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aloe

Plants; General plants

Genus of more than 300 species, plus many hybrids, of small to large, rosette, evergreen perennials, some are shrub-like or climbing, a few tree-like. They are found in the Cape Verde Islands, ...

dendrobium

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 900 species of deciduous, semi-evergreen, or evergreen, epiphytic and terrestrial orchids from India and S.E.Asia to New Guinea, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. They have ...

Genus of one species of insectivorous perennial found in bogs in coastal areas of North and South Carolina. Dionaea muscipula (Venus Fly Trap) is the most spectagular insectivore in its action. This ...

erica

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 700 species of prostrate to tree-like, evergreen shrubs from wet moorland to dry heathland in Europe, temperate Africa, and temperate W. and C. Asia. The Ericas are small shrubby ...

aechmea

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 200 species of rosette-formed, often rhizomatous, mostly epiphytic, evergreen perennials, mainly from rainforest in S. Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. The ...

allamanda

Plants; General plants

Genus of 12 species of evergreen shrubs and scandent climbers from scrub and forest in tropical North, Central and South America. They have simple leaves, which may be alternate, opposite, or ...

angraecum

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 200 species of monopoidal orchids, which are mostly evergreen and epiphytic. They have semirigid, linear to oblong leaves, produced in 2 ranks. Flowers are white, green or yellowish ...