Plants Index by Botanical Names
Alphabetical Listing of Plants Botanical Names
Click on names for images and plant profile. Plants common names are in parenthesis. List will be continually updated.
(Last update – February 25, 2010)
- Abutilon megapotamicum (Flowering Maple, Trailing Abutilon, Chinese Lantern, Brazilian Bellflower)
- Adenium obesum (Desert Rose, Mock Azalea, Impala Lily, Sabi Star, Kudu)
- Adiantum capillus-veneris (Southern Maidenhair Fern, Common Maidenhair Fern, Venus Hairfern)
- Adiantum trapeziforme (Diamond Maidenhair, Giant Maidenhair, Trapezoid Maidenhair-fern)
- Aeschynanthus radicans (A. lobbianus) (Lipstick Plant/Vine, Basket Vine)
- Agapanthus (Agapanthus, African Lily, Blue Lily, Lily of the Nile)
- Aglaonema (Chinese Evergreen)
- Allamanda blanchetii (Cherry Allamanda, Purple Allamanda)
- Allamanda cathartica (Yellow Allamanda, Yellow Bell, Golden Trumpet, Buttercup Flower)
- Alpinia purpurata ‘Red’ (Red Ginger, Red Ginger Lily, Jungle King, Jungle Queen)
- Annona squamosa (Custard Apple, Sugar Apple)
- Anthurium andraeanum (Flamingo Flower/Lily, Tail Flower, Lacquer Anthurium, Oilcloth Flower, Painter’s Palette)
- Asplenium nidus (Bird’s Nest Fern, Crow’s Nest Fern)
- Bauhinia kockiana (Kock’s Bauhinia, Red Trailing Bauhinia, Climbing Bauhinia)
- Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea, Paper Flower)
- Brunfelsia calycina / pauciflora (Yesterday-today-tomorrow, Morning-noon-night, Kiss me quick)
- Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Dwarf Poinciana, Dwarf Flamboyan, Pride of Barbados, Barbados Pride, Barbados Flower-fence, Peacock Flower, Paradise Poinciana, Red Bird-of-Paradise)
- Caladium lindenii ‘Magnificum’ (Angel’s Wing, Indian Kale)
- Calathea makoyana (Peacock Plant, Cathedral Windows, Brain Plant)
- Calathea roseo picta (Rose Painted Calathea, Rose Painted Prayer Plant)
- Calliandra emarginata ‘Red’ (Dwarf Powder Puff, Powderpuff Plant)
- Carphalea kirondron (Flaming Beauty)
- Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar Periwinkle, Cape Periwinkle, Rose/Rosy Periwinkle, Vinca)
- Chlorophytum amaniense (Fire Flash, Fire Glory, Mandarin Plant, Tangerine, Sierra Leone Lily)
- Chlorophytum comosum (Spider Plant, Variegated Spider Plant, Airplane Plant, Ribbon Plant)
- Chlorophytum laxum ‘Bichetii’ (Bichetii Grass, False Lily Turf, Wheat Plant, Siam Lily, Variegated/Dwarf Spider Plant)
- Christia vespertilionis (Red Butterfly Wing, Mariposa, Aircraft/Bat Grass)
- Chrysothemis pulchella (Copper Leaf)
- Cissus discolor (Rex Begonia Vine, Trailing/Climbing Begonia Vine, Painted Cissus)
- Clerodendrum thomsoniae (Bleeding Heart Vine, Glory Bower, Bag Flower, Clerodendron)
- Codiaeum variegatum (Croton, Garden Croton, Variegated Laurel)
- Cordyline terminalis (syn.: C. fruticosa) (Hawaiian Ti, Ti Plant, Good Luck Plant/Tree)
- Crossandra infundibuliformis (Firecracker Flower, Firecracker Plant, Kanakambaram)
- Cryptanthus bivittatus (Earth Star, Starfish Plant)
- Crytostachys renda (Red Sealing Wax Palm, Lipstick Palm, Rajah Palm)
- Cuphea hyssopifolia (Mexican Heather, False Heather, Hawaiian Heather)
