Bulbophyllum is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is the largest genus in the orchid family and one of the largest genera of flowering plants with more than 2,000 species, exceeded in number only by Astragalus. These orchids are found in diverse habitats throughout most of the warmer parts of the world including Africa, southern Asia, Latin America, the West Indies, and various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Orchids in this genus have thread-like or fibrous roots that creep over the surface of trees or rocks or hang from branches. The stem is divided into a rhizome and a pseudobulb, a feature that distinguished this genus from Dendrobium. There is usually only a single leaf at the top of the pseudobulb and from one to many flowers are arranged along an unbranched flowering stem that arises from the base of the pseudobulb. Several attempts have been made to separate Bulbophyllum into smaller genera, but most have not been accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
Deutzia is a genus of about 60 species of flowering plants in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to eastern and central Asia, and Central America and also Europe. By far the highest species diversity is in China, where 50 species occur.
Campanula is the type genus of the Campanulaceae family of flowering plants. Campanula are commonly known as bellflowers and take both their common and scientific names from the bell-shaped flowers—campanula is Latin for "little bell".
The family Campanulaceae, of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky sap. Among them are several familiar garden plants belonging to the genera Campanula (bellflower), Lobelia, and Platycodon (balloonflower). Campanula rapunculus and Codonopsis lanceolata are eaten as vegetables. Lobelia inflata, L. siphilitica and L. tupa and others have been used as medicinal plants. Campanula rapunculoides may be a troublesome weed, particularly in gardens, while Legousia spp. may occur in arable fields.
Muscari is a genus of perennial bulbous plants native to Eurasia that produce spikes of dense, most commonly blue, urn-shaped flowers resembling bunches of grapes in the spring. The common name for the genus is grape hyacinth, but they should not be confused with hyacinths. A number of species of Muscari are used as ornamental garden plants.
Anthericum is a genus of about 65 species, rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. It was formerly placed in its own family, Anthericaceae. The species have rhizomatous or tuberous roots, long narrow leaves and branched stems carrying starry white flowers. The members of this genus occur mainly in the tropics and southern Africa and Madagascar, but are also represented in Europe.
Wahlenbergia is a genus of around 260 species of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae. Plants in this genus are perennial or annual herbs with simple leaves and blue to purple bell-shaped flowers, usually with five petals lobes. Species of Wahlenbergia are found on all continents except North America, and on some isolated islands, but the greatest diversity occurs in the Southern Hemisphere.
Daphniphyllum is the sole genus in the flowering plant family Daphniphyllaceae and was described as a genus in 1826. The genus includes evergreen shrubs and trees mainly native to east and southeast Asia, but also found in the Indian Subcontinent and New Guinea.
Legousia speculum-veneris, the looking glass or large Venus's-looking-glass, is an annual ornamental plant in the family Campanulaceae (bellflowers). It blooms from June to August and is native to the Mediterranean region.
Trachyandra is a genus of plant in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae, first described as a genus in 1843. It is native to eastern and southern Africa, as well as to Yemen and Madagascar. Many of the species are endemic to South Africa.
