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List of the largest genera of flowering plants

Index List of the largest genera of flowering plants

There are 57 genera of flowering plants estimated to contain at least 500 described species. [1]

149 relations: Acacia, Acanthaceae, Allium, Amaryllidaceae, Anthurium, Apiaceae, Apomixis, Araceae, Araliaceae, Ardisia, Asplenium, Asteraceae, Astragalus, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Balsaminaceae, Begonia, Begoniaceae, Berberidaceae, Berberis, Brassicaceae, Bulbophyllum, Cambridge University Press, Carex, Carl Linnaeus, Caryophyllaceae, Cassia (genus), Centaurea, Convolvulaceae, Cousinia, Crotalaria, Croton (plant), Cyathea, Cyperaceae, Cyperus, Cyrtandra (plant), David Mabberley, Dendrobium, Dioscorea, Dioscoreaceae, Diospyros, E. J. H. Corner, Ebenaceae, Epidendrum, Eria, Erica, Ericaceae, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Euphorbia, Euphorbiaceae, ..., Evolutionary biology, Fabaceae, Fagaceae, Ficus, Flowering plant, Galium, Genus, Gesneriaceae, Habenaria, Helichrysum, Impatiens, Indigofera, International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Ipomoea, Ixora, Justicia (plant), Lamiaceae, Lepanthes, List of Acacia species, List of Allium species, List of Anthurium species, List of Astragalus species, List of Begonia species, List of Berberis and Mahonia species, List of Bulbophyllum species, List of Carex species, List of Croton species, List of Cyperus species, List of Dendrobium species, List of Diospyros species, List of Epidendrum species, List of Eucalyptus species, List of Euphorbia species, List of Galium species, List of Lepanthes species, List of Panicum species, List of Peperomia species, List of Phyllanthus species, List of Piper species, List of Pleurothallis species, List of Potentilla species, List of Psychotria species, List of Quercus species, List of Ranunculus species, List of Rhododendron species, List of Salvia species, List of Schefflera species, List of Senecio species, List of Solanum species, Max Walters, Melastomataceae, Miconia, Monograph, Monotypic taxon, Moraceae, Myrtaceae, New Phytologist, Oak, Oncidium, Orchidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Oxalis, Pandanaceae, Pandanus, Panicum, Peperomia, Phyllanthaceae, Phyllanthus, Piper (plant), Piperaceae, Pleurothallis, Poaceae, Polygala, Polygalaceae, Potentilla, Primulaceae, Psychotria, Ranunculaceae, Ranunculus, Rhododendron, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Salvia, Schefflera, Section (botany), Selaginella, Senecio, Series (botany), Silene, Solanaceae, Solanum, Species description, Species Plantarum, Subgenus, Syzygium, Taxon, Taxonomy (biology), Tropics, Vernonia. Expand index (99 more) »

Acacia

Acacia, commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae.

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Acanthaceae

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

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Allium

Allium is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants that includes hundreds of species, including the cultivated onion, garlic, scallion, shallot, leek, and chives.

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Amaryllidaceae

The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales.

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Anthurium

Anthurium (Schott, 1829), is a genus of about 1000Mantovani, A. and T. E. Pereira.

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Apiaceae

Apiaceae or Umbelliferae, is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers.

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Apomixis

In botany, apomixis was defined by Hans Winkler as replacement of the normal sexual reproduction by asexual reproduction, without fertilization.

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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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Ardisia

Ardisia (coralberry or marlberry) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae.

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Asplenium

Asplenium is a genus of about 700 species of ferns, often treated as the only genus in the family Aspleniaceae, though other authors consider Hymenasplenium separate, based on molecular phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences, a different chromosome count, and structural differences in the rhizomes.

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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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Astragalus

Astragalus is a large genus of about 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae and the subfamily Faboideae.

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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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Balsaminaceae

The Balsaminaceae (commonly known as the balsam family) are a family of dicotyledonous plants, comprising two genera: Impatiens, which consists of 1000+ species, and Hydrocera, consisting of 1 species.