- Dahlia ‘Suffolk Punch’ (Dahlia, Garden Dahlia)
- Dendrobium phalaenopsis (Dendrobium Orchid)
- Dieffenbachia (Dumb Cane, Spotted Dumbcane, Leopard Lily)
- Dracaena deremensis cv. Lisa (Dracaena Lisa, Dracaena Lisa Cane)
- Dracaena marginata ‘Tricolor’ (Rainbow Tree, Tricolor/Variegated Dracaena, Variegated Madagascar Dragon-Tree, Red-margined/Red-edged Dracaena)
- Dracaena surculosa (Spotted Dracaena, Gold Dust Dracaena, Gold Dust Plant)
- Duranta erecta / repens (Pigeon Berry, Golden Dewdrop, Skyflower)
- Epidendrum spp. (Epi, Epidendrum Orchid, Crucifix Orchid, Reedstem Epidendrum, Star Orchid)
- Epipremnum aureum (Pothos, Devil’s Ivy, Money Plant, Silver/Taro Vine, Centipede tongavine, Hunter’s Robe)
- Episcia cupreata (Flame Violet, Carpet Plant)
- Euphorbia milii (Crown of Thorns, Christ Plant, Christ Thorn/Crown)
- Evolvulus glomeratus (Evolvulus, Blue Daze, Hawaiian Blue Eyes, Brazilian Dwarf Morning-Glory)
- Gomphrena globosa (Bachelor’s Buttons, Globe Amaranth, Gomphrena)
- Guzmania lingulata var. minor (Orange Star, Scarlet Star)
- Heliconia species (Parrot’s Heliconia, Lobster Claw, Christmas Heliconia, etc.)
- Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (Tropical Hibiscus, Chinese Hibiscus, China Rose, Shoe Flower, Hawaiian Hibiscus)
- Hippeastrum (Amaryllis, Hippeastrums, Hippies, Barbados Lily)
- Homalomena rubescens (Roxb.) Kunth (Homalomena Rubescens)
- Hosta (Corfu Lily, Day Lily, Plantain Lily, Giboshi, Funkia)
- Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Endless Summer’ (Mophead Hydrangea, Bigleaf Hydrangea, French Hydrangea, Hortensia)
- Hylocereus undatus (Red Pitaya, Red Pitahaya, Dragonfruit, Dragon Fruit, Night Blooming Cereus, Belle of the Night, Strawberry Pear, Conderella Plant)
- Hymenocallis caribaea (Caribbean Spiderlily, Spider Lily, White Lily)
- Ixora species (Jungle Flame, Jungle Geranium, Flame of the Woods, Needle Flower, West Indian Jasmine)
- Jatropha podagrica (Gout Plant/Stick, Buddha Belly Plant, Bottleplant Shrub, Purging Nut, Guatemala Rhubarb)
- Lantana camara (Lantana, Largeleaf Lantana, Spanish Flag, Shrub Verbena, Red/Yellow/Wild Sage)
- Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum ‘Burgundy’ (Chinese Fringe Flower, Chinese Witch Hazel, Pink Chinese Loropetalum, Burgundy Loropetalum)
- Melampodium divaricatum (Butter Daisy, Melampodium, Gold Medallion Flower)
- Murraya koenigii (Curry Leaf, Curry Leaf Plant/Tree, Curry Leaves)
- Mussaenda erythrophylla (Ashanti Blood, Red Flag Bush, Red Mussaenda)
- Mussaenda luteola (Dwarf Yellow Mussaenda, White Wing, Miniature White Flag)
- Mussaenda philippica ‘Aurorae’ (White Mussaenda, Tropical Dogwood, Virgin Tree)
- Nephrolepis falcata cv. furcans (Fishtail Fern, Fishtail Swordfern, Forked/Weeping Sword Fern)
- Nerium oleander ‘Pink’ (Oleander)
- Nolina recurvata; Beaucarnea recurvata (Ponytail Plant, Bottle Palm)
- Orthosiphon aristatus/stamineus (Cat’s Whiskers, Java Tea, Misai/Kumis Kuching)
- Oxalis triangularis (Purple or Dark Leaf Shamrock, Purpleleaf False Shamrock)
- Pandanus amaryllifolius (Fragrant Pandan; Pandan Screwpine, Pandan Leaf/Leaves)
