What's Blooming at the Los Angeles County
Arboretum

September 2007
Page Three

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

Jasminum officinale Poet's jessamine, Common jasmine Oleaceae (Olive family) Middle East to China

Arbutus unedo Strawberry tree, Arbutus, Cane apples Ericaceae (Heath family) Ireland, Southern Europe and Western Mediterranean

		The Zingiberaceae or ginger family con- tains about 1300 species in 50 genera and is distributed throughout tropical Asia, Africa and the Americas. Its mem- bers are strictly fragrant perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes, often showy flowers and simple distichous leaves with basal sheaths. The flowers are typically strongly zygomorphic in determinate cymes and subtended by spirally arrang- ed bracts. The family takes its epithet from genus Zingiber, the name of which derives from the Greek zingiberis which is what Dioscorides called ginger or some other Arabian spice, and that name is derived in turn from the Sanskrit name of the spice, singabera. It was used in India and China in ancient times. Many species are rich in aromatic, volatile oils and used widely as spices, condiments, dyes and medicines. Some of the spices are ginger, turmeric, cardamom, and numerous others.
Hedychium aurantiacum Bottlebrush ginger Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) Southeast Asia

Lilium longiflorum Easter lily Liliaceae (Lily family) Japan and Ryukyu Islands

Eucalyptus rhodantha Rose mallee Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Western Australia

Plectranthus ecklonii Cape lilac Lamiaceae (Mint family) South Africa

Syagrus romanzaoffiana Queen palm Arecaceae (Palm family) Argentina and southern Brazil

Inga feuillei Pacay, ice cream bean Fabaceae (Pea family) Tropical America

Heimia myrtifolia Sinicuichi Lythraceae (Loosestrife family) Brazil to Uruguay

Serjania sp. No common name recorded Sapindaceae (Soapberry family) Mexico to South America

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Morning Glory' Hibiscus Malvaceae (Mallow family) Hort.

Juglans nigra Black walnut Juglandaceae (Walnut family) Eastern North America

Washington robusta Mexican fan palm Arecaceae (Palm family) Mexico

Campsis X tagliabuana 'Mme. Galen' (C. radicans X C. grandiflora) Tumpet creeper Bignoniaceae (Trumpet-vine family) Hort.

Phalaenopsis hybrid No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Brassolaeliocattleya hybrid No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Eucalyptus microtheca Flooded box Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Eastern Australia

Satureja montana Creeping winter savory Lamiaceae (Mint family) Southern Europe

Wedelia trilobata Creeping daisy Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Northern S. America and West Indies

Alnus arguta (A. acuminata ssp. arguta) No common name recorded Betulaceae (Birch family) Mexico

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