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The Dioncophyllaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of three species of lianas native to the rainforests of western Africa. Their closest relatives are Ancistrocladaceae. Both families lie within a clade of mostly carnivorous plants which, since 1998 or so, have been moved to the order Caryophyllales. This clade also includes the families Droseraceae (sundews and Venus' flytrap) and Nepenthaceae (an Old World genus of pitcher plants), as well as Drosophyllaceae. All species in the family are lianas at some point in their lifecycles, and climb by the use of pairs of hooks or

Vernicia fordii, usually known as the tung tree (Chinese: 桐, tóng) and also as the tung-oil or tungoil tree (油桐), the kalo nut tree, and the China wood-oil tree, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to southern China, Myanmar, and northern Vietnam.

The Tetramelaceae are a family of plants in the order Cucurbitales, containing two genera of mostly Asian, large trees, Octomeles and Tetrameles, each with a single species. These genera were formerly placed in the Datiscaceae, but genetic studies confirmed that they do not form a natural clade with the other members of that family.

The Carlemanniaceae are a tropical East Asian and Southeast Asian family of subshrub to herbaceous perennial flowering plants with 2 genera. Older systems of plant taxonomy place the two genera, Carlemannia, and Silvianthus within the Caprifoliaceae or the Rubiaceae. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification of 2003 places the group in the Lamiales, as a plant family more closely related to the Oleaceae than to the Caprifoliaceae.

The Paracryphiaceae are a family of woody shrubs and trees native to Australia, southeast Asia, and New Caledonia. In the APG III system of 2009, the family is placed in its own order, Paracryphiales, in the campanulid clade of the asterids. In the earlier APG II system, the family was unplaced as to order and included only Paracryphia. As presently circumscribed, the family includes three genera: Paracryphia Baker f. – 1 species, endemic to New Caledonia Quintinia A.DC – 25 species in the Philippines, New Guinea, the east coast of Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia; formerly placed in

Alseuosmiaceae is a plant family of the order Asterales found in Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and New Guinea. They are shrubs with leaves arranged in spirals or whorls about the stem. The flowers are solitary or borne in raceme or fascicle inflorescences. Some species have fragrant flowers. The flower corolla is urn-shaped or funnel-shaped with 4 to 7 lobes. There are 4 to 7 stamens and one style tipped with a two-lobed stigma. The fruit is a fleshy berry. There are 11 species divided among 4 genera: Alseuosmia Crispiloba Platyspermation Wittsteinia

Sladeniaceae is a family of flowering plants containing tree species found in subtropical to tropical environments in East Africa (Ficalhoa), Burma, Yunnan, and Thailand (Sladenia). The family consists of trees with alternate, simple leaves without stipules, and flowers arranged in cymose inflorescences. The circumscription of the family is variable, with some systems describing the family as consisting solely of the genus Sladenia, which has been variously considered a member of the Theaceae, the Actinidiaceae, the Dilleniaceae, or the Ternstroemiaceae. Other systems include the genus

The Ecdeiocoleaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of two genera and three species. The botanical name has rarely been recognized by taxonomists. The APG II system, in 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998), does recognize such a family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots. Three species in two genera, Ecdeiocolea and Georgeantha, both endemic to Southwest Australia, have been described to date.

The Anarthriaceae was a family of three genera, Anarthria, Hopkinsia and Lyginia of flowering plants, now included in Restionaceae following APG IV (2016). The family is accepted in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group's classification system, APG III system, but is not considered a separate family in many other taxonomic systems. The three genera are herbaceous but differ greatly in characteristics. The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), did recognize this family, and assigned it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots. The family contains three

Triphyophyllum peltatum is a facultatively carnivorous, up to 60 m (200 ft) tall vine in the monotypic genus Triphyophyllum in the family Dioncophyllaceae native to tropical western Africa, in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Sierra Leone where it grows in tropical rainforest.

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Pueraria mirifica, also known as กวาวเครือ kwao krua (among other names), is a plant found in northern and northeastern Thailand and Myanmar. In Thailand, the plant is known as "kwao krua kao", the 'kao' meaning white which distinguishes Pueraria mirifica from other plants with tuberous roots also sharing the 'kwao krua' designation, such as Butea superba, commonly called kwao krua deng (red) and the 'black' and 'dull grey' kwao krua plants. The species was definitively identified as Pueraria mirifica in 1952. Dried and powdered, the tuberous root of Pueraria mirifica has a history of

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Emblingia is a monospecific plant genus containing the species Emblingia calceoliflora, a herbaceous prostrate subshrub endemic to Western Australia. It has no close relatives, and is now generally placed alone in family Emblingiaceae.

