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Landscape plant ID 004
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Plant Sciences
Undergraduate 2
01/12/2022

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Acalypha wilkesiana
Definition
shrub with colorful toothed leaves
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Bauhinia x blakeana
Definition
tree with bilobed leaves
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Codiaeum variegatum
Definition
shrub with colorful entire leaves
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Cordyline fruticosa
Definition
erect monocot with broad, colorful leaves
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Delonix regia
Definition
tree with dark flat pods > 40 cm long, leaves bipinnate
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Ficus microcarpa
Definition
small shrub with shiny leaves and white latex
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Filicium decipiens
Definition
tree with pinnate leaves and winged rachis
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Koelreuteria elegans
Definition
tree with pinnate leaves the leaflets toothed
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Liriope muscari
Definition
erect monocot with narrow green leaves
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Peltophorum pterocarpum
Definition
tree with bipinnate leaves and yellow flowers, pods < 12 cm long
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Plectrocarpa arborea
Definition
tree with opposite, pinnate leaves, yellow flowers, and winged fruits
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Quercus virginiana
Definition
tree, leaf undersides grayish, often with acorns
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Sphagneticola trilobata
Definition
herb groundcover with opposite, serrate, usually lobed leaves
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Stenotaphrum secundatum
Definition
grass groundcover with rounded leaf tips
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Terminalia buceras
Definition
tree with leaves clustered
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Alpinia zerumbet
Definition
variegated upright monocot with waxy flowers
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Bismarckia nobilis
Definition
massive fan palm with bluish fronds
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Bursera simaruba
Definition
tree with reddish or silvery peeling bark, pinnate
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Clusia rosea
Definition
shrub or small tree with opposite fleshy leaves
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Coccoloba uvifera
Definition
multibranched tree with large, stiff orbicular leaves and circular scar on stems
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Cocos nucifera
Definition
tall feather palm with no crownshaft and leaflets on a single plane
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Ehretia microphylla
Definition
small shrub with leaves slightly notched and punctate dots
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Ficus pumila
Definition
creeping cover attached to walls by adventitious roots, with milky latex
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Jatropha integerrima
Definition
shrub with trilobate leaves and bright red flowers
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Livistona chinensis (Category II invasive)
Definition
medium large fan palm with thorns on petioles, petioles not split, and bluish olive-shaped fruits
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Monstera deliciosa
Definition
epiphytic vine with holes in leaves
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Murraya paniculata
Definition
shrub with no thorns, with pinnate leaves, the leaflets entire, white flowers, red fruits
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Phoenix sylvestris
Definition
single trunk feather palm with sharp thorns and the petiole bases decorative
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Platycerium bifurcatum
Definition
epiphytic fern with some leaves clasping like feet
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Plumbago auriculata
Definition
subshrub with light purple tubular corollas flared and spatulate ear-like leaves
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Podocarpus macrophyllus
Definition
leather, linear-leaved shrub
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Sabal palmetto
Definition
medium large fan palm with no thorns on petioles, petioles split, and dark spherical fruits
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Swietenia mahagoni
Definition
large tree with pinnate leaves, leaflets falcate, the fruit an ovate capsule splitting in sections to disperse winged seeds
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Viburnum suspensum
Definition
shrub with opposite, crenate leaves
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Zamia furfuracea
Definition
squat, palm-like plant with pinnate, leathery strap-like leaves leathery
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Adonidia merrillii
Definition
feather palm with crownshaft, leaf tips pointed, fronds in a full arch up and down, fruit bigger than an olive
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Bougainvillea spectabilis
Definition
woody showy vine with thorns
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Ceiba speciosa
Definition
tree with palmately divided leaves, spiny trunk, and pink flowers, stamens in tube
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Cordia sebestena
Definition
tree with sandpapery leaves and orange flowers
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Crinum asiaticum
Definition
upright monocot with very wide leaves
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Heptapleurum arboricola
Definition
shrub with palmately divided leaves often variegated
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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Definition
shrub with showy petals, palmate leaf veins, and stamens in column
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Libidibia punctata
Definition
tree with bipinnate leaves, yellow flowers, and smooth, painted bark
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Ligustrum japonicum
Definition
glossy opposite-leaved large shrub with white flowers
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Phoenix canariensis
Definition
huge feather palm with spines and, no crownshaft, and very wide petiole bases
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Roystonea regia
Definition
huge pinnate palm with crownshaft and leaflets somewhat plumose
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Syagrus romanzoffiana
Definition
large pinnate palm with no crownshaft and leaflets somewhat plumose
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Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum
Definition
large sprawling aroid with dissected leaves
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Tradescantia spathacea
Definition
purple and green monocot groundcover
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Tripsacum dactyloides
