Plants & Fungi A-Z

Explore our plant & fungi species profiles below

A      Acacia nilotica (acacia)  | Acanthus syriacus (Syrian acanthus) | Agaricus arvensis (horse mushroom)  |
         Allium sphaerocephalon (round-headed leek) | Aloe dichotoma (quiver tree) | Aloe ferox (Cape aloes) | Aloe vera (aloe vera) |
         Amorphophallus titanum (titan arum) | Anthurium scherzerianum (flamingo flower)

B     Bellis perennis (daisy) | Betula pendula (silver birch)   |   Berlinia korupensis   

C     Callicarpa argentii   |   Calocybe gambosa (St George's mushroom) | Calvatia gigantea (giant puffball) | Carapichea lucida  |
        Castanea sativa (sweet chestnut)  |  Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar periwinkle) | Clathrus archeri (devil's fingers) |
        Coffea arabica (coffee) |  Coffea pterocarpa  | Colophospermum mopane (mopane) |
        Cypripedium calceolus (lady's slipper orchid) |  Cyrtostachys bakeri  | Cyttaria darwinii (Darwin's fungus)

D     Dendrobium nobile (noble dendrobium) | Dioscorea bako (bako)  |  Dypsis ankirindro  |   Dypsis humilis  |  Dypsis makirae

E     Echinocereus stramineus (strawberry cactus) | Encephalartos altensteinii (Eastern cape giant cycad)  | 
        Encephalartos woodii (Wood's cycad)  |  Encholirium agavoides  |  Encholirium ctenophyllum  |
        Epidendrum montserratense (Montserrat orchid) | Eucalyptus brandiana  | Eucalyptus sweedmaniana  | 
        Euphorbia stricta (upright spurge)

F     Fagus sylvatica (copper beech) | Ficus benghalensis (banyan)

G     Ginkgo biloba (maidenhair tree) | Gmelina arborea (gamhar) | Gymnosiphon afro-orientalis 

H    Hevea brasiliensis (rubber) | Hoodia gordonii 

I      Imperata cylindrica (alang-alang)  |   Isoetes eludens  |  Isoglossa variegata 

J     Jubaea chilensis (Chilean wine palm)

K    Kerianthera longiflora 

L     Lamium album (white deadnettle) | Leratiomyces ceres (redlead roundhead) | Luronium natans (floating water-plantain)

M    Medemia argun (argun palm) | Morchella esculenta (common morel)  | Musa itinerans (Yunnan banana) |
        Myriostoma coliforme (pepperpot earthstar)

N    Nepenthes rajah | Nerium oleander (oleander)

O    Ocimum basilicum (basil) | Ocimum tenuiflorum (holy basil) | Olea europaea (olive) |      
        Oxytenanthera abyssinica (Bindura bamboo)

P     Pachypodium lealii (bottle tree)  | Paphiopedilum armeniacum (golden slipper orchid) |  Passiflora cristalina  |
        Polygonum maritimum (sea knotgrass) | Prosthechea cochleata (cockleshell orchid) | Prunella vulgaris (selfheal)   

Q    Quercus castaneifolia (chestnut-leaved oak)

R     Ramosmania rodriguesii (café marron)  | Rondeletia buxifolia (pribby) | Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary)  | 
         Rumex acetosa (common sorrel)

S     Salix x sepulchralis (golden weeping willow)  | Salvia caymanensis (Cayman sage) | Senegalia senegal (gum arabic)  |
        Stachys germanica (downy woundwort)
        Strongylodon macrobotrys (jade vine)  |  Styphnolobium japonicum (pagoda tree)

T     Tahina spectabilis (dimaka)  |  Talbotiella velutina  | Tamarindus indica (tamarind) |  Taraxacum officinale (dandelion)  |
        Tectona grandis (teak) | Tillandsia usneoides (Spanish moss) | Trifolium pratense (red clover) 

U     Urtica dioica (nettle) | Ustilago maydis (maize smut)

V     Victoria amazonica (giant waterlily) | Vitex trifolia (simpleleaf chastetree)

W    Welwitschia mirabilis (tree tumbo) | Wollemia nobilis (Wollemi pine)

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Z     Zantedeschia aethiopica (arum lily) | Zingiber officinale (ginger)