- Trachyandra acocksiiOberm. - Cape Province in South Africa
- Trachyandra adamsonii(Compton) Oberm. - Cape Province, Namibia
- Trachyandra affinisKunth - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
- Trachyandra arenicolaJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province
- Trachyandra aridimontanaJ.C.Manning - Cape Province
- Trachyandra arvensis(Schinz) Oberm. - Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia
- Trachyandra asperataKunth - South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini
- Trachyandra brachypoda(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra bulbinifolia(Dinter) Oberm. - Cape Province, Namibia
- Trachyandra burkei(Baker) Oberm. - Botswana, Limpopo, Free State, Cape Province
- Trachyandra capillata(Poelln.) Oberm. - KwaZulu-Natal
- Trachyandra chlamydophylla(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra ciliata(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
- Trachyandra dissectaOberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra divaricata(Jacq.) Kunth - Cape Province; naturalized in Australia
- Trachyandra ensifolia (Sölch) Roessler - Namibia
- Trachyandra erythrorrhiza(Conrath) Oberm. - Gauteng
- Trachyandra esterhuysenaeOberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra falcata(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
- Trachyandra filiformis(Aiton) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra flexifolia(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province
- Trachyandra gerrardii(Baker) Oberm. - Eswatini, South Africa
- Trachyandra giffenii(F.M.Leight.) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra glandulosa(Dinter) Oberm. - Namibia
- Trachyandra gracilentaOberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra hantamensisBoatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
- Trachyandra hirsuta(Thunb.) Kunth - Cape Province
- Trachyandra hirsutiflora(Adamson) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra hispida(L.) Kunth - Cape Province
- Trachyandra involucrata(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra jacquiniana(Schult. & Schult.f.) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra kamiesbergensisBoatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
- Trachyandra karrooicaOberm. - Cape Province, Namibia
- Trachyandra lanata(Dinter) Oberm. - Namibia
- Trachyandra laxa(N.E.Br.) Oberm. - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana
- Trachyandra malosana(Baker) Oberm. - Malawi to Zimbabwe
- Trachyandra mandrarensis(H.Perrier) Marais & Reilly - Madagascar
- Trachyandra margaretaeOberm. - Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal
- Trachyandra montanaJ.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province
- Trachyandra muricata(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
- Trachyandra oligotricha(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra paniculataOberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra patensOberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra peculiaris(Dinter) Oberm. - Namibia
- Trachyandra proliferaP.L.Perry - Cape Province
- Trachyandra pyrenicarpa(Welw. ex Baker) Oberm. Huíla Province in Angola
- Trachyandra revoluta(L.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
- Trachyandra sabulosa(Adamson) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra saltii(Baker) Oberm. - eastern + southern Africa from Ethiopia to Cape Province; Yemen
- Trachyandra sanguinorhizaBoatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
- Trachyandra scabra(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province
- Trachyandra smallianaHilliard & B.L.Burtt - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
- Trachyandra tabularis(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra thyrsoidea(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra tortilis(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
- Trachyandra triquetraThulin - Somalia
- Trachyandra zebrina(Schltr. ex Poelln.) Oberm. - Cape Province
Ammocharis is a small genus from sub-Saharan Africa, in the family Amaryllidaceae which includes seven species distributed in Africa. The plant grows as above-ground bulb, preferring seasonally wet, hot, sandy soils and full sun.
Acis is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the amaryllis family. The genus consists of nine species distributed in Europe and Northern Africa. Acis was previously included in Leucojum; both genera are known as snowflakes.
Oestlundia is a genus of orchid within the subtribe Laeliinae. Its component species are found from Mexico to Venezuela.
Cheilanthoideae is one of the five subfamilies of the fern family Pteridaceae. The subfamily is thought to be monophyletic, but some of the genera into which it has been divided are not, and the taxonomic status of many of its genera and species remains uncertain, with radically different approaches in use as of December 2019.
Asyneuma is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. They are native to North Africa and Eurasia. Many are endemic to Turkey. Plants of the genus may be known commonly as harebells, but this name can also apply to the entire family. There are up to about 33 species.
Dialypetalantheae, synonym Condamineeae, is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 305 species in 31 genera. Most genera are found in Central and Southern Tropical America, but a few occur in Southeast Asia.
Scilla cretica is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family. It is referred to by the common name Cretan glory-of-the-snow, and is a bulbous perennial native to Crete, flowering in early spring. It belongs to a group of Scilla species that were formerly put in a separate genus, Chionodoxa, and may now be treated as Scilla sect. Chionodoxa. It has not always been recognized as distinct from Scilla nana.
Legousia hybrida is a species of annual herb in the family Campanulaceae (bellflowers). They have a self-supporting growth form. They have simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 93 cm (37 in) tall.
