Family: Rubiaceae (includes Cinchona (source of quinine), and Gardenia)
Genus: Coffea (includes Coffea canephora, the ‘Robusta’ coffee)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Coffea arabica
Meaning of Name:
Coffea, From New Latin, from European common words for coffee, from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa); and
arab..
Family: Bignoniaceae (the trumpet vines)
Genus: Pandorea (includes nine species of flowering woody vines native to Australia, Malesia and parts of Melanesia)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Pandorea jasminoides
Meaning of Name:
Pandorea, a reference to the Greek mythological figure Pandora and her box,..
Family: Geraniaceae (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 beak; and
robertianum..
Family: Geraniaceae (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 beak; and
robertianum..
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..
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..
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..