Family: Dioscoreaceae (the yam family: includes several yam species)
Genus: Dioscorea (includes several yam species)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Dioscorea polystachya
Meaning of Name:
Dioscorea, after the Ancient Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist and author Pedánios Dioskourídēs (Πεδάνιος Δ..
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Family: Zingiberaceae (the ginger family: includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Alpinia (includes Australian native ginger)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Alpinia galanga
Meaning of Name:
Alpinia, after the 17th century Italian botanist Prospero Alpini + Latin -ia (used especially to form..
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Family: Zingiberaceae (the ginger family: includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Curcuma (includes turmerics and Siam Tulip)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Curcuma longa
Meaning of Name:
Curcuma, from New Latin, from Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum, ‘turmeric’, ‘Indian saffron’ (a reference to the ..
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Family: Zingiberaceae (includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Globba (includes many gingers with dainty flowers all called “dancing ladies” or “dancing girls”)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Globba winitii
Meaning of Name:
Globba, from galoba, a word used by the indigenous people of this s..
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Family: Amaryllidaceae (the amaryllis family: includes Amaryllis, Agapanthus, Clivia and Scadoxus)
Genus: Allium (includes onions, leeks, garlics, chives)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Allium × proliferum
Meaning of Name:
Allium, from Latin allium (‘garlic’); and
proliferum, from Latin proliferum (‘..
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Family: Poaceae (the grass family: includes lawn grasses, bamboos, cereals, lemon grasses)
Genus: Saccharum (includes many sugarcanes)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Saccharum sp. Ancestry of this cultivar unknown. Likely to be Saccharum officinarum, but could be a hybrid.
Meaning of Name:
Saccharum, ..
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Family: Poaceae (the grass family: includes lawn grasses, bamboos, cereals, lemon grasses)
Genus: Saccharum (includes many sugarcanes)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Saccharum sp. Ancestry of this cultivar unknown. Likely to be Saccharum officinarum, but could be a hybrid.
Meaning of Name:
Saccharum, ..
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Family: Geraniaceae (the geranium family: includes Geranium and Pelargonium)
Genus: Geranium (includes the cranesbills (the true geraniums))
Botanical/Binomial Name: Geranium robertianum
Meaning of Name:
Geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, ‘crane’): seed capsule resembling a crane’s b..
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Family: Sapindaceae (the soapberry family: includes maples, lychee, and horse chestnut)
Genus: Acer (the maples)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Acer palmatum
Meaning of Name:
Acer, from Latin acer (‘maple tree’); and
palmatum, from Latin palmātum (neuter singular of palmātus, ‘hand-shaped’, ‘palm-lea..
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Family: Cucurbitaceae (the curcubits or the gourd family: includes cucumbers, gourds, melons)
Genus: Gynostemma (all species within this genus are perennial climbing vines with tendrils; most are dioecious [having separate male and female plants])
Botanical/Binomial Name: Gynostemma pentaphyllum
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Family: Zingiberaceae (the ginger family: includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Kaempferia (includes Thai black ginger)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Kaempferia rotunda
Meaning of Name:
Kaempferia, after Engelbert Kaempfer (1651–1716), a German naturalist, physician, explorer and writer ..
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Family: Bromeliaceae (the bromeliad family)
Genus: Aechmea (includes silver vase [urn plant])
Botanical/Binomial Name: Aechmea gamosepala
Meaning of Name:
Aechmea, from Ancient Greek αἰχμή (aikhmḗ, ‘spearhead’, ‘arrowhead’) inflorescence like a spear; and
gamosepala, from Italian gamosepala (fe..
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