Abelia is a previously recognized genus that contained about 30 species and hybrids, placed in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. Molecular phylogenetic studies showed that the genus was not monophyletic, and in 2013, Maarten Christenhusz proposed the merger of Abelia into Linnaea, along with some other genera. Abelia section Zabelia was raised to the genus Zabelia.
Nepenthes spathulata is a tropical pitcher plant native to Java and Sumatra, where it grows at elevations of between 1100 and 2900 m above sea level. The specific epithet spathulata is derived from the Latin word spathulatus, meaning "spatula shaped", and refers to the shape of the lamina.
Nepenthes singalana is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the island of Sumatra, where it grows at 2000–2900 m above sea level. It is most closely allied to N. diatas and N. spathulata.
Hypericum acostanum is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is known only from Loja.
Hypericum asplundii is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is known from a single collection made outside of Machachi.
Hypericum quitense is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its occurs in several types of habitats at elevations between 2,000 and 4,050 meters in the Andes.
Hypericum scopulorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae. It is endemic to Socotra, an island archipelago that is part of Yemen. It is a common plant in shrubland habitat, and it is a dominant species in some areas along with Cephalocroton and another local endemic, Libinhania rosulata.
Juania australis, the Chonta palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, the only species in the genus Juania. It is a solitary trunked palm tree which is endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands archipelago in the southeast Pacific Ocean west of Chile.
Thevetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described for modern science as a genus in 1758. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and Cuba. The taxonomy of the genus is controversial, with some authors including Cascabela within Thevetia, while others accept the two genera as separate.
Arnica spathulata is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common name Klamath arnica. It is native to the Klamath Mountains of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon. It grows in woodland habitat, almost exclusively on serpentine soils.
Athanasia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.
Taprobanea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. There is only one known species, Taprobanea spathulata, native to India and to Sri Lanka.
Cyanea glabra is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae known by the common name smooth cyanea. It is endemic to Maui, where there are twelve plants remaining in the wild. It was federally listed as an endangered species of the United States with nine other Maui Nui endemics in 1999. Like other Cyanea it is known as haha in Hawaiian.
Physaria fremontii is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common name Fremont's bladderpod. It is endemic to Wyoming in the United States, where it occurs only in and around the Wind River Range in Fremont County.
Glechon is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1827. It is native to South America.
- Glechon ciliataBenth. - southern Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Glechon discolorEpling - southern Brazil
- Glechon ellipticaC.Pereira & Hatschbach - Paraná
- Glechon hoehneanaEpling - southern Brazil
- Glechon marifoliaBenth. - southern Brazil, Misiones Province of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Glechon spathulataBenth. - southern Brazil, Misiones Province of Argentina
- Glechon thymoidesSpreng. - southern Brazil, Misiones Province of Argentina, Uruguay
Gaillardia spathulata, the western blanketflower, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to the western United States.
Persoonia spathulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, spatula-shaped leaves, and yellow flowers arranged singly or in pairs on a rachis up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long that continues to grow after flowering.
Elatine spathulata is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Elatinaceae.
Hibbertia spathulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with erect to spreading branches, narrowly triangular to spatula-shaped leaves and yellow flowers arranged near the ends of branches, with five to twelve stamens and a smaller number of staminodes arranged in two or three groups around the two hairy carpels.
Dracaena spathulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania. It was previously known under the synonym Sansevieria concinna.
