Persicaria is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae. Plants of the genus are known commonly as knotweeds or smartweeds. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring nearly worldwide. The genus was segregated from Polygonum.
Scabiosa is a genus in the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae) of flowering plants. Many of the species in this genus have common names that include the word scabious, but some plants commonly known as scabious are currently classified in related genera such as Knautia and Succisa; at least some of these were formerly placed in Scabiosa. Another common name for members of this genus is pincushion flowers.
Lespedeza is a genus of some 45 species of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae), commonly known as bush clovers or Japanese clovers (hagi). The genus is native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of eastern North America, eastern and southern Asia and Australasia.
Adenophora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells. Most of the species in the genus are native to eastern Asia, with a few in Europe. Many are endemic to either China or Siberia.
Solidago virgaurea, the European goldenrod or woundwort, is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across most of Europe as well as North Africa and northern, central, and southwestern Asia. It is grown as a garden flower with many different cultivars. It flowers profusely in late summer.
Bupleurum is a large genus of annual or perennial herbs or woody shrubs, with about 190 species, belonging to the family Apiaceae. The full size of its species may vary between a few cm to up to 3 m high. Their compound umbels of small flowers are adorned with bracteoles that are sometimes large and may play a role in attracting pollinators. Rare among the Apiaceae are the simple leaves, bracts, and bracteoles. The genus is almost exclusively native in the Old World Northern Hemisphere, with one species native to North America and one species native to southern Africa.
Andrewsianthus is a genus of liverworts in the family Lophoziaceae.
Bazzania is a genus of liverwort in the family Lepidoziaceae.
Elymus is a genus of perennial plants with approximately 150 species in the grass family, related to rye, wheat, and other widely grown cereal grains.
Corispermum is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. Common names given to members of the genus involve bugseed, tickseed, and tumbleweed. In general, these are erect annual plants with flat, thin leaves and topped with inflorescences of flowers with long bracts. Bugseeds are native to North America and Eurasia, but little is known about their taxonomy and distribution.
Masao Kitagawa was a Japanese botanist and pteridologist. He spent most of his academic career at Yokohama National University.
Spuriopimpinella brachycarpa(Nakai) Kitag. is a species in the genus Spuriopimpinella. It is a scented plant with saw-toothed, oval leaves, which bears white flowers between June and August, and edible baby leaves.
Blysmus is a genus of sedges of the family Cyperaceae, found in temperate regions across the Northern Hemisphere.
Tilingia is a plant genus belonging to the family Apiaceae. The genus was named in 1859 by Heinrich Sylvester Theodor Tiling and Eduard August von Regel.
Puccinellia hauptiana is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Poaceae.
Persicaria foliosa is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Polygonaceae.
Dystaenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Ostericum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Pterygopleurum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
