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  2. List of plant family names with etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Irises, by Vincent van Gogh.The iris (from Greek for "rainbow") is in the family Iridaceae.. Since the first edition of Carl Linnaeus's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [1]

  3. List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C) - Wikipedia

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    Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [1] Many of these plants are listed in Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners.

  4. Lists of plants - Wikipedia

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    List of plants by common name; List of plant family names with etymologies; List of plants known as arugula; List of plants known as breadfruit; List of plants known as bottlebrush; List of plants known as buckthorn; List of plants known as cedar; List of plants known as chickweed; List of plants known as compass plant; List of plants known as ...

  5. List of plants by common name - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names , in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.

  6. List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family - Wikipedia

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    Oleaceae (olive family) Fraxinus latifolia: Oregon ash Oleaceae (olive family) 542 Fraxinus nigra: black ash Oleaceae (olive family) 543 Fraxinus ornus: manna ash; flowering ash Oleaceae (olive family) Fraxinus pennsylvanica: green ash Oleaceae (olive family) 544 Fraxinus profunda: pumpkin ash Oleaceae (olive family) 545 Fraxinus quadrangulata ...

  7. List of tree genera - Wikipedia

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    Coconut Palm, a monocotyledonous tree.. About 10 Monocotyledon families include trees. [1] [2]Asparagaceae (Asparagus family) . Cordyline, Cabbage tree etc.; Dracaena, Dragon tree ...

  8. List of Orchidaceae genera - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of genera in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), originally according to The Families of Flowering Plants - L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz.This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the Orchid Research Newsletter which is published twice a year by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

  9. Family (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Family names are typically formed from the stem of a type genus within the family. In zoology, when a valid family name is based on a genus that is later found to be a junior synonym, the family name may be maintained for stability if it was established before 1960. In botany, some family names that were found to be junior synonyms have been ...