Botany Flashcards
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Azalea - Flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron - Popular in USA y East Asia
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Begonia - Native to tropical regions - Genus contains 1,795 different plant species - The cultivar ‘Kimjongilia’ is a floral emblem of North Korea
Scientific names of common cereal grains
Wheat - Triticum aestivum
Rice - Oryza sativa
Corn/Maize - Zea mays
Oat - Avena sativa
Barley - Hordeum vulgare
Quinoa - Chenopodium quinoa
Soybean - Glycine max
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Digitalis - AKA Foxglove - Flowers are finger-shaped (hence the name), are produced on a tall spike, y vary in colour with species - Used to produce the medicine Digoxin, which treats various heart conditions
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Geranium (aka Cranesbill) - Found in temperate regions worldwide - Name comes from Greek for “crane”, because of beak-like seed dispersal capsule
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Hibiscus (aka Rose Mallow) - Large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae - Native to warm places throughout the world - State flower of Hawaii
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Hyacinth - Flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae - Native to eastern Mediterranean
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Hydrangea - Genus of 70–75 species of flowering plants native to East Asia
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Peony - Grows in Europe, Asia, y Western North America - Named after Greek myth character Paeon, a jealous student of Asclepius, who Zeus turned into a flower - Historically considered the national flower of China, where it’s called 芍药 (sháoyào) or 牡丹 (mǔdān)
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Wisteria - Flowring plant of the legume family, native to Eastern USA y East Asia - Named after American physician Caspar Wistar
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Zinnia - Long-stemmed flowers that come in a variety of bright colors -Native to Americas - Name honors German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727–59)
