Plants

Plants

Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically producing embryos, containing chloroplasts, having cellulose cell walls, and lacking the power of locomotion.

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acalypha

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 430 species of evergreen shrubs and trees, and annuals, from tropical and subtropical regions. There are two distinct groups of Acalypha. The more popular tipe ...

dipladenia

Plants; General plants

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 ...

anisodontea

Plants; General plants

Genus of 19 species of woody-based perennials and shrubs from a variety of habitats in South Africa. The Anisodontea (African Mallow, Cape Mallow) is one of the undiscovered ...

agapetes

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 95 species of spreadling to erect, or scandent shrubs, sometimes epiphytic in the wild, found in scrub and forest from warm-temperate regions of E. Asia to the ...

acanthus

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 30 species of perennials from dry, rocky sites, mostly in the Mediterranean. Acanthus may growing up to 6 ft. They are vigorous plants with with bold, striking ...

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. ...

persea

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 150 species of brittle-branched, evergreen trees and shrubs from well-drained soils to swamps of S.E. Asia, Micronesia, and tropical and subtropical North and South ...