Flora of Zimbabwe: Utilities: List of genus vernacular names

The use of English names for genera is a new feature of the site and at present content is somewhat limited.

Click on a letter below to take you to the first genus whose name begins with that letter.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
Agrimonies

B
Bedstraws
Borages (Cultivated genus)
Bottle-trees (Cultivated genus)
Brambles
Bristle grasses
Buckwheats
Buffalo beans
Buttonweeds

C
Candytufts (Cultivated genus)
Carrion-flowers
Catchflies
Chestnuts (Cultivated genus)
Cockleburs
Coneflowers (Cultivated genus)
Coral-vines (Cultivated genus)
Crowfoots
Cypress pines
Cypresses

D
Dandelions
Daylilies (Cultivated genus)
Docks
Dodder-laurels
Dodders

E
Elders
Evening primroses
Everlasting flowers

F
Fennels
Fescues
Figs
Fleabanes
Fleabanes
Flossflowers
Fumitories

G
Gallant-soldiers
Geraniums
Gladioluses
Golden-rain trees (Cultivated genus)
Grape-vines (Cultivated genus)
Guavas
Gums

H
Heartseeds
Hollies
Hollyhocks (Cultivated genus)
Honey-locusts
Horsetails

I
Irises (Cultivated genus)

J
Jasmines
Junipers

K
Kauri pines (Cultivated genus)
Knotgrasses
Knotweeds

L
Lady's mantles
Leadworts
Lettuces
Locusts (Cultivated genus)
Lucky-bean trees

M
Maples (Cultivated genus)
Marigolds
Melilots
Milk thistle (Cultivated genus)
Mints
Mistletoes
Monkey puzzles (Cultivated genus)
Mulberries

N
Nasturtiums
Nightshades

O
Oats
Oil palms (Cultivated genus)
Onions (Cultivated genus)
Osage-oranges

P
Pampas-grasses (Cultivated genus)
Passion flowers
Pears (Cultivated genus)
Periwinkles (Cultivated genus)
Pineapples (Cultivated genus)
Pines
Pinks
Plane trees (Cultivated genus)
Pomegranates
Pondweeds
Poplars

Q
Quillworts

R
Radishes
Raffia palms
Red-hot pokers
Rhodes grasses
Rock samphires (Cultivated genus)
Rues (Cultivated genus)

S
Safflowers (Cultivated genus)
Snapdragons (Cultivated genus)
Speedwells
Squashes and gourds (Cultivated genus)
Starburs
Stocks (Cultivated genus)
Strawberries (Cultivated genus)
Sundews
Sunflowers
Swine-cresses

T
Tamarisks (Cultivated genus)
Tapegrasses
Thatching-grasses
Thorn trees
Tickseeds
Toadflaxes
Tobaccos
Tree daisies
Trumpet trees

V
Valerians
Vetches
Virginia creepers
Virginia stocks (Cultivated genus)

W
Wallflowers (Cultivated genus)
Walnuts (Cultivated genus)
Wandflowers
Wheats
Willowherbs
Willows

Y
Yams
Yellow-woods

Z
Zinnias

121 names found

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-12

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2012). Flora of Zimbabwe: Utilities: List of genus vernacular names.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/utilities/utility-vernac-genus.php, retrieved 4 February 2012

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