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APOCYNACEAE-ADENIUM
APOCYNACEAE Oleander family Apocynaceae includes approxi-mately 355 genera of herbs, shrubs, trees, and climbers distributed wordwide, with greatest diversity in the tropics. Characteristics in-clude a milky latex sap and complex flowers. Recent cevisions include the ...
ALISMATACEAE- Sagittaria
ALISMATECEAE Water plantain family Alismataceae uncludes approxi – mately 16 genera of aquatic herbs, which are widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions. This family was assumed to be primitive because of thu numerous stamens, ...
AMARYLLIDACEAE – Amarcrinum, Amaryllis
AMARYLLIDACEAE AMARYLLIS FAMILY Amaryllidaceae includes approxi- mately 50 general of seasonally dor-mant and evergreen herbs widely distributed from mild temperate to tropical regions. Some genera are frequently, but incorrectly, referred to as lilies. of several ...
SCADOXUS
Scadoxus scadoxus includes approximately 9 species of perennial bulbous herbs from tropical Africa and Arabia. Nu- merous leaves are arranged in a basal whorl distinguishing these species from Haemanthus species, which have one ...
Victoria – Victoria amazonica
Victoria Victoria includes 2 species of rooted aquatic herbs. 1 each from the Amazon and Parana river basins. leaves are round, to seveval feet wide, floating. The margins are upturned and red- bristled bellow in ...
CACTACEAE – Cactus intergeneric hybrids, Cactus hybrids
CACTACEAE Cactus family Cactaceae includes approximately 93 genera of succlent herbs, shrubs, and trees from the Americas, with greatest diversity in mild temperate semiarid regions of North America. Some tropical species are climbers and epiphytes. ...
ACAPANTHACEAE- Agapanthus
ACAPANTHACEAE ACAPANTHUS FAMILY Agapanthaceae includes a single genus of bulbous herbs from South Afica. Agapanthus was previously included in Alliaceae or liliaceae. Agapanthus Agapanthus includes approximately 9 species of clump – forming bul- bous herbs ...
Allamanda
Allamanda Allamanda includes approximately and species of shrubs and shrubby climbers from tropical America. Several are among the most com-monly cultivated ...
Acanthaceae – Acanthus
ACANTHACEAE ACANTHUS FAMILY CLOCK – VINE FAMILY Acanthaceae includes approxi – mately 256 genera of perennial herbs, shrubs, and climbers, which are widely distributed in warm tem- perate an tropical regions. Leaves are in opposite ...
Biggest robusta crop at risk as Vietnam suffers drought
The coffee harvest in Vietnam, the biggest grower of the robusta variety, may decline in the 2013- 2014 season as a drought in the country’s top producing region may lead to smaller fruits, potentially boosting ...
