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Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (/ ˌ æ n dʒ i ə ˈ s p ər m iː /), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees , shrubs and vines , and most aquatic plants .
This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names , in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.
Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. Many of these plants are listed in Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners.
Flower. A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae ). Flowers consist of a combination of vegetative organs – sepals that enclose and protect the developing flower, petals that attract pollinators, and reproductive organs that produce gametophytes ...
List of garden plants; List of plant hybrids; List of largest plants; List of trifoliate plants; Succulent plants; CAM plants; Weeping tree; List of largest seeds; Lists of plant species; List of plants by common name; List of lyrate plants; Lists of flowers. List of Asteraceae genera; List of Amaryllidoideae genera; List of Liliaceae genera ...
Language of flowers – cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers. Hanakotoba, also known as 花言葉 – Japanese form of the language of flowers. List of national flowers – flowers that represent specific geographic areas. Plants in culture – uses of plants by humans.
C. County flowers of Norway. County flowers of the United Kingdom. List of crop plants pollinated by bees.
Flora of the United States. The native flora of the United States includes about 17,000 species of vascular plants, plus tens of thousands of additional species of other plants and plant-like organisms such as algae, lichens and other fungi, and mosses.
List of plants discovered by Eleonora Gabrielian; List of garden plants in North America; List of garden plants to feed honey bees in Canada; List of plant genera named for people (A–C) List of plant genera named for people (D–J) List of plant genera named for people (K–P) List of plant genera named for people (Q–Z)
This is a list of plants that have been domesticated by humans. The list includes individual plant species identified by their common names as well as larger formal and informal botanical categories which include at least some domesticated individuals.