Asperula, commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia.
Taverniera is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It includes 17 species of shrubs or shrublets which range from Egypt eastwards to the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, and India, and southwards to Ethiopia and Somalia. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical and subtropical desert, shrubland, and bushland.
Pulicaria is a genus of flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to Europe, Asia, and Africa. In North America Pulicaria is known by the common name false fleabane.
Pteropyrum is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae. Plants of the World Online accepts two species, native to Iran, Oman and the Gulf States.
Atraphaxis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae with about 40 species.
Eremurus is a genus of deciduous perennial flowers in the family Asphodelaceae. They are also known as the foxtail lilies or desert candles. They are native to eastern Europe in, and temperate Asia from Turkey to China, with many species in Central Asia.
Pierre Martin Rémi Aucher-Éloy was a French pharmacist and botanist who was a native of Blois. The standard author abbreviation Aucher is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
Halothamnus is a genus in the subfamily Salsoloideae of the family Amaranthaceae. The scientific name means saltbush, from the Greek ἅλς (hals) "salt" and θαμνος (thamnos) "bush". This refers either to salty habitats or to the accumulation of salt in the plants. The genus is distributed from Southwest and Central Asia to the Arabian peninsula and East Africa.
Jurinea is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.
Eremopyrum is a genus Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. One species, Eremopyrum triticeum has become widely established as a weed in parts of North America.
Argyrolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Members of this genus are found in Africa, western and south Asia, and southern Europe.
Chesneya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 47 species which range across temperate Asia, from Turkey through Syria, Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, and the Himalayas to Inner Mongolia, central China, and Myanmar. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Ebenus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes 21 species native to northern Africa, Greece and Turkey, and Iran to the western Himalayas.
Hymenocephalus rigidus is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, and is the sole member of its genus Hymenocephalus. This species is native to Iran.
Michauxia is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. It contains 7 known species native to southwestern Asia.
Crepidinae is a subtribe of Cichorieae in the family Asteraceae.
Digitalis cariensis is a species of flowering plant in family Plantaginaceae. It is a type of foxglove. It is native to southwestern to southern Turkey.
Mattiastrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.