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Begonia

Begonia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae.

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Begoniaceae

Begoniaceae is a family of flowering plants with two genera and about 1825 species occurring in the subtropics and tropics of both the New World and Old World.

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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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Berberis

Berberis, commonly known as barberry, is a large genus of deciduous and evergreen shrubs from tall, found throughout temperate and subtropical regions of the world (apart from Australia).

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Brassicaceae

Brassicaceae or Cruciferae is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family.

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Bulbophyllum

Bulbophyllum is the largest genus in the orchid family Orchidaceae.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.

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Carex

Carex is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grassy plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books).

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.

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Caryophyllaceae

Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants.

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Cassia (genus)

Cassia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, and the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

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Centaurea

Centaurea is a genus of between 350 and 600 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

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Convolvulaceae

Convolvulaceae, known commonly as the bindweed or morning glory family, is a family of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species of mostly herbaceous vines, but also trees, shrubs and herbs.

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Cousinia

The genus Cousinia of the tribe Cardueae (.

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Crotalaria

Crotalaria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae (subfamily Faboideae) commonly known as rattlepods.

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Croton (plant)

Croton is an extensive flowering plant genus in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.

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Cyathea

Cyathea is a genus of tree ferns, the type genus of the fern order Cyatheales.

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Cyperaceae

The Cyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses and rushes.

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Cyperus

Cyperus is a large genus of about 700 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions.

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Cyrtandra (plant)

Cyrtandra is a genus of flowering plants containing about 600 species, DNA Barcoding Endemic Hawaiian Species Project.

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David Mabberley

Professor David John Mabberley, (born May 1948) is a British-born botanist, educator and writer.

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Dendrobium

Dendrobium is a huge genus of orchids.

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Dioscorea

Dioscorea is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world.

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Dioscoreaceae

Dioscoreaceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, with about 715 known species in nine genera.

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Diospyros

Diospyros is a genus of over 700 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs.

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E. J. H. Corner

Edred John Henry Corner FRS (12 January 1906 – 14 September 1996) was a botanist and a mycologist who occupied the posts of assistant director at the Singapore Botanic Gardens (1926–1946) and Professor of Tropical Botany at the University of Cambridge (1965–1973).

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Ebenaceae

The Ebenaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to order Ericales.

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Epidendrum

Epidendrum, abbreviated Epi in the horticultural trade, is a large neotropical genus of the orchid family.

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Eria

Eria is a large genus of orchids with more than 500 species distributed in China, the Himalayas, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.

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Erica

Erica is a genus of roughly 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae.

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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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Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus L'Héritier 1789 (plural eucalypti, eucalyptuses or eucalypts) is a diverse genus of flowering trees and shrubs (including a distinct group with a multiple-stem mallee growth habit) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae.

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Eugenia

Eugenia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae.

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Euphorbia

Euphorbia is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae).

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Euphorbiaceae

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

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Evolutionary biology

Evolutionary biology is the subfield of biology that studies the evolutionary processes that produced the diversity of life on Earth, starting from a single common ancestor.

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Fabaceae

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, Article 18.5 states: "The following names, of long usage, are treated as validly published:....Leguminosae (nom. alt.: Fabaceae; type: Faba Mill.);...

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Fagaceae

Fagaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes beeches and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species.

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Ficus

Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.

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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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Galium

Galium is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Gesneriaceae

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

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Habenaria

Habenaria, commonly called bog orchids, are a far ranging genus of orchids in the tribe Orchideae.

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Helichrysum

The genus Helichrysum consists of an estimated 600 species of flowering plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

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Impatiens

Impatiens is a genus of about 850 to 1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and the tropics.

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Indigofera

Indigofera is a large genus of over 750 species of flowering plants belonging to the pea family Fabaceae.

