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Index of Plant Families (7 families in this page) |
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ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
Juss.
( Sandalwood Family ) | Subfamalies: Aristolochioideae; Asaroideae
Family Description: Herbs or woody climbers. Leaves alternate, entire, exstipulate. Flowers solitary or in axillary clusters, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic or zygomorphic, usually 3-merous. Perianth in 1 whorl, more or less petaloid, forming a tube, 1- or 3-lobed at the apex; stamens 6 or 12 in 1 or 2 whorls, free or connate with the stylar column. Ovary inferior, 6-locular; placentation axillary; styles usually 6, free or connate to form a column with a 6-lobed stigma; ovules numerous. Fruit a capsule.
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Lojacono
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Green-flowered Birthwort,
Southern Birthwort | Papra Selvaġġa,
Aristolokja | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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FUMARIACEAE
DC.
( Fumitoy Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
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Lagasca
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Field Fumitory | Maltese Name Not Known | Dec-May |  | Normal Profile
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Boreau
Main Synonym :
Fumaria affinis | Tall Ramping Fumitory | Maltese Name Not Known | Dec-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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Nicotra
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Two-coloured Fumitory | Maltese Name Not Known | Feb-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Fumaria officinalis subsp. capreolata | White Ramping Fumitory | Maltese Name Not Known | Dec-Mar |  | Normal Profile
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DC.
Main Synonym :
Fumaria micrantha | Dense-flowered Fumitory | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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Gasparrini
Main Synonym :
Fumaria capreolata subsp. flabellata | Southern Ramping Fumitory | Maltese Name Not Known | Feb-Mar | | Normal Profile
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Boissier
Main Synonym :
Fumaria agraria subsp. major | Italian Fumitory | Daħnet L-art Kbira | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Koch
Main Synonym :
Fumaria capreolata subsp. muralis | Common Ramping Fumitory | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Fumaria viciosoi | Common Fumitory | Daħnet L-art Medja | Dec-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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Lamarck
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Fine-leaved Fumitory | Daħnet L-art żgħira | Jan-May |  | Normal Profile
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Boissier
Main Synonym :
Fumaria martinii | Martin's Ramping Fumitory | Maltese Name Not Known | Dec-May |  | Normal Profile
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Loiseleur
Main Synonym :
Fumaria caespitosa | Few-flowered Fumitory | Maltese Name Not Known | Feb-Jun | | Normal Profile
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LAURACEAE
Juss.
( Laurel Family ) | Subfamalies: Cassythoideae; Lauroideae
Family Description: Trees or shrubs. Leaves evergreen, entire, gland-dotted, alternate. Dioecious, or flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous; flowers actinomorphic, small, greenish. Perianth deeply 4- to 6-lobed. Stamens usually in 4 whorls; anthers dehiscing by apically hinged valves. Ovary superior, 1-celled; style simple. Fruit a berry.
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Bay Laurel,
Sweet Bay,
Grecian Laurel | Siġra Tar-rand,
Rand | Feb-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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NYMPHAEACEAE
Salisb.
( Water Lilies Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Perennial, rhizomatous, aquatic herbs. Leaves broadly ellipticovate to orbicular, with a deep basal sinus, glabrous in European plants. Flowers solitary, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic. Perianth-segments free, numerous, the outer 4-6 more or less clearly differentiated as sepals, the remainder petaloid. Stamens numerous, the outer often petaloid. Carpels 8 or more; ovary superior to semi-inferior; ovules 1 to numerous, scattered all over the inner wall of the ovary. Fruit a rather dry berry.
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | European White Waterlily,
White Lotus,
Nenuphar | Maltese Name Not Known | Jun-Aug |  | Normal Profile
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PAPAVERACEAE
Juss.
( Poppy Family ) | Subfamalies: Eschscholzioideae; Papaveroideae; Chelidonioideae
Family Description: Herbs with or without latex. Leaves usually spirally arranged, variously dissected. Flowers hermaphrodite, actinomorphic or zygomorphic, hypogynous. Sepals 2(3), caducous. Petals 4-6. Stamens 2, 4 or numerous, whorled. Ovary superior, 1-celled, 2-celled or imperfectly many-celled; carpels 2 to many.
