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Lists of useful plants; Herb. Plants used as herbs or spices; List of plants used in herbalism; List of culinary herbs and spices; List of herbs with known adverse effects; Medicinal plants. List of medicinal plants of the American West; List of textile fibres; List of woods; List of Indian timber trees; List of beneficial weeds; List of plants ...
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.
These maps show a scale, or index of greenness, based on several factors: the number and type of plants, leafiness, and plant health. Where foliage is dense and plants are growing quickly, the index is high, represented in dark green. Regions with sparse vegetation and a low vegetation index are shown in tan.
List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C) List of plant genus names with etymologies (D–K) List of plant genus names with etymologies (L–P) List of plant genus names with etymologies (Q–Z) List of named animals and plants in Germanic heroic legend; List of plants in the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens; Glossary of plant morphology
This map shows the sites of domestication for a number of crop plants. Places, where crops were initially domesticated, are called centers of origin. This is a list of plants that have been domesticated by humans. The list includes individual plant species identified by their common names as well as larger formal and informal botanical ...
In seed plants (gymnosperms and flowering plants), the sporophyte forms most of the visible plant, and the gametophyte is very small. Flowering plants reproduce sexually using flowers, which contain male and female parts: these may be within the same ( hermaphrodite ) flower, on different flowers on the same plant , or on different plants .
terebinth; Old World turpentine tree Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Pistacia vera: pistachio Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Rhus: sumacs; Rhus copallina: winged sumac; shiny sumac Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Rhus glabra: smooth sumac Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Rhus typhina: staghorn sumac Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Schinus: pepper trees ...
Bamboo is a group of woody perennial plants in the true grass family Poaceae. In the tribe Bambuseae, also known as bamboo, there are 91 genera and over 1,000 species. The size of bamboo varies from small annuals to giant timber bamboo. Bamboo evolved 30 to 40 million years ago, after the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.