General plants

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Cyanotis

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 30 species of low-growing, evergreen perennials, related to Tradescantia, but more succulent and with greater tolerance to dry conditions, found in upland forest and rocky areas in ...

Genus of about 120 species of mainly tuberous-rooted, woody-stemmed, twining climbers, with some perennials, from tropical woodland in Central and South America. Opposite, simple leaves are borne on ...

Phoenix

Plants; General plants

Genus of 17 species of single- and cluster-stemmed palms from tropical and subtropical forest or low scrub thiskets in the Canary Islands, Africa, Crete (Greece), and W. and S. Asia to Philippines. ...

Pentas

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 40 species of mainly evergreen perennials, biennials and shrubs from forest margins and scrub in the Arabian Peninsula, tropical Africa, and Madagascar. Showy clusters of star-shaped ...

Philodendron

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 500 species of often epiphytic, evergreen shrubs, root climbers, or small trees from variable habitats, usually rainforest, in Florida, Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and ...

Phalaenopsis

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 50 species of evergreen, epiphytic, monopoidal orchids occuring from sea level to lowland forest in the Hymalayas, S.E. Asia, and N. Australia. They have a short, upward-growing, ...

Peperomia

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 1000 species of evergreen, sometimes succulent, rosette-forming or erect perennials, some with trailing stems, from tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. There are many species ...