Plants named in 1796

Quercus pubescens (synonyms virgiliana), commonly known as the downy oak, pubescent oak or Italian oak, is a species of white oak (genus Quercus sect. Quercus) native to southern Europe and southwest Asia. It is found from northern Spain (Pyrenees) and France in the West to Turkey and the Caucasus in the East.

Cardamine flexuosa, commonly known as wavy bittercress or wood bitter-cress, is an herbaceous annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial plant in the cabbage family (Brassicaceae).

Asplenium septentrionale is a species of fern known by the common names northern spleenwort and forked spleenwort. It is native to Europe, Asia and western North America, where it grows on rocks. Its long, slender leaves give it a distinctive appearance. Three subspecies exist, corresponding to a tetraploid and a diploid cytotype and their triploid hybrid.

Alisma lanceolatum is a species of aquatic plant in the water plantain family known by the common names lanceleaf water plantain and narrow-leaved water plantain. It is widespread across Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia. It is naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, Oregon, California and British Columbia. It is considered a noxious weed in some places. This species is a weed of rice fields in many areas, including New South Wales and California. In England and Wales it is occasionally locally found, in Ireland it is rare, and Scotland it is very rare. It is found in mud and in fresh

Salix myrsinifolia, known as the dark-leaved willow or myrsine-leaved willow, is a species of willow native to Europe and Western Siberia. It forms a 2–5 m (6.6–16.4 ft) high shrub. In the north, it often becomes a tree up to 8 m (26 ft) tall.

Ribes spicatum, the downy currant or Nordic currant, is a species of shrub in the family Grossulariaceae, native to northern Europe and northern Asia. Its bright red berries are edible and quite good‑tasting. It can be differentiated from the more common redcurrant (Ribes rubrum) not so much by its leaf hairs, as these tend to fall off as the leaf ages, but by other characteristics: the leaves of R. spicatum are a duller and darker green than R. rubrum with its paler yellowish‑green leaves. R. spicatum holds its leaves at a right angle to the stem, whereas R. rubrum leaves are less erect,

Polygala comosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygalaceae. It is native to temperate Eurasia, including most of Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Siberia, parts of Central Asia, Xinjiang, and Mongolia.

Dichanthium, known commonly as bluestem or bluegrass, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family. Some species have become naturalized in the Americas and on various oceanic islands.

Sphagnum cuspidatum, the feathery bogmoss, toothed sphagnum, or toothed peat moss, is a peat moss found commonly in Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, the eastern coast of the United States, and in Colombia.

Halenia (spurred gentian) is a genus of plant in family Gentianaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): Halenia alleniana, Standl. ex Wilbur Halenia aquilegiella, Standl. Halenia brevicornis, (Kunth) G. Don Halenia corniculata, (L.) Cornaz Halenia crumiana, Wilbur Halenia decumbens, C.K. Allen Halenia deflexa, (Sm.) Griseb. Halenia elliptica, D. Don Halenia kalbreyeri, Gilg Halenia longicaulis, J.S. Pringle Halenia minima, C.K. Allen Halenia palmeri, A. Gray Halenia plantaginea, C.K. Allen Halenia pringlei, B.L. Rob. & Seaton Halenia pulchella, Gilg Halenia

Salix bicolor is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae (willows).

Erica terminalis, the Corsican heath or upright heath, is a European species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is a bushy evergreen shrub, sometimes described as a tree heath (a term also applied to E. arborea and E. lusitanica). It grows to 1 metre (3+1⁄2 feet) tall and wide, with mid-green leaves and rose-pink flowers in summer and autumn, which often persist on the plant well into winter. E. terminalis can grow well on limey soils. It is native to southern Europe and northern Africa, and naturalised elsewhere.

Syringa × chinensis, the Chinese lilac or Rouen lilac, is a hybrid species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae. It was supposedly first noticed growing in Rouen, France in 1777. In spite of its specific and common names, it most probably originated in western Asia. It is the result of a cross between Syringa vulgaris (common lilac) and Syringa persica (Persian lilac). A shrub or shrubby tree reaching 12 ft (4 m), it is hardy in USDA zones 3 to 7, and is recommended for borders, loose hedges, and foundations.

