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Joseph Decaisne

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Joseph Decaisne (7 March 1807 – 8 January 1882) was a French botanist and agronomist. [1]

107 relations: Acanthaceae, Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, Agronomy, Akebia, Algae, Allardia, Amorphophallus, Apocynaceae, Applied science, Araceae, Araliaceae, Asa Gray, Asclepiadoideae, Asteraceae, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Barjonia, Berberidaceae, Betulaceae, Blepharodon, Boquila, Botany, Brassaiopsis, Brussels, Calostigma, Camptotheca, Capanea, Capparaceae, Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel, Chrysothemis, Cornaceae, Cuphocarpus, Cynanchum, Decaisnea, Decanema, Deherainia, Dendropanax, Diapensiaceae, Dictyanthus, Dipterygium, Docynia, Emmanuel Le Maout, Ericaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fatsia, Flowering plant, Galtonia, Gesneriaceae, Glossonema, Gongronema, Hemipogon (plant), ..., Hoodia, Horticulture, Jardin des plantes, John Lindley, Lardizabalaceae, Lecocarpus, Lepinia, Leptopus, Liliaceae, Lopholepis, Melanthera, Melinia, Mitostigma, Monimiaceae, Moraceae, National Museum of Natural History (France), Nautonia, Nephradenia, Nyssaceae, Orchidaceae, Oreopanax, Orthosia, Ostryopsis, Paris, Pentopetia, Peplonia, Periglossum, Pherotrichis, Phyllanthaceae, Plantaginaceae, Plantago nubicola, Poaceae, Polystemma, Prescottia (plant), Ramie, Rhazya, Rhyssostelma, Riocreuxia, Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773), Rosaceae, Rubia tinctorum, Saururaceae, Schefflera, Scilloideae, Société botanique de France, Stilbocarpa, Synonym, Tacazzea, Tassadia, Theophrastaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Treculia, Tropidia, Vancouveria, Victor Jacquemont, Yam (vegetable), Zygophyllaceae. Expand index (57 more) »

Acanthaceae

Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species.

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Adrien-Henri de Jussieu

Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (23 December 1797 – 29 June 1853) was a French botanist.

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Agronomy

Agronomy (Ancient Greek ἀγρός agrós 'field' + νόμος nómos 'law') is the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, fiber, and land reclamation.

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Akebia

Akebia is a genus of five species of flowering plant, within the family Lardizabalaceae.

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Algae

Algae (singular alga) is an informal term for a large, diverse group of photosynthetic organisms that are not necessarily closely related, and is thus polyphyletic.

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Allardia

Allardia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1841.

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Amorphophallus

Amorphophallus (from Ancient Greek amorphos, "without form, misshapen" + phallos, "penis", referring to the shape of the prominent spadix), commonly known as Zaminkand, is a large genus of some 200 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants from the Arum family (Araceae), native to Asia, Africa, Australia and various oceanic islands.

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Apocynaceae

Apocynaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, (Greek for "away from dog" since some taxa were used as dog poison).

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Applied science

Applied science is the application of existing scientific knowledge to practical applications, like technology or inventions.

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Araceae

The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix.

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Araliaceae

The Araliaceae is a family made of 52 genera and 700 species of flowering plants including perennial herbs, trees, vines and succulents.

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Asa Gray

Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century.

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Asclepiadoideae

According to APG II, the Asclepiadaceae, commonly known as milkweed family, is a former plant family now treated as a subfamily (subfamily Asclepiadoideae) in the Apocynaceae (Bruyns 2000).

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Asteraceae

Asteraceae or Compositae (commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite,Great Basin Wildflowers, Laird R. Blackwell, 2006, p. 275 or sunflower family) is a very large and widespread family of flowering plants (Angiospermae).

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Augustin Pyramus de Candolle

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle also spelled Augustin Pyrame de Candolle (4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist.

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Barjonia

Barjonia is a genus of flowering plants formerly belonging to the plant family Asclepiadaceae, now considered to be part of the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.

