Plants named in 1937

Turbinicarpus is a genus of very small to medium-sized cacti, which inhabit the north-eastern regions of Mexico, in particular the states of San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas.

Halimione portulacoides, commonly known as sea purslane, is a shrub found in Eurasia.

Alchemilla xanthochlora is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Rosaceae.

Centaurium littorale, the seaside centaury, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Gentianaceae. Its native range is Western and Northern Europe to Northern Russia.

Halimione pedunculata, the pedunculate sea-purslane, is an annual plant occurring on salty sandy grounds along the seashore. It grows with a standing herbaceous stem up to 30 cm high. The leaves are long and spade shaped. The stipules are triangle shaped to oppositely heart shaped, without spikes, with long petioles.

Halimione is a plant genus from the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae. It is a sister genus of Atriplex and is included in that genus by Plants of the World Online.

Blossfeldia is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae) containing only one species, Blossfeldia liliputana, native to South America in northwestern Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca and Mendoza Provinces) and southern Bolivia (Santa Cruz and Potosí Departments). It grows at 1,200–3,500 m altitude in the Andes, typically growing in rock crevices, and often close to waterfalls.

Blossfeldia is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae) containing only one species, Blossfeldia liliputana, native to South America in northwestern Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca and Mendoza Provinces) and southern Bolivia (Santa Cruz and Potosí Departments). It grows at 1,200–3,500 m altitude in the Andes, typically growing in rock crevices, and often close to waterfalls.

Choerospondias axillaris, known in English as the Nepali hog plum, is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae. It is the sole species in genus Choerospondias. It is native to the Himalayas, Indochina, southern and north-central China, Taiwan, and Japan. It is a common fruit in Nepal and Bhutan, which is called lapsi (लप्सी) in Nepali, aamli in Newar, and phrumchung in eastern Bhutan. Its fruit is about 3 centimeters long and has a soft whitish sour flesh and green to yellow skin. The fruit is made into pickles, fruit tarts, and sour, spicy candy. The tree has long been cultivated for its fruit.

Chuniophoenix is a genus of palm tree named after Chun Woon-Young, then director of the Botanical Institute, Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou. It contains three known species, native to southern China and Vietnam. Chuniophoenix is a member of tribe Chuniophoeniceae, a small group of palms that exhibit great morphological diversity and interesting biogeography. The tribe includes four genera: Chuniophoenix with 3 species in China and Vietnam, Kerriodoxa (monotypic) in Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand, Nannorrhops (monotypic) from Arabia to Afghanistan, and Tahina (monotypic) in Madagascar.

Warburgia salutaris (pepper-bark tree, Afrikaans: Peperbasboom, Sotho: Molaka, Venda: Mulanga, Zulu: Isibaha) is a species of tree in the family Canellaceae. It is found in eastern and southern African locations e.g. Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, Malawi and Zimbabwe. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a popular medicinal plant and is overharvested in the wild, another reason for its endangerment. The Pepper-bark tree is a protected tree in South Africa. Various projects are investigating methods of propagation under controlled conditions

Schinus polygama, the Hardee peppertree or Chilean pepper tree, is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae native to Argentina and Chile and naturalized in California.

Oparanthus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the islands of French Polynesia. Species Oparanthus albus (F.Br.) Sherff - Marquesas Oparanthus coriaceus (F.Br.) Sherff - Rapa Iti Oparanthus hivoanus (O.Deg. & Sherff) R.K.Shannon & W.L.Wagner - Marquesas Oparanthus intermedius Sherff - Rapa Iti Oparanthus rapensis (F.Br.) Sherff- Rapa Iti Oparanthus teikiteetinii (J.Florence & Stuessy) R.K.Shannon & W.L.Wagner - Marquesas Oparanthus tiva W.L.Wagner & Lorence - Marquesas Oparanthus woodii W.L.Wagner & Lorence - Marquesas

Mammillaria albiflora is a critically endangered species of cactus.

Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Quercus carmenensis, the Mexican oak, is a tree species native to Brewster County, Texas, and Coahuila, Mexico. It grows in pine-oak forests at elevations of 1,500–1,950 metres (4,920–6,400 feet). It is a deciduous species with gray bark and red twigs. The leaves are lanceolate with irregular lobing along the margins.

