aromatic flowering herbaceous perennial plants in the family Lamiaceae.It contains 22 species, mainly native to North America, one species native to eastern Asia.

  8. Podophyllum peltatum - Wikipedia

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    Podophyllum peltatum is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Berberidaceae. Its common names are mayapple, American mandrake, wild mandrake, [4] and ground lemon. [5] It is widespread across most of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. [6] [7] Mayapples are woodland plants, typically growing in colonies derived

  9. Arum maculatum - Wikipedia

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    A. maculatum is known by an abundance of common names including Adam and Eve, [10] adder's meat, [11] adder's root, [12] arum, [10] wild arum, [12] arum lily, [12] bobbins, [10] cows and bulls, [12] cuckoo pint, [13] cuckoo-plant, [10] devils and angels, [12] friar's cowl, [12] jack in the pulpit, [12] lamb-in-a-pulpit, [11] lords-and-ladies, [13] naked boys, [12] snakeshead, [12] starch-root ...