Arboretum
May 2007
Page Six
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Petroselinum crispum 'Single Leaf' Italian single leaf parsley Apiaceae (Carrot family) Southern Europe and Mediterranean |
Vanda tricolor hybrid No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Indonesia |
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The Liliaceae or lily family was formerly considered to contain many genera that have now been moved into families of their own, such as Alliaceae, Agavaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Hyacinthaceae, Aspara- gaceae and others. More recent circum- scriptions have limited the family to from 16 to 60 genera and about 650 species. This is very different from the 280 genera and 4000 species that it was once said to include. Lilies are monocotyledons with linear, mostly parallel-veined leaves and flower parts in threes. The family is mainly distributed in the northern temper- ate zones with a few genera reaching the subtropics, and includes some of the old- est known ornamentals of the western world. Some of the familiar genera are Lilium (from which the family takes its name), Tulipa, Crinum, Fritillaria, Chlorophytum and Zygadenus. Fruits are typically loculicidal capsules, but in some genera like Clintonia is a berry. |
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Pancratium maritimum Sea daffodil, Sand lily Liliaceae (Lily family) Mediterranean |
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Quisqualis indica
Drunken sailor, Rangoon creeper Combretaceae (Combretum family) Tropical Asia, New Guinea |
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Encephalartos latifrons
Albany cycad Zamiaceae (Zamia family) South Africa |
Nymphaea sp.
Waterlily Nymphaeaceae (Waterlily family) |
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Dietes bicolor
Yellow wild iris, Peacock flower Iridaceae (Iris family) South Africa |
Caryota urens
Toddy palm, Fishtail palm Arecaceae (Palm family) India, Malay Peninsula |
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Cyphomandra betacea
Tree tomato, Tamarillo Solanaceae (Nightshade family) Peru and Chile |
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Verbascum chaixii 'Album'
Nettle-leafed moth mullein Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family) Central Europe |
Cestrum parqui
Green cestrum Solanaceae (Nightshade family) Chile |
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Pontederia cordata Pickerelweed, Wampee Pontederiaceae (Pickerel-weed family) Eastern North America, Caribbean |
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Bauhinia petersiana
Butterfly tree Fabacaeae (Pea family) Mozambique |
Albizia kalkora
Indian mimosa Fabaceae (Pea family) India |
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Psidium araca
Brazilian guava Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Tropical America |
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Itoa orientalis
No common name recorded Salicaceae (Willow family) South China, Tropical Asia |
Tagetes lemmonii
Mexican bush marigold, Mt. Lemmon marigold, Copper Canyon daisy Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Northern Mexico to southern Arizona |
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Salvia argentea
Silver sage Lamiaceae (Mint family) Southern Europe |
Buddleja davidii 'Lochinch'
Butterfly bush Loganiaceae (Logania family) Hort. (Orig. China) |
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Achillea millefolium 'Cerise Queen'
Yarrow Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Europe, West Asia |
Brachyscome multifida
Cut-leafed daisy Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Eastern Australia |
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Centaurea sp.
Knapweed Asteraceae (Sunflower family) |
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Variegata'
Bigleaf hydrangea Hydrangeaceae (Hydrangea family) Hort. (Orig. Japan ) |
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Myrospermum sousanum
Arroyo sweetwood, Palo nuevo Fabaceae (Pea family) Mexico, Texas |
Pelargonium X domesticum
Regal geranium, Martha Washington geranium Geraniaceae (Geranium family) Hort. |
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