#order_Geraniales__Geraniales an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae
supertype: #plant_order__plantorder the order of plants
member of: #subclass_Rosidae
member: #family_Balsaminaceae__Balsaminaceae__balsam_family distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers
member: #genus_Impatiens annual or perennial herbs with stems more or less succulent; cosmopolitan except for South America, Australia, and New Zealand
member: #jewelweed__lady's_earrings__orange_balsam__celandine__touchmenot__Impatiens_capensis North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
member: #family_Geraniaceae__Geraniaceae__geranium_family chiefly herbaceous plants
member: #geranium any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae
member: #genus_Geranium genus of mostly North American geraniums: cranesbills
member: #cranesbill__crane's_bill__crane'sbill any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium
member: #genus_Pelargonium__Pelargonium geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated
member: #rose_geranium__sweet-scented_geranium__sweetscentedgeranium__Pelargonium_graveolens any of several southern African geraniums having fragrant 3- to 5-lobed leaves and pink flowers
member: #fish_geranium__bedding_geranium__beddinggeranium__zonal_pelargonium__zonalpelargonium__Pelargonium_hortorum an upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers
member: #ivy_geranium__ivygeranium__ivy-leaved_geranium__hanging_geranium__hanginggeranium__Pelargonium_peltatum a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers
member: #apple_geranium__applegeranium__nutmet_geranium__Pelargonium_odoratissimum geranium with round fragrant leaves and small white flowers
member: #lemon_geranium__lemongeranium__Pelargonium_limoneum a common garden geranium with lemon-scented foliage
member: #genus_Erodium__Erodium geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions
member: #storksbill__heron's_bill__heron'sbill any of various plants of the genus Erodium
member: #family_Erythroxylaceae__Erythroxylaceae a family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruit
member: #family_Burseraceae__Burseraceae__torchwood_family__torchwoodfamily resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees
member: #incense_tree__incensetree any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense
member: #genus_Bursera__Bursera type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi
member: #elephant_tree__Bursera_microphylla small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers
member: #gumbo-limbo__gumbolimbo__Bursera_simaruba tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes
member: #genus_Boswellia__Boswellia genus of incense-yielding trees of North Africa and India
member: #Boswellia_carteri tree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense
member: #salai__Boswellia_serrata East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense
member: #genus_Commiphora__Commiphora genus of East Indian and African trees yielding balsamic products
member: #balm_of_gilead__Commiphora_meccanensis small evergreen tree of Africa and Asia; leaves have a strong aromatic odor when bruised
member: #myrrh_tree__myrrhtree__Commiphora_myrrha tree of eastern Africa and Asia yielding myrrh
member: #genus_Protium__Protium genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi
member: #Protium_heptaphyllum tropical American tree
member: #Protium_guianense tropical American tree
member: #family_Callitrichaceae__Callitrichaceae dicot aquatic herbs
member: #genus_Callitriche__Callitriche water starworts
member: #water_starwort__waterstarwort any of several aquatic plants having a star-shaped rosette of floating leaves; America, Europe and Asia
member: #family_Malpighiaceae__Malpighiaceae tropical shrubs or trees
member: #genus_Malpighia__Malpighia type genus of the Malpighiaceae
member: #jiqui__malpighiaobovata cuban timber tree with hard wood very resistant to moisture
member: #family_Meliaceae__Meliaceae__mahogany_family tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees
member: #mahogany_tree__mahogany any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
