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The plant is commonly known as dragon in Swedish and Dutch. The use of Dragon for the herb or plant in German is outdated. [19] The species name, dracunculus, means "little dragon", and the plant seems to be so named due to its coiled roots. [20] See Artemisia for the genus name derivative.
Plant image Part image Common name Binomial name Distribution Edible parts and uses Ref. Juneberry: Amelanchier lamarckii: Naturalized in Western Europe: Berries (in June), edible raw [2] Barberry: Berberis vulgaris: Europe, North America, northwest Africa, western Asia: Berries (from July), edible raw, dried as a spice or cooked as a jelly [3 ...
Of more than 50,000 edible plant species in the world, only a few hundred contribute significantly to human food supplies. Just 15 crop plants provide 90 percent of the world's food energy intake (exclusive of meat), with rice, maize and wheat comprising two-thirds of human food consumption. These three alone are the staples of over 4 billion ...
The oldest systematic record of the plants was in 1692, when Van Rheede tot Drakenstein published descriptions of two plants. The name "Amorphophallus" was first mentioned in 1834 by the Dutch botanist Blume. [7] Between 1876 and 1911, Engler merged a number of other genera into Amorphophallus, with a final monograph published in 1911. [7]
A name often of no botanical standing and not governed by the ICNCP. The term generally applies to names such as Trademark Names, names covered by Plant Breeders Rights, Patents and Promotional Names, which are often used to enhance the sale of a plant. commissure The seam or face at which two carpel s adhere. See also fissure and suture. community
Cabbage plants. Cruciferous vegetables are vegetables of the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae) with many genera, species, and cultivars being raised for food production such as cauliflower, cabbage, kale, garden cress, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, mustard plant and similar green leaf vegetables.
Botanical nomenclature is the formal, scientific naming of plants. It is related to, but distinct from taxonomy. Plant taxonomy is concerned with grouping and classifying plants; botanical nomenclature then provides names for the results of this process.
Brassicaceae (/ ˌ b r æ s ɪ ˈ k eɪ s iː ˌ iː,-s i ˌ aɪ /) or (the older) Cruciferae (/ k r uː ˈ s ɪ f ər i /) [2] is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous plants, while some are shrubs.