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Berberidaceae

The Berberidaceae are a family of 18 genera of flowering plants commonly called the barberry family.

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Betulaceae

Betulaceae, the birch family, includes six genera of deciduous nut-bearing trees and shrubs, including the birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams, hazel-hornbeam, and hop-hornbeams numbering a total of 167 species.

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Blepharodon

Blepharodon is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.

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Boquila

Boquila is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Lardizabalaceae, native to temperate forests of central and southern Chile and Argentina.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Brassaiopsis

Brassaiopsis is a genus of shrubs of family Araliaceae.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Calostigma

Calostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the Apocynaceae family, first described as a genus in 1838.

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Camptotheca

Camptotheca (happy tree, cancer tree, or tree of life) is a genus of medium-sized deciduous trees growing to tall, native to southern China and Tibet.

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Capanea

Capanea is a genus of two species in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae.

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Capparaceae

The Capparaceae (or Capparidaceae), commonly known as the caper family, are a family of plants in the order Brassicales.

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Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel

Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (27 March 1776 – 12 September 1854) was a French botanist and politician.

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Chrysothemis

Chrysothemis or Khrysothemis (Χρυσόθεμις, "golden justice"), is a name ascribed to several characters in Greek mythology.

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Cornaceae

Cornaceae is a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants in the order Cornales.

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Cuphocarpus

Cuphocarpus is an obsolete genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae.

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Cynanchum

Cynanchum is a genus of about 300 species including some swallowworts, belonging to the family Apocynaceae.

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Decaisnea

Decaisnea, known commonly as dead man's fingers, blue bean plant or blue sausage fruit, is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lardizabalaceae.

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Decanema

Decanema is a small genus in the dogbane family first described as a genus in 1838.

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Deherainia

Deherainia is a genus of plants in the Primulaceae family, endemic to Central America.

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Dendropanax

Dendropanax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, consisting of 92 species of evergreen trees and shrubs.

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Diapensiaceae

Diapensiaceae is a small family of flowering plants, comprising 12 species in five genera.

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Dictyanthus

Dictyanthus is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.

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Dipterygium

Dipterygium is a genus of flowering plant in the family Capparaceae.

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Docynia

Docynia (栘木衣属, yí mù yī shǔ) is a genus of flowering trees, evergreen or semi-evergreen, in the family Rosaceae.

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Emmanuel Le Maout

Jean-Emmanuel-Marie Le Maout (29 December 1799, Guingamp – 23 June 1877, Paris) was a French naturalist.

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Ericaceae

The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acid and infertile growing conditions.

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Euphorbiaceae

The Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants.

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Fatsia

Fatsia is a small genus of three species of evergreen shrubs native to southern Japan and Taiwan.

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Flowering plant

The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.

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Galtonia

Galtonia is a genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae.

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Gesneriaceae

Gesneriaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of about 152 genera and ca.

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Glossonema

Glossonema is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838.

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Gongronema

Gongronema is a genus of milkweeds first described as a genus in 1844.

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Hemipogon (plant)

Hemipogon is a genus of flowering plants formerly belonging to the plant family Asclepiadaceae, now considered to be part of Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.

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Hoodia

Hoodia (known locally as "ghaap" or "bobbejaanghaap") is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, under the subfamily Asclepiadoideae, native to Southern Africa.

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Horticulture

Horticulture is the science and art of growing plants (fruits, vegetables, flowers, and any other cultivar).

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Jardin des plantes

The Jardin des plantes (French for 'Garden of the Plants'), also known as the jardin des plantes de Paris when distinguished from other jardins des plantes in other cities, is the main botanical garden in France.

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John Lindley

John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.

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Lardizabalaceae

Lardizabalaceae is a family of flowering plants.

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Lecocarpus

Lecocarpus is a plant genus in the sunflower family, native to Galápagos Islands, part of Ecuador.

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Lepinia

Lepinia is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1849.

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Leptopus

Leptopus, the maidenbushes, are a group of plants in the flowering plant family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1836.