member: #genus_Melia__Melia type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash
member: #chinaberry_tree__chinaberry__China_tree__Persian_lilac__pride-of-India__azederach__azedarach__Melia_azederach__Melia_azedarach tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
member: #genus_Azadirachta__Azadirachta genus of large important East Indian trees: neem trees
member: #neem_tree__neem__nim_tree__nimtree__margosa__arishth__Azadirachta_indica__Melia_Azadirachta large semi-evergreen tree of East India; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia
member: #genus_Cedrela__Cedrela tropical American trees
member: #Spanish_cedar_tree__Spanish_cedar__Cedrela_odorata tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes
member: #genus_Chloroxylon__Chloroxylon deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka
member: #satinwood_tree__satinwoodtree__satinwood__chloroxylonswietenia East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;
member: #genus_Entandrophragma__Entandrophragma cedar mahogany trees
member: #African_scented_mahogany__cedar_mahogany__cedarmahogany__sapele_mahogany__Entandrophragma_cylindricum African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown
member: #genus_Flindersia__Flindersia small genus of Australian timber trees
member: #silver_ash any of various timber trees of the genus Flindersia
member: #genus_Khaya__Khaya African mahogany trees
member: #African_mahogany African tree having hard heavy odorless wood
member: #genus_Lansium a dicotyledonous genus of the family Meliaceae
member: #lanseh_tree__langsat__langset__Lansium_domesticum East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry
member: #genus_Lovoa__Lovoa genus of African timber trees
member: #African_walnut__Lovoa_klaineana tropical African timber tree with wood that resembles mahogany
member: #genus_Swietinia__Swietinia tropical American mahogany trees
member: #true_mahogany__Cuban_mahogany__Dominican_mahogany__Swietinia_mahogani mahogany tree of West Indies
member: #genus_Toona__Toona formerly included in genus Cedrela
member: #Philippine_cedar__Philippine_mahogany__kalantas__Toona_calantas__Cedrela_calantas Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood
member: #genus_Turreae genus of trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia and Australia
member: #turreae any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers
member: #family_Lepidobotryaceae__Lepidobotryaceae family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa
member: #genus_Lepidobotrys a genus of dicotyledonous trees belonging to the family Lepidobotryaceae
member: #lepidobotrys African tree often classified in other families; similar to the Costa Rican caracolito in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds
member: #genus_Ruptiliocarpon__Ruptiliocarpon new (1993) genus of trees of Central America now recognized as similar to those of genus Lepidobotrys
member: #Ruptiliocarpon_caracolito__caracolito large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families
member: #family_Oxalidaceae__Oxalidaceae__wood-sorrel_family a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers
member: #genus_Oxalis type genus of the Oxalidaceae; large genus of plants having leaves that resemble clover and variously colored flowers usually clustered in umbels
member: #oxalis__sorrel__wood_sorrel any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
member: #genus_Averrhoa__Averrhoa trees native to East Indies having pinnate leaves: carambolas
member: #family_Polygalaceae__Polygalaceae__milkwort_family trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres
member: #genus_Polygala__Polygala type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; seneca; snakeroot
member: #milkwort any of various plants of the genus Polygala
member: #family_Rutaceae__Rutaceae__rue_family__ruefamily a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent
member: #genus_Ruta__Ruta type genus of the Rutaceae; strong-scented Eurasian herbs
member: #herb_of_grace__rue__rutagraveolen European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
member: #genus_Citrus orange; lemon; lime; etc.