Angiopteris evecta, commonly known as the king fern, giant fern, elephant fern, oriental vessel fern, Madagascar tree fern, or mule's foot fern, is a very large rainforest fern in the family Marattiaceae native to most parts of Southeast Asia and Oceania. It has a history dating back about 300 million years, and is believed to have the longest fronds of any fern in the world.

Harungana is a genus of flowering plants within the St. Johns wort family, Hypericaceae, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar, widely known for its diverse medicinal, ecological, and practical uses.

Thunbergia fragrans, the whitelady is a perennial climbing twiner in the family Acanthaceae, native to South and Southeast Asia and China.

Barbacenia is a plant genus in the family Velloziaceae, described as a genus in 1788. The entire genus is endemic to Brazil with the exception of B. celiae, which crosses the border into Venezuela. Species

Oenothera tetraptera, known as fourwing evening primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family (Onagraceae) native to the Americas. It has widely naturalized in other areas, including southern Africa, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. Oenothera tetraptera was first formally named by Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles in 1796. It is an annual or short-lived perennial herb growing 15–50 cm (0.5–1.6 ft) tall. The four-petaled, white flowers open around sunset. Each petal grows up to 3.8 cm (1.5 in) in length and the flowers change from white to pinkish purple as they

Ehretia aspera is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Ehretiaceae. It is a small tree native to the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, the Himalayas, and Sri Lanka), Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), Peninsular Malaysia, and Hainan. It grows in dry deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits in January and February.

Dialium guineense, the velvet tamarind, is a tall, tropical, fruit-bearing tree in the family Fabaceae. It has small, typically grape-sized, edible fruits with brown, hard, inedible shells.

Davilla is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Dilleniaceae. It has around 30 neotropical, species and is one of the most diverse genera of lianas, vines, erect or scandent (or climbing) shrubs.

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Narcissus pallidulus is a species of the genus Narcissus (Daffodils) in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is classified in Section Ganymedes. It is native to Spain.

Angiopteris is a genus of huge evergreen ferns from the family Marattiaceae, found throughout the paleotropics from Madagascar to the South Pacific islands. They feature a large, erect, woody rhizome with a wide base supported by thick roots. The fronds are deltoid, pinnate, 5–8 metres (16–26 ft) long, with spreading leaflets. At the base of the fronds is a pair of thick, leathery stipules — in the case of A. canaliculata, measuring up to 15 cm (5.9 in) long and wide. Species of smaller stature with elongate synangia and creeping rhizomes are sometimes segregated into the genus

Riccia canaliculata is a species of liverwort belonging to the family Ricciaceae. It is native to Europe and Northern America.

Narcissus obesus is a species of the genus Narcissus (Daffodils) in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is classified in Section Bulbocodium. It is native to Spain, Portugal and Morocco.

Leptospermum polygalifolium, commonly known as tantoon, jellybush or yellow tea tree, is a species of shrub or tree of the family Myrtaceae that is endemic to eastern Australia, including Lord Howe Island. It has thin bark, elliptical leaves, white flowers arranged singly on short side shoots and fruit that remain on the plant for a few years.

Erica versicolor is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to South Africa's Cape Province. In cultivation E. versicolor requires well-drained acidic soil and a sheltered situation in full sun. It cannot tolerate freezing temperatures. In the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Erica quadrangularis is a plant belonging to the genus Erica. The species is endemic to the Western Cape.

Erica jasminiflora, the jasmine heath, is an endangered species of Erica, native to South Africa. It is a small shrub around 60 centimetres (24 inches) high, with thin, spindly branches, which are shrouded in reduced and flat leaves. Blooming from November to March at the end of the branches are inflorescences of three or four tubular-shaped flowers. The star-shaped corolla look similar to jasmine and are sticky. The colour of the corolla ranges from white to pale pink with darker pink veins. The species grows on iron-rich soils on underlying shale-derived clay, and recovers effectively from