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Acer griseum, the paperbark maple or blood-bark maple, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, native to central China. Acer griseum is found in the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Sichuan, at altitudes of 1,500–2,000 m (4,921–6,562 ft).

Acer henryi is an Asian species of maple. It has been found only in China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang). Acer henryi is a small tree up to 10 meters tall, dioecious (meaning that male and female flowers are on separate trees). Leaves are compound with 3 leaflets, thin and papery, up to 12 cm wide and 5 cm across usually with 3 lobes, with a waxy, whitish underside. Leaflets sometimes have a few shallow teeth but no lobes.

Gunniopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. These plants are found in areas of inland Australia. Gunniopis comprises 14 species that were once members of the genera Aizoon, Gunnia and Neogunnia. The name of the genus honours the botanist and politician Ronald Campbell Gunn. The genus was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand Pax in 1889 in Engler and Prantl's work Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. The name is derived from the Greek word opsis meaning resembling which alludes to the resemblance of the genus to the genus Gunnia. Members of this

Acer oliverianum, common names Oliver's maple and Oliver maple, is broadleaf deciduous tree. It is a species of maple.

Tovaria is a genus of herbs native to Jamaica and South America. There are two species, Tovaria pendula and Tovaria diffusa. The genus is the only one in the family Tovariaceae.

Pseudostellaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Most of the 20 species occur in Asia. They are similar to Stellaria, differing in the morphology of the roots, fruit capsules and shallower notches of the petals.

Euphorbia poissonii, also known as Euphorbia poissoni and, incorrectly, as Euphorbia poisoni, is a highly irritant and toxic succulent member of the large and varied spurge family of plants. It is native to northern Nigeria, where local farmers extract its latex for use as a pesticide. Its powerfully irritant and pain-producing nature mandates use as a fencing plant. It is known to the Berom people of the Jos area as pyùlúp who transplant it to their compounds where it is regarded as protection against witchcraft. It is named for French botanist Henri Louis Poisson, who formally described

Hieronymiella is a genus of flowering plants in the Amaryllis family. It is native to Bolivia, north-western Argentina, and southern Peru.

Dioscorea sansibarensis is a species of flowering plant in the yam family known by the common name Zanzibar yam. It is native to Madagascar and to tropical Africa from Tanzania west to Guinea and south to Mozambique, and it is known elsewhere as an introduced species (including in southern Florida). Dioscorea sansibarensis grows from a tuber up to 40 centimeters wide. The vine may exceed 7 meters in length and can be 3 centimeters wide. It twines counterclockwise and can reach and grasp supporting trees before it produces its first leaf. The heart-shaped leaves are up to 46 centimeters long

Dioscorea dumetorum, also known as the bitter yam, cluster yam, trifoliate yam, or three-leaved yam, is a species of flowering plant in the yam family, Dioscorea. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa and especially common in the tropical regions of West Africa, including Nigeria, Benin, and Ghana. D. dumetorum has both toxic and non-toxic varieties.

Pseudostellaria heterophylla, known commonly as hai er shen (Chinese: 孩兒參, kid ginseng, child ginseng), tai zi shen (Chinese: 太子參, crown prince ginseng), and false starwort, is a eudicot species in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is used in Chinese medicine and herbalism and is proclaimed to tonify the qi and generate yin fluids. It has been labeled as an adaptogen. It is known as the "ginseng of the lungs". The plant is a low growing plant of the pink family that is grown in Southern China in the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi,

Euphorbia breviarticulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. Euphorbia breviarticulata was described by Ferdinand Albin Pax and published in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 34: 84. 1904.

Euphorbia ampliphylla (also called Euphorbia winklerii and Euphorbia obovalifolia) is a succulent rainforest tree of the montane rainforests throughout East Africa and belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. The branches are each about 20 cm (8 in) diameter and are succulent, three-winged and pachycaulous. Like most Euphorbia species, it has milky white sap. The toxicity of many euphorbias is well known, but no specific information is available concerning E. ampliphylla. It is used locally for medical purposes. It is one of the tallest of all known succulent plants, definitely up to 30 m (98

Xylosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It contains around 100 species of evergreen shrubs and trees commonly known as brushhollies, xylosmas, or, more ambiguously, "logwoods". The generic name is derived from the Greek words ξύλον (xylon), meaning "wood, tree", and ὀσμή (osmé), meaning "smell", referring to the fragrant wood of some of the species. The Takhtajan system places it in the family Flacourtiaceae, which is considered defunct by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.

Krauseola is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. It includes two species of annual or perennial herbs native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, and KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The genus name of Krauseola is in honour of Johannes Krause (1900–1979), a German botanist. It was first described and published in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed.2, 16c on page 308 in 1934. Known species, according to Kew: Krauseola gillettii Turrill – Ethiopia and northeastern Kenya Krauseola mosambicina (Moss) Pax & K.Hoffm. – Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal

Euphorbia kamerunica is a flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. It is distributed across the Sahel of Africa, including in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Ethiopia.

Euphorbia heterochroma, sometimes known as the African cathedral plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae native to eastern Africa. It is a succulent shrub with a long history of use in East African traditional medicine.

Euphorbia griseola is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae.

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Eucrosia aurantiaca is a species of plant which is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. It grows from bulbs 10 cm long and 7–8 cm in diameter. There are usually two stalked (petiolate) leaves, blue-green in colour, with a blade (lamina) which is 40 cm long and 20–25 cm wide. The leaves do not appear until after flowering. The flowers are umbellate, on a stalk (scape) up to 1m in length, yellow, with stamens with prominent long filaments. In cultivation, plants should be

Argomuellera is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1894. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros Islands. Species Formerly included moved to Droceloncia or Pycnocoma Argomuellera reticulata - Pycnocoma reticulata Argomuellera rigidifolia - Droceloncia rigidifolia

Acer tenellum is an uncommon Asian species of maple. It is native to China (Hubei and Sichuan). Acer tenellum is a small deciduous tree up to 7 meters tall with smooth gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, up to 6 cm wide and 6 cm across, thin, usually with 3 lobes but sometimes none.

Acer cordatum is an Asian species of maple. It has been found only in China. Acer cordatum is a small tree up to 10 meters tall. Leaves are non-compound, either unlobed or with 2 or 3 lobes. Varieties Acer cordatum var. cordatum - leaves not lobed - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang Acer cordatum var. dimorphifolium (F.P.Metcalf) Y.S.Chen - leaves each with 2 or 3 lobes -- Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi

Manihoteae is a tribe of the subfamily Crotonoideae, under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 2 genera.

Maerua afra (DC.) Pax is a small Southern African tree belonging to Capparaceae, the caper family, occurring eastwards along the coast from Knysna, then further inland and northwards through KwaZulu-Natal and Eswatini to the Transvaal, southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe. The genus Maerua comprises about 60 species found in Africa and Asia. It may reach about 8 metres (26 ft) in height and occurs in dune bush, open woodland or on forest fringes. The leaves are digitately compound with from 3 to 5 leaflets, with entire, ciliate margins and petiolules of only 10 millimetres (0.4 in) or

Euphorbia schinzii is a perennial Southern African, dwarf flowering plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. It is found on rocky slopes, growing among rocks. Variable in form, it occurs in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique and Malawi, at an altitude between 100 and 1500 meters. The genus Euphorbia is large, with over 2000 species of extremely diverse size and appearance, and with a global distribution. Euphorbia schinzii is a dwarf and leafless, spiny, succulent plant, forming a tuberous rootstock at or just below ground level, with numerous erect 8–10 mm diameter branches

Euphorbia noxia is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is endemic to Somalia, and is threatened by habitat loss.

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