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International Association for Plant Taxonomy

The International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) promotes an understanding of plant biodiversity, facilitates international communication of research between botanists, and oversees matters of uniformity and stability in plant names.

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Ipomoea

Ipomoea is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 500 species.

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Ixora

Ixora is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family.

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Justicia (plant)

Justicia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae.

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Lamiaceae

The Lamiaceae or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint or deadnettle family.

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Lepanthes

Lepanthes (from Greek "scaled-flower") is a large genus of orchids with about 800–1000 species, distributed in the Antilles and from Mexico through Bolivia (with very few species in Brazil).

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List of Acacia species

Several cladistic analyses have shown that the genus Acacia is not monophyletic.

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List of Allium species

Allium is the onion genus, with 600-920 species, making it one of the largest plant genera in the world.

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List of Anthurium species

This is a list of Anthurium species: Anthurium is a large genus of flowering plants from the arum family (Araceae).

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List of Astragalus species

This is a list of Astragalus species, including infraspecific taxa.

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List of Begonia species

The following species are recognised in the genus Begonia.

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List of Berberis and Mahonia species

Berberis and Mahonia are two widespread and common members of the Berberidaceae, found in many countries.

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List of Bulbophyllum species

Bulbophyllum Thouars 1822, is a large orchid genus that contains over 2000 epiphytic species from the orchid family Orchidaceae.

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List of Carex species

The genus Carex (sedges) is one of the largest genera of flowering plants, containing around 1800 species, according to a 2004 estimate.

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List of Croton species

This is the alphabetical list of species belonging to the genus Croton.

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List of Cyperus species

The genus Cyperus contains the following species recognised by The Plant List.

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List of Dendrobium species

Dendrobium is a genus of orchids (Orchidaceae), containing about 1,200 species.

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List of Diospyros species

the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and The Plant List recognise about 750 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names) in the plant genus Diospyros.

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List of Epidendrum species

This is a list of the accepted names of Epidendrum orchids.

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List of Eucalyptus species

This is an alphabetical list of Eucalyptus species.

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List of Euphorbia species

Euphorbia is a highly diverse plant genus, comprising some 5,000 currently accepted taxa.

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List of Galium species

The genus Galium (Rubiaceae) contains aroung 650 species, making it one of the largest genera of flowering plants.

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List of Lepanthes species

Lepanthes is one of the largest genera of flowering plants in the world, with over 1000 species.

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List of Panicum species

the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises about 450 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names) in the plant genus Panicum.

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List of Peperomia species

Here is a list of the species belonging to the Peperomia genus.

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List of Phyllanthus species

, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted about 1000 species, with a further 1200-odd synonyms.

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List of Piper species

The genus Piper contains between 1000 and 2000 species.

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List of Pleurothallis species

Pleurothallis is a large genus that previously contained about 1240 orchids from the orchid family (Orchidaceae).

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List of Potentilla species

The following species in the genus Potentilla are recognised by The Plant List.

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List of Psychotria species

The genus Psychotria is one of the largest genera of flowering plants and contains around 1850 species from the Rubiaceae family.

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List of Quercus species

The genus ''Quercus'' (oak) contains about 600 species,David J. Mabberley.

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List of Ranunculus species

Ranunculus is a genus of about 600 species of plants in the Ranunculaceae.

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List of Rhododendron species

This List of Rhododendron species includes species of the genus Rhododendron, which is in the plant family Ericaceae.

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List of Salvia species

Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, with the number of species estimated to range from 700 to nearly 1,000.

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List of Schefflera species

This is a list of all species of the genus Schefflera.

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List of Senecio species

Senecio is a very large genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

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List of Solanum species

This is a list of species in the plant genus Solanum.

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Max Walters

Stuart Max Walters (born Oughtibridge, Sheffield, Yorkshire 23 May 1920 – died Grantchester, Cambridgeshire 11 December 2005) was a British botanist and academic.

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Melastomataceae

The family Melastomataceae (alternatively Melastomaceae) is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 165 genera and c. 5115 known species.

