What's Blooming at the Los Angeles County
Arboretum

December 2007
Page One

Pachypodium geayi Madagascar palm Apocynaceae (Dogbane family) Southwestern Madagascar

Ruellia makoyana Trailing velvet plant Acanthaceae (Acanthus family) Brazil

		The Amaranthaceae or amaranth family is widely distributed across tropical, sub- tropical and temperate regions of the world, but concentrated mainly in Africa, and Central and South America. It is a large family and contains between 70 and 160 genera and between 1000 and 2400 species. The APG II system includes the taxa that were formerly placed in the Chenopodiaceae, which accounts for the disparity in numbers of species and gen- era. Whether they are in the same family or not, they are certainly closely related. The leaves are simple, estipulate and generally entire. The flowers are usually small and frequently prickly due to the bristly perianth and bracts, they have 4-5 connate petals and are often subtended by bracts or bractlets. Some Amaranth species have grainlike edible seeds that were widely used in Central and South America. Many species are grown today as ornamentals.
Iresine lindenii Bloodleaf Amaranthaceae (Amaranth family) Ecuador

Eucalyptus laeliae Darling Range ghost gum Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Southwestern Australia

Dendrobium 'Pompadour' No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Laelia rubescens No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Central America

Laelia gouldiana No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Mexico

Corymbia (Eucalyptus) maculata Spotted gum Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Eastern Australia

Acacia holosericea Velvet wattle, Fish poison wattle Fabaceae (Pea family) Northeastern Australia

Eucalyptus paramattensis Calgaroo Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Eastern Australia

Aloe spectabilis Mountain aloe Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) South Africa

Buddleja madagascariensis Yellow butterfly bush Loganiaceae (Logania family) Madagascar

Acacia farnesiana Sweet acacia Fabaceae (Pea family) Tropical and subtropical America

Acer paxii Evergreen maple Aceraceae (Maple family) Central and Southwestern China

Cattleya mendelii No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Columbia

Laeliocattleya 'Bonanza' No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Osmanthus heterophyllus Holly tea olive, Holly osmanthus, False holly Oleaceae (Olive family) Japan

Zanthoxylum simulans Chinese pepper Rutaceae (Citrus family) China

X Laeliocattleya Mariner 'Far Horizon' No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Delairea odorata Cape ivy Asteraceae (Sunflower family) South Africa

Currently unidentified

Aloe acutissima No common name recorded Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) Madagascar

Callistemon rugulosus 'Violaceus' Purple bottlebrush Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Hort.

Eucalyptus staigeriana Lemon-scented ironbark Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Eastern Australia

Oxalis corniculata Creeping wood-sorrel Oxalidaceae (Oxalis family) Europe

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