member: #citrus_tree__citrus any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds
member: #orange_tree__orange any citrus tree bearing oranges
member: #pomelo_tree__pomelo__pummelo__Citrus_maxima__Citrus_grandis__Citrus_decumana southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits
member: #Citrus_paradisi__grapefruit citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp
member: #mandarin_orange_tree__mandarin__mandarin_orange__Citrus_reticulata shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
member: #Citrus_tangelo__tangelo__tangelotree__ugli_fruit hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida
member: #rangpur_lime__rangpurlime__rangpur__lemanderin__Citrus_limonia hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel
member: #lemon_tree__lemontree__lemon__Citrus_limon a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
member: #lime_tree__lime__Citrus_aurantifolia any of various related trees bearing limes
member: #genus_Citroncirus__Citroncirus a cross between Citrus sinensis and Poncirus trifoliata
member: #citrange_tree__citrange__Citroncirus_webberi more aromatic and acidic than oranges
member: #genus_Dictamnus__Dictamnus a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rutaceae
member: #genus_Fortunella__Fortunella small genus of shrubs native to south China producing small ovoid fruits resembling oranges: includes kumquats
member: #kumquat_tree__kumquattree__kumquat__cumquat any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp
member: #marumi_kumquat__marumi__round_kumquat__roundkumquat__Fortunella_japonica shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats
member: #genus_Phellodendron__Phellodendron small genus of aromatic deciduous trees of east Asia often having thick corky bark
member: #cork_tree__Phellodendron_amurense deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark
member: #genus_Poncirus__Poncirus 1 species: trifoliate orange
member: #trifoliate_orange__trifoliata__wild_orange__wildorange__Poncirus_trifoliata small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges
member: #genus_Zanthoxylum__Zanthoxylum deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash
member: #prickly_ash__pricklyash any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches
member: #toothache_tree__toothachetree__sea_ash__seaash__Zanthoxylum_americanum__Zanthoxylum_fraxineum small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America
member: #Hercules'-club__Hercules'-clubs__Hercules-club__Zanthoxylum_clava-herculis densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies
member: #family_Simaroubaceae__Simaroubaceae__quassia_family__quassiafamily chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit
member: #bitterwood_tree any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
member: #genus_Simarouba__Simarouba type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark
member: #marupa__Simarouba_amara tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack
member: #paradise_tree__bitterwood__Simarouba_glauca medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits
member: #genus_Ailanthus small genus of east Asian and Chinese trees with odd-pinnate leaves and long twisted samaras
member: #ailanthus__ailanthu any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus
member: #tree_of_heaven__tree_of_the_gods__Ailanthus_altissima deciduous rapidly growing tree of China with foliage like sumac and sweetish fetid flowers; widely planted in United States as a street tree because of its resistance to pollution
member: #genus_Irvingia__Irvingia wild mango
member: #wild_mango_tree__wild_mango__dika__Irvingia_gabonensis African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green termite-resistant wood
member: #genus_Kirkia__Kirkia small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs
member: #Kirkia_wilmsii__pepper_tree small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs
member: #genus_Picrasma__Picrasma small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia
member: #Picrasma_excelsa__Jamaica_quassia__bitterwood__Picrasma_excelsum West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
member: #genus_Quassia tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers; bark is medicinal
member: #bitterwood__quassia__Quassia_amara handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark
member: #family_Tropaeolaceae__Tropaeolaceae__naturtium_family__naturtiumfamily coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum
member: #genus_Tropaeolum__Tropaeolum a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae
member: #nasturtium any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers
member: #family_Zygophyllaceae__Zygophyllaceae__bean-caper_family small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum; Tribulus; Guaiacum: Larrea
member: #genus_Zygophyllum__Zygophyllum usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers
member: #Syrian_bean_caper__bean_caper__Zygophyllum_fabago perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers
member: #genus_Bulnesia__Bulnesia palo santo
member: #palo_santo__Bulnesia_sarmienti South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense
member: #genus_Guaiacum__Guaiacum small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America
member: #Guaiacum_officinale__lignum_vitae small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America; a source of lignum vitae wood, hardest of commercial timbers, and a medicinal resin
member: #bastard_lignum_vitae__Guaiacum_sanctum small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood
member: #genus_Larrea__Larrea xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States
