Brassica is a genus of plants in the cabbage and mustard family (Brassicaceae). The members of the genus are informally known as cruciferous vegetables, cabbages, mustard plants, or simply brassicas. Crops from this genus are sometimes called cole crops—derived from the Latin caulis, denoting the stem or stalk of a plant.
The Papaveraceae are an economically important family of about 42 genera and approximately 775 known species of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales, informally known as the poppy family. The family is cosmopolitan, occurring in temperate and subtropical climates, but almost unknown in the tropics. Most are herbaceous plants, but a few are shrubs and small trees. The family currently includes two groups that have been considered to be separate families: Fumariaceae and Pteridophyllaceae. Papaver is the classical name for poppy in Latin.
Fumaria is a genus of about 60 species of annual flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae. The genus is native to Europe, Africa and Asia, most diverse in the Mediterranean region, and introduced to North, South America and Australia. Fumaria species are sometimes used in herbal medicine. Fumaria indica contains the alkaloids fuyuziphine and alpha-hydrastine. Fumaria indica may have anti-inflammatory and analgesic potential.
Melilotus, known as melilot, sweet clover, and kumoniga, is a genus in the family Fabaceae. Members are known as common grassland plants and as weeds of cultivated ground. Originally from Europe and Asia, it is now found worldwide.
Valerianella is a genus of plant in family Caprifoliaceae. Many plants of this genus are known by the common name corn salad or cornsalad, although that name most often refers to Valerianella locusta.
Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve was a French soldier and botanist who was a native of Saint-Eutrope-de-Born in the department of Lot-et-Garonne.
Dasypyrum is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family, native to the basins of the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas.
Plocama is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is distributed from the Canary Islands to northwestern India.
Zea luxurians, also referred to by the common names Maíz de Monte, Florida teosinte and Guatemalan teosinte, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is a true grass and a teosinte.
Cysticapnos is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Papaveraceae.
Hohenackeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Rupicapnos is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Papaveraceae.
Lonchophora is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.
Kremeriella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It has one known synonym KremeriaCoss. & Durieu. It only contains one species, Kremeriella cordylocarpus(Coss. & Durieu) Maire
Otocarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.
Selinopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Oreobliton is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. The only species is Oreobliton thesioides.
Silene tibetica is a species of plant which is a member of the family Caryophyllaceae. The species can be found in Tibet.
Henophyton is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.
Deverra is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native from northern Africa to the Arabian Peninsula and Iraq, and to south tropical and southern Africa. The genus was first described by Augustin de Candolle in 1829.
