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• Buxus
  ...ecies in the family [[Buxaceae]]. Common names include '''box''' (majority of English-speaking countries) or '''boxwood''' (North America). ...of diversity occur in [[Cuba]] (about 30 species), China (17 species) and Madagascar (9 species).
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• Angraecum superbum
  ...lanceolate; lip white, orbicular, fleshy, abruptly acuminate; spur green. Madagascar. B.M. 4761. B.R. 1522. Var. virens, Veitch (A. lArens, Lindl.). Differs fro *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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• Hibbertia
  Hibbertia (George Hibbert, English patron of botany, died 1838). Dilleniaceae. Shrubs or subshrubs with yellow or white ...ripe.—Species about 100, nearly all Australian, a few from Madagascar. Any of these species is likely to appear in lists, but only 2 or 3 are regularly k
  2 KB (326 words) - 04:57, 23 November 2009
• Utricularia bisquamata
  |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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• Hyphaene
  ...leaved unarmed palms of moderate or tall stature from tropical Africa and Madagascar. ...cea, Latania and Hyphaene. In the first two the staminate fls. in the pits of the spadix are numerous; in the last two they are solitary. In the first an
  2 KB (321 words) - 13:17, 5 March 2010
• Warpuria
  ...ovuled: caps. oblong, the upper third contracted into a beak.—One species, Madagascar. ...for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
  2 KB (263 words) - 11:54, 22 November 2009
• Rulingia
  Rulingia (after J. Ph. Ruling, a botanist of Gottingen). Sterculiaceae. Shrubs or subshrubs with stellate tomentum or ha About 20 species, all Australian except one from Madagascar.
  2 KB (250 words) - 13:56, 5 January 2010
• Strongylodon
  '''''Strongylodon''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[legume]] family, [[Fabaceae]]. It belongs to ...ed: legume stipitate, obliquely ovate-oblong, 2-valved.— About 20 species, Madagascar, Ceylon, to N. Austral. and the Pacific islands. May be planted far S.
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• Dypsis decaryi
  ...about a meter from their tip. The leaf bases grow on three distinct sides of the plant, forming a triangle, which gives the palm its common name. Yello ...rower once established and its [[seed]] normally germinates within a month of being planted.[http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Dypsis/decaryi.html]
  2 KB (372 words) - 17:34, 18 July 2010
• Gynopogon
  ...eeds or cuttings. They are worthy of cult, in the conservatory, on account of their dark green lustrous foliage and their fragrant jasmine-like fls. ...for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
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• Cynorchis
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...oints, between which arises the middle lobe of the beak.—About 25 species, of the Mascarene Islands and tropical Africa.
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• Eulophia
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...inia 2.—About 50-60 species, in the tropics of both hemispheres. The cult. of Calanthe will apply to this genus.
  17 KB (2,335 words) - 21:21, 27 September 2009
• Angraecum
  ...ids of this habit). Orchidaceae. Epiphytic hothouse orchids with the habit of Vanda. ..., upon a single undivided stipe.— About 20 species, natives of Trop. Afr., Madagascar, and the Mascarene Isis.
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• Kalanchoe pinnata
  ...it has in common with the other members of the ''[[Bryophyllum]]'' section of the ''Kalanchoe'' genus. It is a popular houseplant and has become naturalized in temperate regions of Asia, the Pacific and Caribbean.
  3 KB (380 words) - 17:43, 18 February 2010
• Aerangis
  |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
  4 KB (593 words) - 17:11, 20 November 2010
• Vangueria
  Vangueria (the Madagascan name of V. madagascariensis is Voa-Vanguer). Rubiaceae. Shrubs or trees, sometimes ...subtropical regions of the world, Austral. excepted. Considered a section of Epimedium by Prantl, in Engler & Prantl, Pflanzenreich III. 2.
  3 KB (434 words) - 11:51, 19 October 2009
• Kitchingia
  ...ens 8: carpels 4, free, making small many-seeded follicles.—Species 10, in Madagascar. K. uniflora, Stapf, is an attractive prostrate sedum-like plant, rooting a *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
  2 KB (256 words) - 11:25, 30 March 2010
• Anthericum
  ...rs of this [[genus]] occurs mainly in the tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar, but also represented in Europe. Only two species are in general cultivation. A number of species are now included in the genus ''[[Chlorophytum]]'', the Spider Plan
  3 KB (419 words) - 16:33, 19 January 2010
• Vellozia
  ...s. coriaceous, dehiscing at the apex.—About 65 species, Trop. and S. Afr., Madagascar and Brazil. Vellozia is closely related to Barbacenia but distinguished by ...for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
  2 KB (346 words) - 08:48, 21 October 2009
• Macaranga
  ...and cult. similar to codieum. M. Porteana, Andre (Mappa Porteana, Hort.), of Philippine Isls. A very striking plant, with orbicular-ovate, strongly ribb ...for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
  2 KB (356 words) - 20:59, 18 December 2009

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