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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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, ...

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 ...

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. ...

phragmipedium

Plants; General plants

Genus of 15-20 species of large, evergreen, terrestrial or occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic orchids from Mexico and Central and South America. They have robust, fleshy, ...

pilea

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 600 species of erect or creeping, semi-succulent annuals and evergreen perennials, sometimes woody at the base, found in rainforest throughout tropical regions ...

piper

Plants; General plants

Genus of more than 1000 species of shrubs, climbers, and small trees from tropical regions worldwide. This is not an easy plant, but one which is always of great interest to plant ...

pisonia

Plants; General plants

Genus of 50 species of evergreen trees, shrubs, and climbers from chiefly maritime habitats in tropical regions worldwide, but mainly in North and South America. This unusual ...