Podocarpus matudae is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is found in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico.

Didymeles is a genus of flowering plants. It is variously treated as the only genus of the family Didymelaceae — or in the family Buxaceae, as in the APG IV system. The genus Didymeles is restricted to Madagascar and the Comoros. In Madagascar, the two species are found in humid montane habitats, up to 1,500 m, in two disconnected areas in the north-east and south-east of the island. Fossils assignable to this genus have been found in New Zealand, suggesting a much wider distribution in the past. The conservation status of D. integrifolia has been assessed as of "least concern".

Turbinicarpus lophophoroides is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is a succulent cactus subshrub endemic to northeastern Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and hot deserts. It is threatened by illegal collecting, habitat loss and insect parasitism. The species was first described as Thelocactus lophophoroides by Erich Werdermann in 1934. In 1937 Franz Buxbaum and Curt Backeberg placed the species in genus Turbinicarpus as T. lophophoroides.

Iris confusa ( kən-FEW-sə), also known as the bamboo iris (simplified Chinese: 扁竹兰; traditional Chinese: 扁竹蘭; pinyin: biǎn zhúlán), is a species of iris. It is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the section Lophiris (crested irises). It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, native to Western China. It has flowers which range from white to a soft lavender or pale blue in colour, with orange-yellow crests and purple dots. The plant's broad, shiny leaves are attached to bamboo-like stems. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions.

Heteroplexis is a genus of Chinese flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Species Heteroplexis impressinervia J.Y.Liang Heteroplexis incana J.Y.Liang Heteroplexis microcephala Y.L.Chen Heteroplexis sericophylla Y.L.Chen Heteroplexis vernonioides C.C.Chang

Haworthia parksiana is a species of succulent plant native to the Western Cape of South Africa. Regarded as the smallest and one of the rarest types of Haworthia in the wild, it is thought to be most closely related to Haworthia floribunda. It grows in rosettes up to about 4 centimetres (1.6 in) in diameter, and is often hidden in the ground.

Haworthia blackburniae is a perennial succulent belonging to the genus Haworthia and is part of the fynbos and Succulent Karoo. The species is endemic to the Western Cape. It has a range of 3,717 km2 and the population is decreasing due to illegal trade in the succulent industry. The plant occurs on the foothills of the Swartberg between Ladismith and De Rust and southwards to Rooiberg and the Gamkaberg. The plant grows very slowly and is difficult to cultivate. At the foothills the plant is also threatened by invasive plants.

Arenaria pseudofrigida is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. Its native range is Subarctic.

Aloe viridiflora is a species of plant in the genus Aloe. The species is endemic to Namibia. It has a wide range (the extent of occurrence is greater than 20,000 km2) and is known from at least six different populations. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and rocky areas. Current trends are not known and the species is listed as LC (least concern) on the IUCN Red List. However, it is scarce and Namibian authorities consider it threatened; the plant must not be removed or disturbed. It can produce hallucinations when ingested, leading to its occasional

Aloe reitzii, the Reitz aloe, is a rare and endangered Southern African aloe. Two varieties are recognized: var. reitzii which only grows in the Tonteldoos valley, between Roossenekal and Dullstroom in the wild and var. vernalis which is found in the northern part of KwaZulu-Natal. They are also thought to occur in Eswatini. The species is named after F.W. Reitz, the former president of the Orange Free State and state secretary of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek.

Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.

Quercus kouangsiensis is an uncommon Asian species of trees in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found only in southern China, in the Provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, and Yunnan. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis. Quercus kouangsiensis is a tree up to 15 meters tall. Leaves can be as much as 20 cm long.

Phalacrachena is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. Species Phalacrachena calva (Ledeb.) Iljin - Altay, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia Phalacrachena inuloides (Fisch.) Iljin - European Russia, Baltic States, Ukraine, Caucasus

Haworthia emelyae (synonym with Haworthia picta) is a species of the genus Haworthia in the family Asphodelaceae, endemic to the Western Cape Province in South Africa.