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Detail of the flowers of Solanum dulcamara, one of the 1240 accepted taxa that make up the genus Solanum (), along with economically important species such as the potato (S. tuberosum), the tomato (S. lycopersicum) and the aubergine (S. melongena).
The Rutaceae (/ r uː ˈ t eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /) is a family, commonly known as the rue [3] or citrus family, [4] of flowering plants, usually placed in the order Sapindales. ...
Maize (Zea mays, Poaceae) is the most widely cultivated C 4 plant.[1]In botany, C 4 carbon fixation is one of three known methods of photosynthesis used by plants. C 4 plants increase their photosynthetic efficiency by reducing or suppressing photorespiration, which mainly occurs under low atmospheric CO 2 concentration, high light, high temperature, drought, and salinity.
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The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants or UPOV (French: Union internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales) is a treaty body (non-United Nations intergovernmental organization) with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
Piper, the pepper plants or pepper vines, is an economically and ecologically important genus in the family Piperaceae.. It contains about 1,000–2,000 species of shrubs, herbs, and lianas, many of which are dominant species in their native habitat.