member: #creosote_bush__coville__hediondilla__Larrea_tridentata desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers
member: #genus_Tribulus__Tribulus annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs of warm regions
member: #caltrop__devil's_weed__devil'sweed__Tribulus_terestris tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
member: #family_Euphorbiaceae__Euphorbiaceae__spurge_family a family of plants of order Geraniales
member: #genus_Euphorbia__Euphorbia type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice
member: #spurge any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
member: #caper_spurge__caperspurge__myrtle_spurge__mole_plant__Euphorbia_lathyris poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil
member: #sun_spurge__sunspurge__wartweed__wartwort__devil's_milk__devil'smilk__euphorbiahelioscopia not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun
member: #petty_spurge__pettyspurge__devil's_milk__devil'smilk__euphorbiapeplu an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States
member: #medusa's_head__Euphorbia_medusae__Euphorbia_caput-medusae African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches
member: #wild_spurge__flowering_spurge__floweringspurge__tramp's_spurge__tramp'sspurge__Euphorbia_corollata common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts
member: #snow-on-the-mountain__snow-in-summer__ghost_weed__ghostweed__Euphorbia_marginata annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk
member: #cypress_spurge__cypressspurge__Euphorbia_cyparissias Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States
member: #leafy_spurge__leafyspurge__wolf's_milk__Euphorbia_esula tall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North America
member: #hairy_spurge__hairyspurge__Euphorbia_hirsuta much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America
member: #poinsettia__Christmas_star__Christmas_flower__lobster_plant__lobsterplant__Mexican_flameleaf__painted_leaf__paintedleaf__Euphorbia_pulcherrima tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
member: #Japanese_poinsettia__mole_plant__paint_leaf__paintleaf__Euphorbia_heterophylla showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru
member: #fire-on-the-mountain__painted_leaf__paintedleaf__Mexican_fire_plant__Euphorbia_cyathophora poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
member: #wood_spurge__Euphorbia_amygdaloides European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters
member: #Euphorbia_antisyphilitica__candelilla wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States
member: #dwarf_spurge__dwarfspurge__Euphorbia_exigua European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States
member: #scarlet_plume__scarletplume__Euphorbia_fulgens Mexican shrub often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowers
member: #naboom__cactus_euphorbia__Euphorbia_ingens small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra
member: #Christ_thorn__crown_of_thorns__Christ_plant__Euphorbia_milii somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
member: #toothed_spurge__toothedspurge__Euphorbia_dentata an annual weed of northeastern North America with dentate leaves
member: #genus_Acalypha__Acalypha a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
member: #three-seeded_mercury__Acalypha_virginica weedy herb of eastern North America
member: #genus_Croton tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil
member: #Croton_tiglium__croton tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
member: #cascarilla__Croton_eluteria West Indian shrub with aromatic bark
member: #genus_Codiaeum__Codiaeum evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands
member: #croton__Codiaeum_variegatum grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
member: #genus_Mercurialis__Mercurialis a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
member: #herb_mercury__herbs_mercury__herbsmercury__boys-and-girls__Mercurialis_annua Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic
member: #dog's_mercury__dog'smercury__dog_mercury__dogmercury__Mercurialis_perennis European perennial weedy plant with greenish flowers
member: #genus_Ricinus__Ricinus a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant
member: #castor-oil_plant__castor_bean_plant__palma_christi__palmachristi__palma_christ__palmachrist__ricinuscommuni large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics
member: #genus_Cnidoscolus__Cnidoscolus a genus of perennial plant with bristles; belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
member: #spurge_nettle__tread-softly__treadsoftly__devil_nettle__devilnettle__pica-pica__Cnidoscolus_urens__Jatropha_urens__Jatropha_stimulosus a stinging herb of tropical America
member: #genus_Jatropha__Jatropha a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
member: #physic_nut__Jatropha_curcus small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities
member: #genus_Hevea__Hevea small genus of South American trees yielding latex
member: #genus_Manihot__Manihot genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava
member: #casava__cassava any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
member: #genus_Aleurites__Aleurites candlenut
member: #varnish_tree__varnishtree__Aleurites_moluccana large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles
member: #tung_tree__tung__tung-oil_tree__Aleurites_fordii Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil
member: #genus_Pedilanthus__Pedilanthus tropical American succulent shrubs
member: #slipper_spurge__slipperspurge__slipper_plant__slipperplant any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts
member: #genus_Sebastiana__Sebastiana Mexican spurges
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