Ferraria

Ferraria is a genus of 11 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to tropical and southern Africa. They are herbaceous corm-bearing plants growing to 30-45 cm tall.


USES
They are grown as ornamental plants in gardens in subtropical regions.


Selected species
Ferraria glutinosa

Ferraria divaricata

Ferraria densepunctulata

Ferraria kamiesbergensis

Ferraria foliosa

Ferraria crispa

Ferraria brevifolia

Ferraria schaeferi

Emilia

Emilia is a herbaceous plant genus of about 50–100 species in the family Asteraceae, known as tasselflower or pualele. The members of the genus are distributed mainly in the tropics and sub-tropics.


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Malpighia

Malpighia is a genus of about 45 species of shrubs or small trees in the family Malpighiaceae, native to the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America. The species grow to 1-6 m tall, with a dense, often thorny crown. The leaves... more >>>

Latania

Latania is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.


Species
Latania loddigesii - The Latanier De L'Ile Ronde or Latanier De Niaurice is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is... more >>>

Gerbera

Gerbera is a genus of ornamental plants from the sunflower family (Asteraceae). It was named in honor of the German naturalist Traugott Gerber, a friend of Carolus Linnaeus.

It has approximately 30 species in the wild, extending... more >>>

Calamagrostis

Calamagrostis, or Small-reed or (Am.) Reedgrass, is a genus in the Grass family Poaceae with about 230 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are commonly adventive. These tufted perennials usually have... more >>>