Nikolai Turczaninov

Dioscorea polystachya or Chinese yam (shānyào, simplified Chinese: 山药; traditional Chinese: 山藥), also called cinnamon-vine, is a species of flowering plant in the yam family. It is sometimes called Chinese potato or by its Korean name ma. It is also called huaishan in Mandarin and wàaih sāan in Cantonese. It is a perennial climbing vine, native to East Asia. The edible tubers are cultivated largely in East Asia and sometimes used in alternative medicine. This species of yam is unique as the tubers can be eaten raw.

Lespedeza bicolor is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names shrubby bushclover, shrub lespedeza, and bicolor lespedeza. It is native to eastern Asia, ranging from southeastern Siberia to eastern China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. and it is widely grown as an ornamental plant. In some regions, such as the southeastern United States, it grows in the wild as an introduced and invasive species.

Ugni molinae, commonly known as Chilean guava berry, or strawberry myrtle, is a shrub native to Chile and adjacent regions of southern Argentina. The local Spanish name is murta, and the Mapuche Native American name is "uñi". It is in the same botanical family as the guava, in Myrtaceae. The fruit is sometimes marketed as "Ugniberry", as "New Zealand cranberry" in New Zealand, and the name "Tazziberry" has been trademarked in Australia, but it is not a native plant to these countries.

Ugni is a genus of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, described as a genus in 1848. It is native to western Latin America from the Valdivian temperate rain forests of southern Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands) and adjacent regions of southern Argentina, north to southern Mexico. They are shrubs with evergreen foliage, reaching 1–5 m (3.3–16.4 ft) tall. The leaves are opposite, oval, 1–4 cm (0.4–1.6 in) long and 0.2–2.5 cm (0.08–1 in) broad, entire, glossy dark green, with a spicy scent if crushed. The flowers are drooping, 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) diameter with four or five white or

Rhododendron mucronulatum, the Korean rhododendron or Korean rosebay (Korean: 진달래; RR: Jindalrae), is a rhododendron species native to Korea, Mongolia, Russia, and parts of northern China. It is a deciduous shrub that grows to 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) in height, with elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate leaves, 3–7 cm (1+1⁄4–2+3⁄4 in) long by 1–3.5 cm (3⁄8–1+3⁄8 in) wide. The reddish-purple flowers appear in late winter or early spring, often on the bare branches before the foliage unfurls. It inhabits forested regions at 1,600–2,300 m (5,200–7,500 ft). The Latin specific epithet mucronulatum means

Cotoneaster acutifolius, the Peking cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native to southern Siberia, Mongolia, and most of China, and it has been introduced to Canada, the northern United States, and northern Europe. It is a shrub typically 2–4 m (7–13 ft) tall, found in a wide variety of habitats. Some authorities consider Cotoneaster lucidus, the shiny cotoneaster, to be a synonym of Cotoneaster acutifolius.

Syringa pubescens is a species of flowering plant in the lilac genus of the family Oleaceae, native to Korea and China (Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan). Growing to 6 m (20 ft) tall and broad, it is a substantial deciduous shrub with green leaves felted white beneath, and panicles of heavily scented, white-throated lilac flowers in early summer. The Latin specific epithet pubescens means "downy", referring to the texture of the leaves. Three subspecies (formerly listed as separate species) are recognized : Syringa pubescens

Rhododendron micranthum (照山白) is a rhododendron species native to China and Korea, where it grows at altitudes of 1,000–3,000 m (3,300–9,800 ft). It is an evergreen shrub that grows to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) in height, with leaves that are oblanceolate, oblong-elliptic, to lanceolate, 3–4 by 9–12 cm in size. Flowers are white.

Drosera platypoda, the fan-leaved sundew, is a tuberous perennial species in the genus Drosera that is endemic to south-west Western Australia. It grows 15 to 20 cm tall with a basal rosette of leaves with alternate cauline leaves along the stem. It is native to a region from Manjimup south-west to an area around the Scott River and east to Cape Riche. It grows in winter-wet sandy soils in heathland. It flowers in October. It was first formally described by Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow in 1854.

Aster ageratoides (common name, balsam aster) is a perennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to eastern Asia.

