Plants named in 1968

Saraca asoca, commonly known as the ashoka tree (lit. "sorrow-less"), is a plant belonging to the Detarioideae subfamily of the Fabaceae family of plants (also referred to as the legume, pea, or bean family). The tree is native to the Indian subcontinent, with its native range extending from Pakistan to the west, through India and Bangladesh to Myanmar in the east, and from Bhutan and Nepal in the north to Sri Lanka in the south. Within its native range, it is primarily growing in seasonally dry tropical forests. It is an important tree to multiple cultural traditions across the Indian

Garcinia gummi-gutta is a tropical species of Garcinia native to India. Common names include Garcinia cambogia (a former scientific name), as well as brindle berry, and Malabar tamarind. It is a tree which grows up to 20 metres tall. The fruit looks like a small pumpkin and is green to pale yellow in color. The species is native to the central and southern Western Ghats of Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu states in southwestern India. It grows in lowland and montane moist evergreen forest, generally as an understorey tree along stream banks, up to 1,800 metres elevation. It

Amelanchier × lamarckii, also called juneberry, serviceberry or shadbush, is a large deciduous flowering shrub or small tree in the family Rosaceae.

Syagrus romanzoffiana, the queen palm, cocos palm or Jerivá, is a palm native to South America, introduced throughout the world as a popular ornamental garden tree. S. romanzoffiana is a medium-sized palm, quickly reaching maturity at a height of up to 15 m (49 ft) tall, with pinnate leaves having as many as 494 pinnae (leaflets), although more typically around 300, each pinna being around 50 centimetres (18 in) in length and 3–5 centimetres (1–2 in) in width.

Aponogeton madagascariensis is commonly known as Madagascar laceleaf, lattice leaf or lace plant. It is an aquatic plant native to Madagascar in the family Aponogetonaceae popularly sold for use in aquariums.

Espostoopsis is a monotypic genus of cactus containing the single species Espostoopsis dybowskii. The generic name is formed from Greek opsis meaning "view", referring to its resemblance to the genus Espostoa, with which it is often confused. The plant is only known from northern Bahia, Brazil.

Araucaria laubenfelsii (De Laubenfels' Araucaria) is a species of conifer in the family Araucariaceae. It is found only on Grande Terre, the main island of New Caledonia, mainly on the southern mountains Mont Mou, Mont des Sources, Mont Dzumac and Mont Dou, though smaller populations also exist on Mont Kaala and Mont Canala in the north. It is one of the larger of New Caledonia's native araucaria species, sometimes reaching up to 50 meters in height in emergent rainforest specimens, and potentially living for as long as 500 years or more. As with other New Caledonian Araucaria species,

Plagiomnium is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae. It was formerly a part of a more encompassing genus Mnium and in 1968 Finnish bryologist Timo Juhani Koponen justified splitting the genus into a number of smaller genera.

Rhizomnium punctatum, also called dotted thyme-moss, is a small species in the genus Rhizomnium.

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Delonix decaryi is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Madagascar.

Monvillea is a genus of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to South America. The genus was established by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose in 1920.

Plagiomnium affine, the many-fruited thyme-moss, is a species of thyme-moss found in old-growth boreal forests in North America, Europe and Asia, growing in moist, but not wet, basic to slightly acidic micro-habitats in woodland and turf. ('Plagio' = oblique, 'Mnium' = genus of thyme-moss) Forming low lawns, stems are usually some 2 cm long, with densely packed leaves, though 10 cm long trailing infertile stems have only sparse leaves, smaller than those on fertile stems. Leaves strongly curled when dry, spreading plane when moist, the basal leaves broadly elliptic to rounded, those at the

Ephippianthus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two known species, native to northeastern Asia.

Delonix floribunda is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Madagascar. It has very large flat heads of yellow flowers in late spring. It is grown as a showy ornamental in rich soil in a temperate to tropical climate. It can be propagated from seed.

Sageretia thea or Sageretia theezans (sageretia, mock buckthorn, sweet-plum or Chinese sweet plum) is a shrub from the family Rhamnaceae, native to southern China. It is widely used for creating bonsai.

Rhizomnium is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae commonly referred to as leafy mosses. They grow nearly worldwide, mostly in the northern hemisphere.

Myrcianthes pungens, the guabiyu, is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Argyrolobium zanonii is a species of shrubby flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Europe and Africa, occurring in countries situated in the Western and Central Mediterranean, including, but not limited to, Greece, countries of Northwest Balkans, France, Spain, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Additionally, it has been introduced into Germany.

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Plagiomnium cuspidatum, also known as toothed or "baby-tooth" plagiomnium moss and woodsy thyme-moss, is a species of thyme-moss that originated in North America, but can now also be found throughout Middle America, Africa, Northern and Southern Asia (excluding China), and Europe. Plagiomnium cuspidatum can commonly be found growing along the base of trees, stumps, coarse woody debris, and rocks in base-rich habitats such as: wet meadows, forested rich peatlands, wet forests, fire-dependent woodlands, mesic hardwood forests, and cliff/talus at low to moderate elevations. It is commonly used

Phalaenopsis pulchra is an endemic species of orchid from the Philippines.

Neobouteloua is a genus of Argentine and Chilean plants in the grass family. Species Neobouteloua lophostachya (Griseb.) Gould - Chile, Argentina (Catamarca, Córdoba, Salta, Tucumán, La Rioja, San Luis, Mendoza, Santiago del Estero) Neobouteloua pauciracemosa M.G.López & Biurrun - Argentina (La Rioja, San Luis)

Eucalyptus laeliae, commonly known as the Darling Range ghost gum or butter gum, is a species of small to medium-sized tree occurring only on the western side of the Darling Range. It has smooth white, powdery bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and eleven, creamy white flowers and cup-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit.

Digitacalia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. Species All known species are endemic to Mexico Digitacalia chiapensis (Hemsl.) Pippen - Chiapas Digitacalia crypta B.L.Turner - Oaxaca Digitacalia hintoniorum B.L.Turner - Michoacán Digitacalia jatrophoides (Kunth) Pippen - Zacatecas, Jalisco, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Colima Digitacalia napeifolia (DC.) Pippen - Oaxaca, Michoacán formerly included Digitacalia heteroidea (Klatt) Pippen - Synonym of Roldana heteroidea (Klatt) H.Rob. & Brettell

Solanum pseudolulo is a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America. The pseudolulo is a large herbaceous plant or a small shrub, with heart-shaped leaves. The leaves and stems of the plant are covered in short hairs, and the entire plant is often covered in sharp spines. Occasionally known as lulo de perro, the pseudolulo bears edible fruit, but is rarely cultivated. Instead, the plant proliferates as a weedy species at medium-altitude locations in Colombia and Ecuador. The fruit is generally regarded as inferior to the true lulo - naranjilla - but the fruit is occasionally

Pseudophoenix lediniana is a palm species endemic to the Tiburon Peninsula in southwestern Haiti.

Paracalyx is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes five species of herbs native to northeastern Africa (Ethiopia and Somalia) and Socotra, and the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. Typical habitats are seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, thicket, bushland and scrub, often along watercourses and in rocky areas.

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Macvaughiella is a genus of Mesoamerican flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. The genus is named in honor of the American botanist Rogers McVaugh (1909-2009) formerly of the University of Michigan. Species Macvaughiella chiapensis R.M.King & H.Rob. - El Salvador, Chiapas Macvaughiella mexicana (Sch.Bip.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Veracruz, El Salvador, Oaxaca, Honduras, Chiapas