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• Native plant
  ...emism|endemic]] ([[indigenous (ecology)|indigenous]]) or [[Naturalisation (biology)|naturalized]] to a given area in [[geologic time]]. ...arsh [[climates]] or exceptional [[soil]] conditions. Although some types of plants for these reasons exist only within a very limited range ([[endemism
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• Genus
  ...g. It is difficult to trace the origin of the genus- conception in natural history, but it is usually ascribed to Konrad Gesner (Zurich, 1516-1565). {{SCH}} [[Image:Scientific classification.png|right|100px|The hierarchy of scientific classification]]
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• Nierembergia
  ...flower''') is a genus of plants in the [[Solanaceae|Nightshade]] [[family (biology)|family]]. ...erbs valued chiefly for the open border or for pot-plants: they are mostly of prostrate habit, with showy pale violet or white flowers borne freely throu
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• Deadly nightshade
  ...me|ancient Romans]], including the wives of two Emperors, and by [[Macbeth of Scotland]] before he became a Scottish King. ...three [[Moirae|Fates]] in [[Greek mythology]] (the one who cuts the thread of life), and the name "atropa bella donna" is derived from an admon
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• Kalanchoe sect. Bryophyllum
  |image_caption=Closeup of a Bryophyllum daigremontianum ...es; these eventually drop off and root. These plantlets arise from mitosis of meristematic-type tissue in notches in the leaves.
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• Salvia nemorosa
  ...book|last=Clebsch|first=Betsy|coauthors=Carol D. Barner|title=The New Book of Salvias|publisher=Timber Press|date=2003|page=208|isbn=9780881925609|url=ht ...n Britain, ''Salvia nemorosa'' and ''Salvia pratensis'' are both in danger of disappearing due depredation from [[slug]]s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fieldhous
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• Vigna
  ...ther distinguished from Dolichos in the shorter petioles of the first pair of aerial lvs. In Vigna these are about 1/4 in. long or shorter, whereas in Do ...iper (Bulletin No. 229, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture) describes these three species as follows:
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• Calendula officinalis
  ...pe: ''Calendula officinalis'']</ref><ref name=rhs>''The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening'' 1: 462.</ref> ...-red, and with 'double' flowerheads with ray florets replacing some or all of the disc florets. Examples include 'Sun Glow' (bright yellow), 'Lemon' (pal
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• Wormwood
  ...may be used for propagation. Clean cultivation and slight annual dressings of manure are the only other requisites. In the middle western states there ar Wormwood is used very extensively in the manufacture of certain medicines. The oil is produced largely in southern Michigan, and Wi
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• Angraecum sesquipedale
  ...mon_name=Darwin's orchid, Christmas orchid, Star of Bethlehem orchid, King of the Angraecums ...tor has come to be seen as one of the celebrated predictions of the theory of evolution.
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• Botany
  [[Image:Stem-cross-section.jpg|thumb|Example of a cross section of a stem <ref>[http://www.hydroponicist.com Winterborne J, 2005. ''Hydroponic ...e of botany has increased to include the study of over 550,000 [[species]] of living organisms.
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• Datura
  ...15 species, mostly strong-smelling, in the warmer parts of the globe, some of them weeds. ...t was used by the priests at Delphi to produce oracular ravings. The seeds of D. sanguinea are said to have been used by Peruvian priests that were belie
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• Strawberry Tree
  ...edo'' L.) is an [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Ericaceae]], native to the [[Mediterranean region]] and western ...wberry Tree grows to 5-10 m tall, rarely up to 15 m, with a trunk diameter of up to 80 cm. Zone: 7-10
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• Grapefruit
  ...ified with the [[pomelo]] or shaddock (''C. maxima''), one of the parents of this hybrid, the other being [[sweet orange]] (''C. × ​sinensis''). ...texasweet.com/About-Texas-Citrus/Texas-Grapefruit-History Texas grapefruit history], TexaSweet. Retrieved 2 July 2008.</ref>
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• Angiosperm
  | subdivision_ranks = [[Class (biology)|Classes]] ...a series of [[Apomorphy#Definitions|apomorphies]], or derived [[character (biology)|characteristics]].
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• Lichen
  ...of Nature'', 1904]]'''Lichens''' are [[symbiosis|symbiotic]] associations of a [[fungus]] (the mycobiont) with a [[Photosynthesis|photosynthetic]] partn The body (thallus) of most lichens is quite different from that of either the fungus or alga growing separately, and may strikingly resemble s
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• Vanda
  ...chidaceae]]'') which, although not large (about fifty [[species]]), is one of the most important florally. ...considerably in size; there are miniature plants and plants with a length of several meters.
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• Sorbus
  ...Evans, D. R. Morgan, T. A. Dickinson, and M. P. Arsenault. 2007. Phylogeny of subtribe Pyrinae (formerly the Maloideae, Rosaceae): ...he [[ pinnate]] leaved species of [[subgenus]] ''Sorbus'', raising several of the other subgenera to generic rank.
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• Carnation
  ...vided into two distinct categories, either florists' or border types. All of them have bluish-green leaves branching stems and double flowers. Stems ha ...her species of ''[[Dianthus]]'', and more particularly to garden [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]]s between ''D. caryophyllus'' and other species in the genus.
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• Eggplant
  Eggplant (Solanum Melongena, Linn.). Solanaceae. Guinea Squash. Aubergine of the French. Strong perennial herb or sub-shrub, grown as a vegetable-garden ...under glass to a limited extent for home use. They require the temperature of a tomato house, and great care must be taken to keep off red-spider and mit
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