Mentha is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae. The exact distinction between species is unclear; it is estimated that 13 to 24 species exist. Hybridization occurs naturally where some species' ranges overlap. Many hybrids and cultivars are known.
Mimosa is a genus of about 600 species of herbs and shrubs, in the mimosoid clade of the legume family Fabaceae. Species are native to the Americas, from North Dakota to northern Argentina, and to eastern Africa as well as the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. The generic name is derived from the Greek word μῖμος (mimos), an "actor" or "mime", and the feminine suffix -osa, "resembling", suggesting its 'sensitive leaves' which seem to 'mimic conscious life'.
Abarema is a neotropical genus in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Brazil, Cuba, and Venezuela. Most of the species can be found in the Amazon Basin and the Guyana Highlands. They have a deep-green fernlike foliage, with bipinnately compound leaves.
Pueraria is a genus of 15–20 species of legumes native to south, east, and southeast Asia and to New Guinea and northern Australia. The best known member is kudzu, also called Japanese arrowroot. The genus is named after 19th century Swiss botanist Marc Nicolas Puerari.
Ocimum is a genus of aromatic annual and perennial herbs and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native to the tropical and warm temperate regions of all 6 inhabited continents, with the greatest number of species in Africa. It is the genus of basil and its best known species are the cooking herb great basil, O. basilicum, and the medicinal herb tulsi, O. tenuiflorum.
Justicia chrysotrichoma is a plant native to the Cerrado vegetation of Brazil. It is one of the species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae.
Hemiandra pungens, commonly known as snakebush, is a shrub or trailing plant that is endemic to southwestern Western Australia.
Achyrocline mollis is a species of flowering plant in the Gnaphaliae tribe of the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador, Colombia and possibly Perú. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Ocotea benthamiana is a species of Ocotea in the plant family Lauraceae. It is an evergreen tree to 25–35 m tall. Its conservation status is classed as vulnerable.
Nuxia floribunda, the forest elder, forest nuxia or wild elder, is a species of tree in the Stilbaceae family, that is native to moist regions of southern Africa, East Africa and central tropical Africa.
Calliandra haematomma is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae. Calliandra pilosa is a synonym of C. haematomma var. glabrata.
Notoleptopus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae. The sole species is Notoleptopus decaisnei. It is a monoecious shrub, native to Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.
Lumnitzera is an Indo-West Pacific mangrove genus in the family Combretaceae. An English common name is black mangrove. Lumnitzera, named after the German botanist, Stephan Lumnitzer (1750-1806), occurs in mangroves from East Africa to the Western Pacific, and northern Australia.
Donella lanceolata is a plant species in the family Sapotaceae. It is a tree growing up to 30 metres (100 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 40 cm (16 in). The bark is grey to dark brown. Inflorescences bear up to 45 flowers. The fruit are brownish to purplish black, ripening yellow, round, up to 4 cm (2 in) in diameter. Its habitat is lowland forests from sea level to 700 metres (2,300 ft) altitude. Its natural range is Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Queensland.
Magnolia liliifera, commonly known as egg magnolia, is a flowering tree native to the Indomalayan realm. It bears white to cream-colored flowers on terminal stems. The leaves are elliptical and get as large as 25 cm (10 in) long and 8 cm (3 in) wide. The tree ranges in height from 3.5 to 18.5 m in situ.
Prestoea acuminata is a species of palm tree native to Central America, the West Indies and South America.
Calacanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It contains a single species, Calacanthus grandiflorus. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of western India, in the states Maharashtra, Goa, and Karnataka. It typically grows on moist sunny slopes, including in clumps near streams and on ridge tops, along forest edges, and in shrublands, from 550 to 1,000 metres elevation.
Nemesia versicolor is a species of perennial flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is endemic to the Northern and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Coreocarpus parthenioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found from northwest Mexico. It has 3 varieties: var. parthenioides, var. heterocarpus and var. involutus.