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Greater Celandine | Ħaxixa Tal-felul | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Crantz
Main Synonym :
Glaucium luteum | Yellow Horned Poppy | Peprin Isfar | Apr-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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Smith
Main Synonym :
Hypecoum grandiflorum | Beardless Hypecoum | Maltese Name Not Known | Jan-May | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Sickle-fruited Hypecoum | Maltese Name Not Known | Jan-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Papaver rhoeas subsp. dubium | Long-headed Poppy | Peprin Tal-frotta Twila | Mar-May | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Rough Poppy | Peprin Tal-Lanzit | Mar-May |  | Detailed Profile
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Moris
Main Synonym :
Papaver rhoeas subsp. pinnatifidum | Mediterranean Poppy | Peprin Tal-istammi Sofor | Jan-Mar |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Red Poppy,
Corn Poppy,
Field Poppy | Peprina ħamra | Mar-Jun |  | Detailed Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Opium Poppy | Xaħxieħ Vjola,
Xaħxieħ | Mar-May |  | Detailed Profile
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RANUNCULACEAE
Juss.
( Buttercup Family ) | Subfamalies: Hydrastidoideae; Glaucidioideae; Coptoideae; Thalictroideae; Ranunculoideae
Family Description: Herbs or rarely woody climbers. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, rarely opposite or stipulate. Flowers usually hermaphrodite and actinomorphic, hypogynous. Perianth petaloid or sepaloid, verticillate. Honey-leaves (petaloid structures bearing nectaries) often present, sometimes infundibuliform. Stamens numerous, usually spirally arranged, extrorse. Carpels 1 to many, usually free and spirally arranged. Fruit usually of 1 or more follicles or a head of achenes.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Adonis squarrosa | Summer Pheasant's Eye | Maltese Name Not Known | Jan-May | | Normal Profile
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DC
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Pheasant's Eye,
Small-Fruited Pheasant's Eye,
Red Chamomille | Għajn Is-Serduq,
Għallet Is-Serduq | Feb-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Crown Anemone,
Poppy Anemone | Kaħwiela | Jan-Mar |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Broad-leaved Anem | Kaħwiela ċara | Jan-Mar | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Evergreen Traveller's Joy,
Evergreen Virgin's Bower | Kiesħa Jew Bajda | Oct-Dec |  | Detailed Profile
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Smith
Main Synonym :
Delphinium longipes | Winged Larkspur,
Larkspur,
Winged Larkspur | Sieq Il-Ħamiema | Jun-Jul |  | Detailed Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Short-spurred Larkspur | Żerrigħet Il-qamel | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Nigella arvensis subsp. minor | Love-in-a-mist | Sieq Il-brimba | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus tuberculatus | Corn Buttercup,
Devil's Claws | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus aleae | Bulbous Buttercup,
St. Anthony's Turnip | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Autumn Buttercup,
Bullate Buttercup,
Golden Button | Ċfolloq | Oct-Dec |  | Detailed Profile
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DC.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Eastern Buttercup | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-May | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Ficaria ranunculoides | Lesser Celandine,
Fig Buttercup | Fomm Il-għeliem | Jan-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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Desfontaines
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus palustris subsp. macrophyllus | Large-leaved Buttercup | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Scilly Buttercup,
Rough-fruited Buttercup,
Spiny-fruited Buttercup | Maltese Name Not Known | Feb-May |  | Normal Profile
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Villars
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Adder's Tongue Buttercup,
Adder's Tongue Spearwort | Ċfolloq Tal-Għadajjar | Mar-Apr | | Normal Profile
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Poiret
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Fan-Leaved Buttercup,
Jersey Buttercup | Ċfolloq Tax-xagħri | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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Viviani
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus peltatus subsp. fucoides | Sanicle-leaved Water Crowfoot | Ċfolloq Ta' L-ilma | Jan-May |  | Normal Profile
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Crantz
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus parvulus | Hairy Buttercup | Maltese Name Not Known | Feb-Jun | | Normal Profile
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Chaix
Main Synonym :
Batrachium trichophyllum | Thread-leaved Water Crowfoot,
Threadleaf Crowfoot,
White Water Buttercup | Ċfolloq Tal-widien | Jan-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Desfontaines
Main Synonym :
Ranunculus vilaenadalis | Three-leaved Buttercup | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-Apr | | Normal Profile
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