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In fiction. Audrey Jr.: a man-eating plant in the 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors. Audrey II: a singing, fast-talking alien plant with a taste for human blood in the stage show Little Shop of Horrors and the 1986 film of the same name. Bat-thorn: a plant, similar to wolfsbane, offering protection against vampires in Mark of the Vampire. [1]
List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C) Canistrum (from the Greek for "basket") 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 ...
Plant reproductive morphology. Plant reproductive morphology is the study of the physical form and structure (the morphology) of those parts of plants directly or indirectly concerned with sexual reproduction. Among all living organisms, flowers, which are the reproductive structures of angiosperms, are the most varied physically and show a ...
Pandanus tectorius. Pandanus tectorius is a species of Pandanus (screwpine) that is native to Malesia, Papuasia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands. It grows in the coastal lowlands typically near the edge of the ocean. [3] Common names in English include thatch screwpine, [4] Tahitian screwpine, [5] hala tree[6] (pū hala in Hawaiian ...
50 baby names inspired by flowers. Whether classic or contemporary, this list of flower baby names are sure to help your little one bloom as they grow. Lily. Rose. Heather. Dahlia. Daisy. Azalea ...
Chestnut – Castanea spp. Chigger flower – Asclepias tuberosa. Chrysanthemum – Dendranthema grandiflora [ vi ], Chrysanthemum morifolium. (True) cinnamon – Cinnamomum verum. Clove – Syzygium aromaticum. Clover – Trifolium spp. Coakum – Phytolacca americana. Coconut – Cocos nucifera. Coffee plant – Coffea spp.
Strepsanthera Raf. Anthurium (/ ænˈθjuːriəm /; [2] Schott, 1829) is a genus of about 1,000 [3][4] species of flowering plants, the largest genus of the arum family, Araceae. [3] General common names include anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower, [5] pigtail plant, [6] and laceleaf. [7][8][9] The genus is native to the Americas, where it ...
Rafflesia arnoldii, the corpse flower, [ 2 ] or giant padma, [ 3 ] is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth. [ 4 ] It has a strong and unpleasant odor of decaying flesh. [ 5 ] It is native to the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo. [ 6 ]