Arboretum
June 2007
Page Seven
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Melaleuca tamariscina
Bushhouse paperbark, Weeping honey myrtle, Tamarisk honey myrtle Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Australia |
Eucalyptus drepanophylla
Queensland gray ironbark Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Eastern Australia |
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Monardella villosa
Coyote mint Lamiaceae (Mint family) California |
Melica imperfecta
Coast range melic Poaceae (Grass family) Southwestern U.S. |
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The Acanthaceae or acanthus family is fairly large with some 2500-3000 spec- ies in about 250 genera. The family is known from a variety of very diverse tropical and subtropical habitats, and its four main centers of distribution are Indo-Malaysia, Africa, Brazil and Cent- ral America. It is composed of mainly annual and perennial herbs, shrubs and climbers, but also includes some large trees. The leaves are simple, opposite, estipulate and usually entire-margined, and the flowers are in spikes, racemes or cymes. Large and showy involucral bracts are fairly characteristic with tubu- lar corollas that are 2-lipped or 5-lobed. The fruits are dehiscent capsules. Some of the familiar genera in addition to Ac- anthus are Justicia, Thunbergia, Rus- polia, Barleria and Ruellia. Many spec- ies are popular ornamentals and others like zebra plant and nerve plant are com- monly grown as house plants. |
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Ruspolia 'Pink' Acanthaceae (Acanthus family) Tropical Africa |
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Viburnum suspensum
Sandankwa viburnum Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family) Japan, Ryukyu Islands |
Vitex cannabifolia
Hemp tree Verbenaceae (Verbena family) Southeast Africa, Southeast Asia |
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Pittosporum rhombifolium
Queensland pittosporum Pittosporaceae (Pittosporum family) Eastern Australia |
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Lagerstroemia indica
Crape myrtle Lythraceae (Loosestrife family) China and Japan |
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Lagerstroemia 'Natchez'
(L. indica X L. fauriei) Crape myrtle Lythraceae (Loosestrife family Hort. |
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Ficus microcarpa
Banyan fig, Indian laurel fig Moraceae (Mulberry family) Southern China to Northern Australia [What appear to be fruits are actually the flowers enclosed in pods] |
Ficus carica
Edible fig Moraceae (Mulberry family) Western Asia [What appear to be fruits are actually the flowers enclosed in pods] |
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Acacia sp.
Fabaceae (Pea family) Australia |
Dioscorea mexicana
Elephant foot, Turtle shell Dioscoreaceae (Yam family) Mexico, Central America |
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Schinus terebinthifolius
Brazilian pepper Anacardiaceae (Sumac family) Southern Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay |
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Lycaste cochleata
No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Mexico, Guatemala and Belize |
Tilia tomentosa
Silver linden Tiliaceae (Linden family) Southeast Europe and Asia |
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Campsis radicans
Cow-itch, Trumpet creeper Bignoniaceae (Trumpet-vine family) Southeastern U.S. |
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Aerides quinquevulnerum
No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Philippines, New Guinea |
Paleocyanus crassifolius
Maltese rock-centaury Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Malta |
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Lophostemon confertus Brush box Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Eastern Australia |
Melaleuca styphelioides Prickly paperbark Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Southeastern Australia |
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Markhamia lutea Markhamia, Nile tulip tree Bignoniaceae (Trumpet-vine family) Tropical Africa |
Sedum reflexum Spruce-leaved stonecrop Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family) Europe |
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