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• Swietenia
  ...k diameter. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 10-30 cm long, pinnate, with 3-6 pairs of leaflets, the terminal leaflet absent; each leaflet is 5-15 cm long. The le ...Trees, sometimes grown in the warmhouse, one of them yielding the mahogany of commerce: lvs. even-pinnate, very glabrous; lfts. opposite, petioled, obliq
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• Taxus brevifolia
  ...solated disjunct population in southeast [[British Columbia]] and south to central [[Idaho]]. ...th the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem except on erect leading shoots where the spiral arrangement is mor
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• Dendropanax
  Dendropanax (Greek, tree Panax). Araliaceae. Unarmed trees and shrubs from Trop. Amer. and Asia, also China and Japan. Fls. hermaphrod ...and [[shrub]]s. They are native to [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], eastern [[Asia]] and the [[Malay Peninsula]].
  4 KB (555 words) - 12:18, 29 August 2009
• Isochilus linearis
  ...ogle.com/books?id=to4rytwGiiwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+new+encyclopedia+of+orchids&lr= |accessdate=June 21 2009}}</ref>. ...thick woods, Jamaica, Trinidad, Brazil, etc. I. major, Cham. & Schlecht., of Mex., is taller, fls. larger and darker colored.
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• Sorbus aucuparia
  ...h altitudes in mountains.<ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref><ref name=dvf>Den Vi ...s called "[[Mountain Ash]]",<ref name=vedel>Vedel, H., & Lange, J. (1960). Trees and Bushes in Wood and Hedgerow. Methuen & Co Ltd.</ref><ref name=arkive>Ar
  6 KB (929 words) - 05:24, 3 June 2010
• Gnetum
  '''''Gnetum''''' is a genus of about 30-35 species of [[gymnosperm]]s, the sole genus in the family '''Gnetaceae''' and order ''' **''Gnetum'' subsect. ''Gnetum'' - 2 species of trees; southeast [[Asia]]
  3 KB (464 words) - 12:44, 31 July 2010
• Prosopis
  ...he screw bean, two forage plants of considerable value in the arid regions of southern California and the Southwest. ...eous and indehiscent. — About 25 species, tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
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• Jacaranda
  ...tropical and subtropical regions of [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]], [[Mexico]], and the [[Caribbean]]. The genus name is also used as the co ...r than the [[stamen]]s, tricolpate [[pollen]], and a [[chromosome]] number of 18.
  6 KB (932 words) - 23:20, 31 March 2010
• Sassafras
  ...y of Sassafras (Lauraceae) disjunct between eastern Asia and eastern North America, Plant Systematics and Evolution, volume 267, pages 191–203</ref> ..., red-stalked cups, and mature in late summer.<ref name=fna>Flora of North America: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=129310 ''Sassa
  6 KB (867 words) - 17:16, 19 May 2010
• Balsam Fir
  ...ates. Has legendary fragrance, making it popular for wreaths and Christmas trees. ...ern and central [[Canada]] ([[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] west to central [[Alberta]]) and the northeastern [[United States]] ([[Minnesota]] east to
  4 KB (655 words) - 18:14, 29 June 2010
• Dracaena
  ...[[Africa]], with a few in southern [[Asia]] and one in tropical [[Central America]]. ...and ''D. sanderiana'' are popular as [[houseplant]]s. Rooted stem cuttings of ''D. sanderiana'' are widely marketed in the U.S.A. as "Lucky Bamboo", alth
  6 KB (904 words) - 23:29, 23 December 2009
• Abies lasiocarpa
  ...on the shoot, but with the leaf bases twisted to be arranged to the sides of and above the shoot, with few or none below the shoot{{wp}}. The [[conifer ...lpine Fir''' ''Abies lasiocarpa'' in the narrow sense, is the typical form of the species, occurring in the [[Pacific Coast Ranges]], the [[Olympic Mount
  6 KB (858 words) - 17:15, 27 June 2010
• Utricularia uniflora
  ...It grows as a terrestrial or [[epiphyte|epiphytic]] plant on moss-covered trees, rocks, or banks in [[cloud forest]]s at altitudes between {{convert|2000|m <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 078941943
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• Larch
  ...atin name). ''Pinaceae''. Larch. Tamarack. Ornamental deciduous coniferous trees chiefly grown for their bright or light green foliage and regular habit. ...year.— About 10 or 12 species in the colder regions and the high mountains of the northern hemisphere.
  7 KB (1,057 words) - 21:33, 9 December 2009
• Griselinia
  ...n native to [[New Zealand]] and [[South America]]. It is a classic example of the [[Antarctic flora]]. ...tamens and a single stigma. Petals 2-3 mm long. However, the female flower of ''G.lucida'' has no petals. The [[fruit]] is a small purple oval [[berry]]
  3 KB (505 words) - 20:19, 9 August 2010
• Sapindus
  ...include '''soapberry''' and '''soapnut''', both names referring to the use of the crushed [[seed]]s to make [[soap]]. ..., a natural [[surfactant]]. They have been used for washing for thousands of years by various peoples, such as the [[Native Americans in the United Stat
  6 KB (939 words) - 14:30, 14 May 2010
• Mulberry
  ...ncient Latin name). Moraceae. Mulberry. Ornamental and fruit-bearing small trees. ...e now referred to other genera. Many of the names represent cultural forms of M. alba.
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• Fraxinus velutina
  ...to Ash''') is a species of ''[[Fraxinus]]'' native to southwestern [[North America]], in the [[United States]] from southern [[California]] east to [[Texas]], ...is [[plant sexuality|dioecious]], with male and female flowers on separate trees. The [[fruit]] is a [[samara (fruit)|samara]] 1.5-3 cm long, with an apical
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• Xylosma
  ...ly connate. Little known in cult.; prop. by seeds and probably by cuttings of half-ripened wood under glass. ...ng pair of glands at base of blade, 2-4 in. long: racemes short, axillary, of very small fls.: styles 6-7. Habitat unknown, probably Polynesia or Austral
  4 KB (500 words) - 04:38, 4 December 2009
• Alstonia
  ...after [[Charles Alston (botanist)|Charles Alston]] (1685-1760), Professor of [[botany]] at [[Edinburgh]] from 1716-1760. ...fferent authors), native to tropical and subtropical [[Africa]], [[Central America]], [[southeast Asia]], [[Polynesia]] and [[Australia]], with most species i
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