- Philodendron bipinnatifidum (Cut-Leaf/Split-Leaf/Fiddle-Leaf Philodendron, Tree Philodendron, Lacy Tree Philodendron, Selloum)
- Pithecellobium dulce ‘Variegated’ (Variegated Madras Thorn, Manila Tamarind, Sweet Inga, Monkey Pod)
- Pityrogramma calomelanos (Dixie Silverback Fern, Silver Fern)
- Platycerium (Staghorn Fern, Elkhorn Fern)
- Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’ (Lavender Spur Flower, Mona Lavender)
- Plumbago auriculata / capensis (Blue Plumbago, Cape Plumbago, Cape Leadwort, Skyflower)
- Podocarpus macrophyllus var. Maki (Shrubby Japanese Yew, Buddhist Pine, Yew/Chinese Podocarp, Podocarpus)
- Podranea ricasoliana (Pink Trumpet Vine, Port St Johns Creeper, Port St Johns-klimop)
- Portulaca grandiflora (Portulaca, Rose Moss, Moss Rose, Sun Plant)
- Proiphys amboinensis (Cardwell Lily, Northern Christmas Lily)
- Pteris ensiformis cv. Evergemiensis (Silver Lace Fern, Slender Brake Fern)
- Ptychosperma macarthurii (Macarthur Palm, Macarthur Feather Palm, Cluster Palm, Hurricane Palm)
- Rhapis excelsa ( Lady Palm, Broadleaf Lady Palm, Bamboo Palm)
- Quisqualis indica ( Rangoon Creeper Vine, Burma Creeper, Drunken Sailor, Scarlet Ragoon, Chinese Honeysuckle)
- Rhododendron simsii; Azalea indica (Indoor/Indian Azalea, Chinese Indica/Azalea/Honeysuckle, Sim’s Azalea, Belgian/Southern Indian or Indica Hybrids)
- Ruellia brittoniana ‘Katie’ (Katie Dwarf Ruellia, Dwarf Purple Ruellia, Dwarf Mexican Petunia)
- Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Bantel Sensation’ (White Sansevieria)
- Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Golden Hahnii’ (Golden Birdnest Sansevieria, Golden Bird’s Nest Snake Plant, Golden Birdnest Goodluck Plant)
- Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Laurentii’ (Goldband Sansevieria, Variegated Snake Plant, Mother-in-law’s tongue)
- Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Silver Hahnii’ (Silver Birdnest Sansevieria, Silver Bird’s Nest Snake Plant, Dwarf Silver Snake Plant)
- Solanum pseudocapsicum (Jerusalem Cherry, Christmas/Winter Cherry, Madeira Cherry, Coral Bush)
- Solenostemon scutellarioides (Coleus, Flame/Painted Nettle, Painted Leaves, Duckfoot)
- Spathiphyllum spp. (Peace Lily, Spathe Flower, White Anthurium)
- Syzygium samarangense (Wax Jambu, Java Rose Apple, Water Apple)
- Tagetes erecta, Tagetes patula (African/American Marigold, French Marigold)
- Tecoma capensis (syn.: Tecomaria/Bignonia capensis) (Cape Honeysuckle)
- Torenia fournieri (Bluewings, Wishbone Flower, Torenia)
- Tradescantia bermudensis ‘Variegata’ (Variegated Oyster Plant, Variegated Boat Lily/Plant, Variegated Moses-in-the-basket)
- Tristellateia australasiae (Shower of Gold Climber, Vining Milkweed/Thriallis, Galphimia Vine, Australian Gold/Golden Vine, Maiden’s Jealousy)
- Vanda Species (Vanda Orchid)
- Veitchia merrillii (Manila Palm, Christmas Palm, Dwarf Royal Palm)
- Wrightia antidysenterica (Snowflake, Milky Way, Arctic Snow, Winter Cherry Tree, Sweet Indrajao, Pudpitchaya, Hyamaraca)
- Zephyranthes Species (Rain Lily, Fairy Lily, Zephyr Lily)
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