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Liliaceae

The lily family, Liliaceae, consists of fifteen genera and about 705 known species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016) of flowering plants within the order Liliales.

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Lopholepis

Lopholepis is a genus of South Asian plants in the grass family.

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Melanthera

Melanthera, squarestem, is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae, native to North and South America, as well as Africa, Asia and Oceania, including Hawaiokinai.

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Melinia

Melinia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1835.

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Mitostigma

Mitostigma is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844.

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Monimiaceae

The Monimiaceae are a family of flowering plants in the magnoliid order Laurales.

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Moraceae

The Moraceae — often called the mulberry family or fig family — are a family of flowering plants comprising about 38 genera and over 1100 species.

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National Museum of Natural History (France)

The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the (abbreviation MNHN), is the national natural history museum of France and a grand établissement of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities.

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Nautonia

Nautonia is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844.

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Nephradenia

Nephradenia is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.

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Nyssaceae

Nyssaceae is a family of flowering trees sometimes included in the dogwood family (Cornaceae).

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Orchidaceae

The Orchidaceae are a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family.

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Oreopanax

Oreopanax is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Araliaceae, comprising circa 85 species native to the Americas.

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Orthosia

Orthosia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

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Ostryopsis

Ostryopsis is a small genus of deciduous shrubs belonging to the birch family Betulaceae.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Pentopetia

Pentopetia is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.

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Peplonia

Peplonia is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844.

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Periglossum

Periglossum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.

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Pherotrichis

Pherotrichis is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838.

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Phyllanthaceae

Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales.

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Plantaginaceae

Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales.

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Plantago nubicola

Plantago nubicola is a plant found in Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.

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Poaceae

Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses, commonly referred to collectively as grass.

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Polystemma

Polystemma is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844.

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Prescottia (plant)

Prescottia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.

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Ramie

Ramie is a flowering plant in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to eastern Asia.

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Rhazya

Rhazya is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1835.

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Rhyssostelma

Rhyssostelma is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844.

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Riocreuxia

Riocreuxia is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, and named in honour of the botanical illustrator Alfred Riocreux (1820-1912).

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Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)

Robert Brown FRSE FRS FLS MWS (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope.

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Rosaceae

Rosaceae, the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants, including 4,828 known species in 91 genera.

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Rubia tinctorum

Rubia tinctorum, the common madder or dyer's madder, is a herbaceous perennial plant species belonging to the bedstraw and coffee family Rubiaceae.

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Saururaceae

Saururaceae is a plant family comprising four genera and seven species of herbaceous flowering plants native to eastern and southern Asia and North America.

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Schefflera

Schefflera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae.

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Scilloideae

Scilloideae (named after the genus Scilla, "squill") is a subfamily of bulbous plants within the family Asparagaceae.

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Société botanique de France

The Société botanique de France (SBF) is a French learned society founded on 24 May 1854.

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Stilbocarpa

Stilbocarpa is a genus of flowering plant most often placed in the family Araliaceae; it might be closer to the Apiaceae however.

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Synonym

A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.

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Tacazzea

Tacazzea is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1890.

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Tassadia

Tassadia is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.

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Theophrastaceae

Theophrastaceae was a small family of flowering plants, no longer recognized in recent classifications.

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Thymelaeaceae

The Thymelaeaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants composed of 50 genera (listed below) and 898 species.

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Treculia

Treculia is a genus of trees in the plant family Moraceae that is native to west and central Africa and Madagascar.

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Tropidia

Tropidia is a genus of terrestrial, partly myco-heterotrophic orchids distributed across the warmer parts of both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

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Vancouveria

Vancouveria is a small group of plants belonging to the barberry family described as a genus in 1834.

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Victor Jacquemont

Victor Vincelas Jacquemont (8 August 1801 – 7 December 1832) was a French botanist and geologist known for his travels in India.

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Yam (vegetable)

Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers.

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Zygophyllaceae

Zygophyllaceae is a family, of flowering plants, that contain the bean-caper and caltrop.

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