General plants

General plants

Plants in general and their related subjects and terms.

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General plants

Genus of about 10 species of deciduous tendrill climbers found in forests in the Himalayas, E. Asia, and North America. Some species are twining, but more commonly they cling by disk-like suckers on ...

Paphiopedilum

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 60 species of evergreen, mainly terrestrial orchids, some epiphytic or lithophytic, occuring from India to China, S.E.Asia, and Papua New Guinea. Paphiopedilums are divided into two ...

Pandanus

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 250 species of dioecious, evergreen shrubs and trees occuring in dry and moist sites throughout tropical regions of Africa, India, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific islands. Pandanus ...

Pellionia

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 50 species of evergreen perennials and subshrubs, some with succulent or partly woody stems, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical Asia, where thwy grow in forest clearings. ...

Pelargonium

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 230 species of mainly evergreen perennials, succulents, subshrubs, and shruns, occuring in a variety of habitats, from mountains to deserts, mostly in South Africa. Pelargoniums are ...

Pellaea

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 80 species af deciduous or evergreen, terrestrial ferns occuring in sheltered sites in semi-desert regions, mainly in South Africa and South America, but also in Canada, the US, and ...

Pedilanthus

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 14 species of bushy, succulent shrubs and small trees occuring mainly in low, rocky terrain in Mexico, Central and South America, the West Indies, and Florida. The house plant ...