General plants

General plants

Plants in general and their related subjects and terms.

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General plants

Genus of about 150 species of evergreen shrubs and perennials from tropical North, Central, and South America, and South Africa. In areas where it is adapted it can become a weed. In northern areas, ...

Leptospermum

Plants; General plants

On long ocean voyages, Captain Cook brewed tea from the leaves of Leptospermum scoparium to prevent scurvy, hence the common name, Tea Tree. Covered with white or pinkish flowers, these casual shrubs ...

Ficus

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 800 species of mainly evergreen trees, shrubs, and woody climbers, found in moist forest in tropical and subtropical regions wordwide. These small trees or large spreading bushes are ...

Laelia

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 50 species of evergreen, epiphytic or terrestrial orchids occuring in coastal regions, often in oak woodland, from Mexico and Central America to Brazil and Argentina. They have robust ...

Lepanthes

Plants; General plants

Genus of over 800 species widely distributed in moist tropical forests from Mexico to Brazil.

Acorus

Plants; General plants

Genus of 2 species of rhizomatous, marginal aquatic perennials, ane semi-evergreen and one deciduous, found in shallow water by streams and lakes throughout the N. hemisphere, particulatly E. Asia. ...

Passiflora

Plants; General plants

Genus of more than 400 species of mostly evergreen tendril climbers, and a few annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees, occuring in tropical woodland, on rocks, and in grassland, in tropical North, ...