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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
  ...with an isolated 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
  4 KB (625 words) - 10:14, 6 August 2009
• Litsea
  ...Asia]]. [[China]] alone has over 70 species, mostly in warm regions of the south and southwest. ...cies perhaps 150 in warm and tropical countries well around the globe, one of them (L. geniculata, Benth. & Hook.) growing in shallow ponds, Ga. to La. A
  3 KB (437 words) - 02:54, 12 December 2009
• Nyssa
  ...o eastern [[Mexico]]; the others to east and south [[Asia]] from [[China]] south to [[Malaysia]] and west to the [[Himalaya]]. A related genus, ''Davidia'', ..., formerly included in Cornaceae. Tupelo. Pepperidge. Sour Gum. Ornamental trees planted chiefly for their handsome foliage and brilliant autumnal tints.
  4 KB (630 words) - 19:21, 22 February 2010
• 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.
  2 KB (255 words) - 22:48, 31 March 2010
• Gustavia
  ...e]] family. It consists of about 41 species native to [[tropical]] [[South America]]. ...thidaceae. Trees and shrubs of the American tropics with large showy fls., of which G. speciosa, HBK.,is offered in S. Calif. It is a thick-lvd. tree wit
  2 KB (289 words) - 17:06, 11 August 2010
• 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
• Embothrium
  ...representing a third of its length; anthers imbedded in the concave apices of the perianth-lobes; pistil with an elongated cylindrical ovary and long-exs ...acent western [[Argentina]] and southern [[Peru]]; the genus occurs as far south as [[Tierra del Fuego]]. Common names include '''Chilean Firebush''' in Eng
  4 KB (575 words) - 15:40, 21 September 2009
• 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
• 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
• 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 ...e Range]] from southeast Alaska ([[Alaska Panhandle|Panhandle]] mountains) south to California{{wp}}.
  6 KB (858 words) - 17:15, 27 June 2010
• 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
• Salix lucida
  ...et_JM_treatment.pl?Salix+lucida ''Salix lucida'']</ref><ref name=bc>Plants of British Columbia: [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Salix ...icelled, rather obtuse, glabrous. E. N. Amer.—A beautiful plant, deserving of more extensive cult.
  4 KB (579 words) - 18:08, 7 May 2010
• Schinus
  ...r Tree or Christmasberry (''[[Schinus terebinthifolius]]'') are the source of the spice known as [[pink peppercorn]]s<ref>[http://books.google.com/books? ...inous mastic-like juice of some species). Anacardiaceae. Resinous dioecous trees, one much planted in California.
  4 KB (606 words) - 04:02, 21 May 2010
• Quassia
  ...circumscription as a [[pantropical]] [[genus]] containing up to 40 species of [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s. Quassia (from an aboriginal name). Simarubaceae. Trees, sometimes cultivated in the warmhouse.
  2 KB (305 words) - 23:24, 11 December 2009
• 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]]
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• Myroxylon
  ...estern world as the source for [[balsam of Peru]] and [[Tolu balsam|balsam of Tolu]]. They are small trees growing to 12 m tall, with [[evergreen]] pinnate [[leaf|leaves]] 15 cm long
  3 KB (407 words) - 21:38, 8 January 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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• Pinus strobus
  |image=Pinus strobus trees.jpg ...toba]], and south along the [[Appalachian Mountains]] to the northern edge of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
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• Escallonia
  | origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc --> | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
  4 KB (577 words) - 14:55, 25 September 2009

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