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Miconia

Miconia is a genus of flowering plants in the glory bush family, Melastomataceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas.

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Monograph

A monograph is a specialist work of writing (in contrast to reference works) on a single subject or an aspect of a subject, often by a single author, and usually on a scholarly subject.

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Monotypic taxon

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.

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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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Myrtaceae

Myrtaceae or the myrtle family is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales.

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New Phytologist

New Phytologist is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published on behalf of the New Phytologist Trust by Wiley-Blackwell.

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Oak

An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae.

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Oncidium

Oncidium, abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that contains about 330 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family (Orchidaceae).

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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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Oxalidaceae

The Oxalidaceae, or wood sorrel family, are a small family of five genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs and small trees, with the great majority of the 570 species in the genus Oxalis (wood sorrels).

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Oxalis

Oxalis is a large genus of flowering plants in the wood-sorrel family Oxalidaceae comprising about 570 species.

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Pandanaceae

Pandanaceae is a family of flowering plants native to the tropics and subtropics of the Old World, from West Africa through the Pacific.

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Pandanus

Pandanus is a genus of monocots with some 750 accepted species.

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Panicum

Panicum (panicgrass) is a large genus of about 450 species of grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone.

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Peperomia

Peperomia (radiator plant) is one of the 2 large genera of the Piperaceae family, with more than 1000 recorded species.

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Phyllanthaceae

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

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Phyllanthus

Phyllanthus is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Phyllanthaceae.

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Piper (plant)

Piper, the pepper plants or pepper vines (a term used for certain Clematis in older times), are an economically and ecologically important genus in the family Piperaceae.

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Piperaceae

The Piperaceae, also known as the pepper family, are a large family of flowering plants.

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Pleurothallis

Pleurothallis, abbreviated Pths in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids commonly named bonnet orchids.

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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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Polygala

Polygala is a large genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae.

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Polygalaceae

The Polygalaceae or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales.

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Potentilla

Potentilla is a genus containing over 300Guillén, A., et al.

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Primulaceae

The Primulaceae are a family of herbaceous and woody flowering plants with about 53 genera with 2790 species, including some favorite garden plants and wildflowers, commonly known as the primrose family.

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Psychotria

Psychotria is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family.

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Ranunculaceae

Ranunculaceae (buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin rānunculus "little frog", from rāna "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, distributed worldwide.

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Ranunculus

Ranunculus is a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae.

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Rhododendron

Rhododendron (from Ancient Greek ῥόδον rhódon "rose" and δένδρον déndron "tree") is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), either evergreen or deciduous, and found mainly in Asia, although it is also widespread throughout the highlands of the Appalachian Mountains of North America.

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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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Rubiaceae

The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family.

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Salvia

Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, with nearly 1000 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals.

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Schefflera

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

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Section (botany)

In botany, a section (sectio) is a taxonomic rank below the genus, but above the species.

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Selaginella

Selaginella is the sole genus of primitive vascular plants in the family Selaginellaceae, the spikemosses or lesser clubmosses.

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Senecio

Senecio is a genus of the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels.

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Series (botany)

In botany and plant taxonomy, a series is a subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.

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Silene

Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae.

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Solanaceae

The Solanaceae, or nightshades, are an economically important family of flowering plants.

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Solanum

Solanum is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include two food crops of high economic importance, the potato and the tomato.

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Species description

A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper.

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Species Plantarum

Species Plantarum (Latin for "The Species of Plants") is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists every species of plant known at the time, classified into genera.

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Subgenus

In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.

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Syzygium

Syzygium is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae.

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Taxon

In biology, a taxon (plural taxa; back-formation from taxonomy) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.

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Taxonomy (biology)

Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.

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Tropics

The tropics are a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator.

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Vernonia

Vernonia is a genus of about 1000 species of forbs and shrubs in the family Asteraceae.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_genera_of_flowering_plants

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