Neo-uvaria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. Its native range is Indo-China to Western and Central Malesia. Species: Neo-uvaria acuminatissima (Miq.) Airy Shaw Neo-uvaria laosensis Tagane & Soulad. Neo-uvaria merrillii (C.B.Rob.) Chaowasku Neo-uvaria parallelivenia (Boerl.) H.Okada & K.Ueda Neo-uvaria sparsistellata Chaowasku Neo-uvaria telopea Chaowasku Neo-uvaria viridifolia (Elmer) Chaowasku

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Hylandia is a genus of plants, of the family Euphorbiaceae, named in honour of Australian botanist Bernie Hyland, by Herbert K. Airy Shaw. Hylandia dockrillii, sometimes referred to as blushwood, is a species in the family Euphorbiaceae; the common name is also used for the related species Fontainea picrosperma, from which tigilanol tiglate (EBC-46) is derived. It is native to the Cook region in Queensland, Australia.

Sohnsia is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Sohnsia filifolia, native to the States of San Luis Potosí and Querétaro in northeastern Mexico. It is dioecious, with its chromosome number being 2n = 20.

Caryodaphnopsis is a genus of 16 species belonging to the flowering plant family Lauraceae, distributed in tropical areas in southern North America, northern South America, and East and Southeast Asia. They vary from 50-m-high trees to small trees or shrubs in lowland evergreen forest and rainforest. The genus is distributed across the Pacific, with a marked geographical disjunction between Southeast Asia (South China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines) and tropical America (Costa Rica to Brazil, crossing Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela).

Bischofia polycarpa, or Chinese bishop wood (Chinese: 重陽木), is a plant species of the family Phyllanthaceae. It and the related Bischofia javanica are the only two members of genus Bischofia and tribe Bischofieae.

Aetoxylon is a single species genus (monotypic) of trees only found (endemic) in Borneo, of the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae. The single species is Aetoxylon sympetalum, commonly known as gaharu buaya or crocodile eaglewood. Aetoxylon sympetalum grows as a tree up to 40 metres (130 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 60 centimetres (24 in). Bark is dark brown to black. Fruit is reddish brown, up to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) in diameter. The specific epithet sympetalum is from the Latin meaning "united petals". Habitat is lowland forests from sea level to 100 metres (330 ft)

Mallotus mollissimus is a rainforest plant in the spurge family. Indigenous to Queensland and Malesia.

Cleidiocarpon is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1965. It is native to China and Indochina. Species Cleidiocarpon cavaleriei (H.Lév.) Airy Shaw - Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Vietnam Cleidiocarpon laurinum Airy Shaw - Thailand, Myanmar

Berberis hypokerina is a shrub native to northern Myanmar (Burma) and sometimes grown in other places as an ornamental. It is evergreen, reaching heights of up to 250 cm. Leaves are simple, elliptical with spiny margins. Berries are very dark purple, almost black.

Allium paepalanthoides is a plant species native to China. It has been reported from Henan, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Sichuan at elevations of 1400–2000 m. Allium paepalanthoides produces a single narrow bulb up to 15 mm across. Scape is up to 50 cm tall. Leaves lance-linear, tapering at the tip, up to 25 mm wide at the widest point. Umbels with many flowers; tepals white with green midveins.

Allium eduardii is a plant species native to Russia, Mongolia, and northern China (Hebei, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), Ningxia and Xinjiang). Allium eduardii has narrowly egg-shaped bulbs up to 10 mm across. Scapes are round in cross-section, up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are narrow and tubular, shorter than the scape. Umbel is hemispheric with purple flowers.

Salix annulifera is a small shrub from the genus of the willow (Salix) with up to 8 centimeter long leaf blades. The natural range of the species is in China.

Rockinghamia is a genus of plants in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1966. It contains only two species, both of which are endemic to the state of Queensland in Australia.

Reutealis is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae. The single species, Reutealis trisperma is also known as Philippine tung. Reutealis trisperma is endemic to the Philippines and used as a timber species, although it is listed as a near-threatened species on the IUCN Red List.

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