Tuesday 17 May 2016

Arnica plant

Arnica is a genus of perennial, herbaceous plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The genus name Arnica may be derived from the Greek arni, "lamb", in reference to the soft, hairy leaves.
This Circumboreal and montane (subalpine) genus occurs mostly in the temperate regions of westernNorth America, with a few species native to the Arctic regions of northern Eurasia and North America

Anguloa (tulip orchids) plants

Anguloa, commonly known as 
tulip orchids, is a small orchid genus closely related to Lycaste. Its abbreviation in horticulture is Ang. This genus was described by José Antonio Pavón and Hipólito Ruiz Lópezin 1798. They named it in honor of Francisco de Angulo, Director-General of Mines of Peru.

Albuca plant


Abutilon plant

Plants of this genus include herbs, shrubs, and trees. They range in height from about 0.5 to 3 meters (1.5 to 10 feet).[10] The herbage is generally hairy to woolly or bristly.[11] The leaf blades are usually entire, but the occasional species has lobed leaves. They are palmately veined and have wavy or serrated edges. Flowers are solitary, paired, or borne in small inflorescences in the leaf axils or toward the branch tips. The calyx is bell-shaped with five lobes. The corolla is usually bell-shaped to wheel-shaped, with five petals joined at the bases.

Angraecum plant

The genus Angraecum, abbreviated as Angcm in horticultural trade, common name Angrek(Indonesian and Malay) or Comet Orchid, contains about 220 species.

Albizia plant

Albizia is a genus of about 150 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubsin the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. The genus is pantropical, occurring in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, America and Australia, but mostly in the Old World tropics. In some locations, some species are considered weeds.

Abrus plant

Abrus is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae and the only genus found in the tribe Abreae. It contains, 13–18 species, but is best known for a single species, Jequirity (A. precatorius). The highly toxic seeds of that species are used to make jewellery.