Arboretum
July 2007
Page Four
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Lippia oaxaca
Mexican lemon verbena Verbenaceae (Verbena family) Mexico |
Saponaria officinalis
Bouncing bet Caryophyllaceae (Pink family) Eurasia |
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Cycas revoluta
Japanese sago palm Cycadaceae (Cycad family) Southern Japan [male flower cone] |
Hypericum perforatum
Common St. John's-wort Clusiaceae (St. John's-wort family) Europe |
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Coffea arabica
Arabian coffee (fruit) Rubiaceae (Madder family) Tropical Africa |
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Rudbeckia laciniata
Cutleaf cornflower Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Northern and Central U.S. |
Haematoxylum brasiletto
Brazilwood, Mexican logwood Fabaceae (Pea family) Mexico |
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Coix lacryma-jobi
Christ's tears, Job's tears Poaceae (Grass family) Asia |
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Plectranthus argentatus
Silver spurflower, Silver plectranthus Lamiaceae (Mint family) Eastern Australia |
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Hemerocallis 'Christmas Wishes'
Day lily Hemerocallidaceae (Hemerocallis family) Hort. |
Cuphea ignea 'Compacta'
Dwarf cigar plant Lythraceae (Loosestrife family) Mexico, West Indies |
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The Geraniaceae or geranium family is widely distributed but concentrated in temperate areas. It is absent from the wet tropics and much of Australasia. The family is made up of 5-6 genera and about 800 species of annual and peren- nial shrubs, herbs and geophytes. The leaves are alternate, usually stipulate, and usually lobed or otherwise divided. The flowers are radially symmetrical (Ger- anium) or slightly zygomorphic (Pelar- gonium), with 5 free petals and 5 sepals either connate or united at the base. The inflorescences are usually umbellate or cymose. The fruit is a dry schizocarp made up of five (or three) fused carpels. Genus Pelargonium has about 280 species with a center of diversity in the Cape region of South Africa. It is an important horticultural plant the oils of which are also used in perfumes and flavorings. Other Geraniums have been used in traditional medicines. |
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Pelargonium sidoides Umckaloaba, Kalwerbossie Geraniaceae (Geranium family) South Africa |
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Rhus chinensis
Chinese gall, Nut gall Anacardiaceae (Sumac family) Japan and China |
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Sisyrinchium californicum
Golden-eyed grass Iridaceae (Iris family) California to British Columbia |
Zephyranthes candida
Zephyr lily, Fairy lily Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family) Argentina |
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Cinnamomum brevifolium
No common name recorded Lauraceae (Laurel family) Japan |
Camptotheca acuminata
Xi shu, Happy Tree Cornaceae (Dogwood family) China, Tibet |
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Clethra barbinervis
Japanese clethra Clethraceae (Clethra family) Japan |
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Plumeria rubra
Frangipani Apocynaceae (Dogbane family) Central America, Mexico, Venezuela |
Currently unidentified
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Abelia chinensis
Chinese abelia Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family) China |
Ficus aspera 'Parcellii'
Clown fig, Mosaic fig Moraceae (Mulberry family) Hort. (Orig. Pacific Islands) |
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Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana var. boxalii
No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort. |
Currently unidentified
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