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Index of Plant Families (4 families in this page) |
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ARAUCARIACEAE
Henkel & W. Hochstetter
( Araucaria Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Description text for this family is under progress and unavailable at the moment ... |  |  | |  |
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Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
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(Molina) K. Koch
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Bunya Pine | Awrikarja Ta' Bidwill | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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(Salisbury) Franco
Main Synonym :
Araucaria excelsa | Norfolk Island Pine | Awrikarja Kbira | All year |  | Normal Profile
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CUPRESSACEAE
Barlett
( Cypress Family ) | Subfamalies: Cunninghamhioideae; Taiwanioideae; Athrotaxidoideae; Sequoioideae; Taxodioideae; Callitroideae; Cupressoideae
Family Description: Monoecious or dioecious; resiniferous trees or shrubs with opposite or whorled, usually scale-like, leaves. Male and female cones made up of opposite or whorled scales. Scales of male cones (microsporophylls) bearing 3-5 pollen-sacs on the lower surface. Scales of female cones (megasporophylls) bearing 2 to many erect ovules on the upper surface, and completely adnate to the subtending bract. Fruit a more or less woody cone, or the scales becoming fleshy and the fruit berry-like, indehiscent. Seeds winged or not.
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Common Name |
Maltese Name |
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Greene.
Main Synonym :
Cupressus glabra | Arizona Cypress,
Smooth Cypress | Ċipress Ta' Arizona | All year |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Cupressus pyramidalis | Italian Cypress,
Mediterranean Cypress | Ċipress,
Ċipress Kannella | All year |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Phoenician Juniper | Ġnibru,
Ġniepru | All year |  | Normal Profile
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(Vahl) Masters
Main Synonym :
Thuja articulata | Sandarac Gum Tree,
Mediterranean Alerce,
Arar Tree | Siġra Tal-Għargħar,
Għargħar | All year |  | Normal Profile
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25
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L.
Main Synonym :
Platyclados orientalis | Thuya | Maltese Name Not Known | All year |  | Normal Profile
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PINACEAE
Lindl.
( Pine Family ) | Subfamalies: Pinoideae; Piceoideae; Laricoideae; Abietoideae
Family Description: Monoecious; resiniferous trees, rarely shrubs, with spirally arranged leaves. Flowers (cones) made up of numerous spirally arranged scales. Scales of male cones (microsporophylls) bearing 2 pollen-sacs on the lower surface. Scales of female cones (megasporophylls) made up of 2 parts - an upper ovuliferous scale (conescale) bearing 2 ovules on the upper surface, and a lower, subtending scale (bract). Fruit a usually woody cone. Seeds usually winged.
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Common Name |
Maltese Name |
Flowering Period |
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Tenore
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Calabrian Pine,
Brutia Pine,
Turkish Pine | Żnuber Tal-Lvant | All year |  | Normal Profile
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Sweet ex Sprengel
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Canary Islands Pine | Żnuber Tal-gżejjer Kanarji | All year |  | Normal Profile
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6
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Miller
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Aleppo Pine,
Jerusalem Pine | Żnuber,
Siġra Tal-Prinjol,
Siġra Tal-Arżnu | All year |  | Normal Profile
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14
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Aiton
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Maritime Pine,
Coastal Pine | Żnuber Tal-kosta | All year | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species | Stone Pine,
Umbrella Pine | Żnuber Tal-ikel,
Żnuber Tal-umbrella | All year | | Normal Profile
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