Definition
bunch grass with spikelet inflorescence, male flowers above female on corky rachis
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Wodyetia bifurcata
Definition
medium to large feather palm with crownshaft and very plumose fronds
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Acoelorraphe wrightii
Definition
clumping fan palm with thorns on petioles
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Caryota mitis
Definition
bipinnate palm
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Chamaedorea cataractarum
Definition
dense short pinnate palm < 2 m tall
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Coccothrinax argentata
Definition
fan palm with silver undersides
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Dypsis decaryi
Definition
pinnate palm with triangular crown
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Dypsis lutescens
Definition
clumping feather palm with crownshafts
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
Definition
bulbose base feather palm
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Phoenix reclinata
Definition
feather palm with spines on petioles, > 5 m tall, leaflets > 2 cm wide
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Phoenix roebelenii
Definition
feather palm with spines on petioles, < 5 m tall, leaflets < 2 cm wide
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Ptychosperma elegans
Definition
feather palm with crownshaft, leaf tips clipped, fronds arch mostly up and across, fruit pea-sized
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Serenoa repens
Definition
creeping, clumping fan palm with spines on petioles
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Thrinax radiata
Definition
fan palm with wide leaflets and prominent hastula
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Veitchia arecina
Definition
feather palm with white crownshaft
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Washingtonia robusta
Definition
very tall fan palm with shiny fronds and spines on petioles
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Calliandra haematocephala
Definition
shrub with bipinnate leaves (2 primary pinnae) and flower heads showing colorful filaments
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Chrysobalanus icaco
Definition
shrub with generally rounded, glossy, elliptic leaves arching up
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Ixora coccinea
Definition
shrub with opposite, entire leaves and 4 colorful petal lobes and triangular stipules
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Pentas lanceolata
Definition
subshrub with opposite, entire leaves and 5 colorful petal lobes and fringed stipules
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Russelia equisetiformis
Definition
subshrub with whorled linear leaves and long tubular red flower
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Schinus terebinthifolia
Definition
tree with pinnate leaves and red berries
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Viburnum odoratissimum
Definition
shrub or small tree with large opposite, glossy, somewhat serrate leaves
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Acalypha hispida
Definition
shrub with generally green toothed leaves and long dangling red flower spikes
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Asclepias curassavica
Definition
upright subshrub with opposite, narrow lanceolate leaves, milky latex, and ornate orange and yellow flowers
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Bidens alba
Definition
herbaceous weed with pinnately compound opposite leaves and compound flower heads with white ray petals and forked achenes
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Ficus microcarpa
Definition
shrub or tree with acuminate leaves and milky latex
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Tabebuia aurea
Definition
tree with palmately compound, opposite leaves, yellow trumpet-shaped corollas, and corky bark
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Tabebuia heterophylla
Definition
tree with palmately compound, opposite leaves and pinkish trumpet-shaped corollas
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Barleria repens
Definition
low shrub or vine with opposite leaves and flared tubular coral corolla
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Brunfelsia pauciflora
Definition
shrub with corollas of 3 different colors on the same plant, blue,violet, and white
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Galphimia gracilis
Definition
delicate shrub with opposite leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers and leaves < 4 cm long
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Pinus elliottii
Definition
big tree with cones and flaky bark, needles 13 to 28 cm long
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Mangifera indica
Definition
tree with leaves long lanceolate, hanging down, often with edible fruit
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Monoon longifolium
Definition
creepy looking narrow tree with long lanceolate wavy margin leaves hanging down
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Thunbergia erecta
Definition
shrub with opposite leaves and often deep violet corollas; upper leaf surface shiny, often raised between the veins
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Aechmea sp.
Definition
basal rosette, spiny leaves, and often purple flowers
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Asparagus densiflorus
Definition
short plant with very fluffy leaves like foxtails
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Calliandra trinervia
Definition
shrub with bipinnate leaves, 2 primary pinnae each with 2 or 3 leaflets, and flower heads showing pink filaments
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Conocarpus erectus
Definition
large tree with elliptic leaves with domatia in lower leaf axils and two nectaries at base of petioles, twisting bark and dark stem scars; fruit a bur
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Cordia boissieri
Definition
tree with velvety tomentose almost sandpapery leaves and white, funnel-shaped corollas with yellow centers
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Guaiacum sanctum
Definition
sprawling tree with very hard wood; 5 vivid bluish violet petals, yellowish fruit with 4-5 winged angles and black seeds in red skin
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Juniperus virginiana
Definition
tree with scalelike leaves; bark often reddish, exfoliating into strips
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Neyraudia reynaudiana
Definition
tall, to 4 m, clumping reed grass, panicles 40-60 cm long
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Pseudobombax ellipticum
Definition
large tree with palmately compound leaves, swollen, smooth trunk and striking flowers with large, showy separate stamens usually pink or white
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Taxodium distichum
Definition
large buttressed tree with knees; deciduous; leaves short, flattened
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