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April 2007
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Borago officinalis Borage Boraginaceae (Borage family) Europe

Salvia chiapensis Chiapas sage Lamiaceae (Mint family) Mexico

		The Aspodelaceae or asphodel family is one like many other families that is under revision. Its main genus is Aloe, which was placed by Cronquist as a family with the lily, iris and agave families into order Liliales. The 1998 APG system accepted the Asphodelaceae as a family in its own right, but the 2003 APG revision made this taxa an optional segregate of the family Xanthorrhoeaceae in the order Asparagales. This is why aloes some- times are listed in the Liliaceae, Agava- ceae, Aloaceae or Asphodelaceae. The greatest diversity of the putative Aspho- delaceae is in South Africa with such genera as Aloe, Asphodelus (hence the family name), Gasteria, Haworthia, Bulbine, Kniphofia and others, and about 800 species. The leaves are mostly basal or subbasal, linear, parallel-veined and sometimes succulent. The perianth parts are in 3's and the fruit is a capsule. One genus is in New Zealand.
Aloe petricola Rock aloe Asphodelaceae (Aspodel family) South Africa

Escallonia sp. Escallonia Grossulariaceae (Gooseberry family) South America

Justicia brandegeana 'Variegata' Shrimp plant Acanthaceae (Acanthus family) Mexico

Teucrium cossonii Fruity teucrium, Majorcan teucrium Lamiaceae (Mint family) Majorca, Balearic Islands

Senna surattensis Glossy shower, Scrambled egg bush Fabaceae (Pea family) Asia, Australia and Polynesia

Chionanthus virginicus Fringe tree Oleaceae (Olive family) Eastern U.S.

Chrysocephalum apiculatum 'Flambé Orange' Common everlasting, Yellow buttons Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Australia

Morus nigra Black mulberry [fruit] Moraceae (Mulberry family) China, Korea

Livistona decipiens Weeping cabbage palm, Ribbon fan palm Arecaceae (Palm family) Australia

cf. Plectranthus sp. Spurflower Lamiaceae (Mint family)

Iris douglasiana Douglas iris Iridaceae (Iris family) California and Oregon

Brachychiton australis Broad-leaved bottle tree Sterculiaceae (Cacao family) Australia

Pavonia praemorsa Yellow mallow Malvaceae (Mallow family) South Africa

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