Symphyopappus is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. Species Symphyopappus angustifolius Cabrera - Minas Gerais, Bahia Symphyopappus apurimacensis H.Rob. - Apurímac Symphyopappus brasiliensis (Gardner) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Minas Gerais Symphyopappus casarettoi B.L.Rob. - Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina Symphyopappus compressus (Gardner) B.L.Rob. - Bahia, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, D.F., São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Goiás Symphyopappus cuneatus (DC.) Sch.Bip. ex Baker - Paraná, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio

Gagea granulosa is a Eurasian species of plants in the lily family. It is native to Russia (European Russia and Siberia), Kazakhstan, China (Xinjiang), and Mongolia. Gagea granulosa is a bulb-forming perennial up to 20 cm tall. Flowers are yellow to yellow-green.

Eucalyptus tetraptera, commonly known as square-fruited mallee or four-winged mallee, is a mallee that is endemic to the south coast of Western Australia. It has smooth bark, thick lance-shaped to oblong adult leaves, single flower buds arranged in leaf axils, red to pink flowers and square, prominently winged fruit.

Eucalyptus pyriformis, commonly known as pear-fruited mallee or Dowerin rose, is a species of low, straggly mallee that is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth greyish brown bark sometimes with ribbony bark near the base, egg-shaped to lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three, red, pinkish or creamy white flowers and down-turned, conical fruit with prominent ribs.

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Ligularia fischeri, known as gomchwi, Fischer's ragwort, or Fischer's leopard plant, is a species in the genus Ligularia (family Asteraceae). It is native to east Asia. Part of the plant's name commemorates the late 19th century German explorer of East Africa Gustav Fischer.

Fritillaria dagana is a rare bulbous herbaceous perennial plant native to Siberia, Russia. It is a species in the genus Fritillaria of the family Liliaceae. It is placed in the subgenus Liliorhiza.

Diplolophium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa. Species: Diplolophium africanum Turcz. Diplolophium boranense Bidgood & Vollesen Diplolophium buchananii (Benth. ex Oliv.) C.Norman Diplolophium diplolophioides (H.Wolff) Jacq.-Fél. Diplolophium somaliense Verdc. Diplolophium swynnertonii (Baker f.) C.Norman Diplolophium zambesianum Hiern

Basistemon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It includes eight species native to South America, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela to northern Argentina.

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Zinowiewia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. It includes 14 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from northeastern Mexico to French Guiana and Bolivia. The genus was first published in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 32(I): 275 (1859). 14 species are accepted: Zinowiewia australis Lundell Zinowiewia aymardii Steyerm. Zinowiewia concinna Lundell Zinowiewia cuneifolia Lundell Zinowiewia integerrima (Turcz.) Turcz. Zinowiewia madsenii C.Ulloa & P.M.Jørg. Zinowiewia matudae Lundell Zinowiewia micrantha Lundell Zinowiewia pallida Lundell Zinowiewia

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Schizoptera is a plant genus in the family Asteraceae. Species There is only one accepted species, Schizoptera peduncularis, native to Peru and Ecuador.

Ptilochaeta is a genus of plants in the family Malpighiaceae. Species include: Ptilochaeta nudipes Grisebach

Nototriche is a genus of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. They generally grow at high elevations in the Andes region of South America, ranging from Colombia to central Chile and southern Argentina.

Lophiocarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lophiocarpaceae. Its native range is Southern Tropical and Southern Africa. Species: Lophiocarpus dinteri Engl. Lophiocarpus latifolius Nowicke Lophiocarpus polystachyus Turcz. Lophiocarpus tenuissimus Hook.f.

Leptonychia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa (Sierra Leone to Kenya, Malawi, and Angola), Indo-China (Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), western and central Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Philippines), and New Guinea.

Gomphostigma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae. Its native range is Southern Congo to Southern Africa. Species: Gomphostigma incomptum (L.f.) N.E.Br. Gomphostigma virgatum (L.f.) Baill.

Eucalyptus erythronema, commonly known as the red-flowered mallee, is a species of mallee or tree and is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth, dark pink to red bark that is shed to reveal whitish bark, and has lance-shaped adult leaves, pendulous flower buds mostly arranged in groups of three, red or yellow flowers and conical fruit.

Eucalyptus calycogona, commonly known as the gooseberry mallee or square fruited mallee, is a mallee that is endemic to southern Australia. It has smooth bark, narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds that are square in cross-section arranged in groups of seven in leaf axils, creamy white, sometimes pink flowers, and fruit that are square in cross-section.