General plants

General plants

Plants in general and their related subjects and terms.

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General plants

Genus of 700-900 species of evergreen perennials, many epiphytic, with erect, sometimes climbing stems, from wet mountain forest in tropical and subtropical North and South America. Anthuriums are ...

ardisia

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 250 species of evergreen trees and shrubs from moist woodland in tropicat and warm-temperate areas of Asia, Australia, and North and south America. Ardisia is a slow-growing shrub ...

asplenium

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 700 species of evergreen or semi-evergreen, terrestrial or epiphytic ferns found on all continents except Antarctica. The Aspleniums or Spleenworts need shade and a moist atmosphere. ...

begonia

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 1300 species and numerous cultivars of annuals, herbaceus perennials, shrubs and climbers, including some succulents and epiphytes. The estimated number of Begonia hybrids is between ...

biophytum

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 70 species from tropical arears of Africa and Asia. Stems simple, to 10 inches; leaves to 5 inches long, leaflets 8-17 pairs, rectangular to cuneate-obovate, to 1/2 inch long. The ...

bougainvillea

Plants; General plants

Genus of 14 species of evergreen shrubs and trees, and evergreen and partly deciduous, sometimes thorny climbers, from forest and thickets in tropical and subtropical South America. Large woody vine, ...

brunfelsia

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 40 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees from light woodland and thickets in tropical North, Central, and South America. Brunfelsia is a slow-growing evergreen shrub with an ...