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Index of Plant Families (7 families in this page) |
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CASUARINACEAE
R. Br.
( Ironwood Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
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Miquel
Main Synonym :
Casuarina tenuissima | Australian River Oak,
Australian She-Oak | Maltese Name Not Known | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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Forster
Main Synonym :
Casuarina litorea | She-Oak,
Australian Pine,
Ironwood | Kaswarina | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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Lamarck
Main Synonym :
Casuarina stricta | Drooping She-Oak | Kaswarina | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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FAGACEAE
Dumortier
( Oak Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Monoecious; trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate. Male flowers in catkins or heads; perianth 4- to 7-lobed; stamens 8-20(-40), usually twice as many as perianth-lobes. Female flowers 1-3, surrounded by an involucre of scales (cupule); perianth 4- to 6-lobed; styles 3 or 6. Fruit a 1-seeded nut, in groups of 1-3, surrounded by the accrescent cupule. | | | | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Quercus calicina | Evergreen Oak,
Holm Oak,
Holly Oak | Balluta,
Siġra Tal-Ġandar | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Quercus pedunculata | Pedunculate Oak,
English Oak | Balluta Ingliża,
Siġra Tar-Ruvlu | Spring |  | Normal Profile
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JUGLANDACEAE
A. Rich ex Kunth
( Walnut Family ) | Subfamalies: Engelhardioideae; Juglandoideae
Family Description: Monoecious; deciduous trees with alternate, imparipinnate leaves. Male flowers in catkins borne on twigs of the previous year; perianth present or absent; stamens 3-40. Female flowers usually few, borne on twigs of the current year; perianth 3- to 5-lobed. Ovary inferior, unilocular or incompletely 2- or 4-celled; ovule 1. Fruit a drupe or nut. | | | | |
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(Wangenheim) Koch
Main Synonym :
Carya illinoinensis | Pecan Nut | Ġewża Tal-Pekan | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Juglans fallax | Walnut | Ġewża,
Siġra Tal-ġewż | Spring |  | Normal Profile
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MORACEAE
Link
( Mulberry Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Trees or shrubs with latex. Monoecious or dioecious. Leaves alternate (rarely opposite); stipules caducous. Flowers usually densely spicate, capitate or enclosed in a fleshy, urceolate receptacle. Flowers with 3- or 4-partite perianth. Male flowers with 3 or 4 stamens opposite the perianth-segments. Female flowers with ovary 1- or 2-locular, superior; styles 1(2). Ovule anatropous or campylotropous. Fruit a drupelet often surrounded by the fleshy perianth; drupelets often crowded into syncarps. | | | | |
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(L.) Ventenat
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Paper Mulberry | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Ficus carica var. domestica | Fig Tree,
Capri Fig,
Common Fig | Tina,
Farkizzan,
Bajtar Ta' San Ġwann | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Roxburgh
Main Synonym :
Ficus elastica var. decora | Indian Rubber Tree,
Rubber Fig,
Rubber Plant | Maltese Name Not Known | Spring |  | Normal Profile
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Desfontaines
Main Synonym :
Ficus macrophylla subsp. columnaris | Moreton Bay Fig | Fikus Taz-zokk Kbir | Spring | | Normal Profile
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Desfontaines
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Moreton Bay Fig | Maltese Name Not Known | Spring | | Normal Profile
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L. f.
Main Synonym :
Ficus nitida | Chinese Banyan Tree | Fikus Tat-toroq | Spring |  | Normal Profile
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Desf. Ex Vent.
Main Synonym :
Ficus leichhardtii | Rusty-leaved Fig,
Port Jackson Fig,
Little Leaf Fig | Fikus Tal-werqa Msadda | Spring | | Normal Profile
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F.M.Bailey
Main Synonym :
Ficus australis | Hairless Port Jackson Fig | Fikus Tal-Awstralja,
Maltese Name Not Known,
Maltese Name Not Known | Spring | | Normal Profile
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(Rafinesque) Schneider
Main Synonym :
Toxylon pomiferum | Osage Orange | Maltese Name Not Known | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | White Mulberry | Ċawsla,
Siġra Tac-Ċawsli | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Weeping Mulberry,
Weeping White Mulberry | Ċawsla,
Siġra Tac-Ċawsli | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Black Mulberry | Tuta,
Siġra Tat-Tut | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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ULMACEAE
Mirbel
( Elm Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Deciduous trees, rarely shrubs, without latex. Leaves alternate, simple, usually asymmetrical at base. Flowers all hermaphrodite or male and hermaphrodite. Perianth herbaceous; stamens erect in bud. Fruit a drupe or samara.
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L.
Main Synonym :
Ulmus alba | American Elm,
White Elm,
Water Elm | Ulmu Amerikan,
Nemmiesa Amerikana | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Melville
Main Synonym :
Ulmus minor subsp. canescens | Hoary Elm,
Grey-leaved Elm,
Mediterranean Elm | Nemmiesa,
Siġra Tan-nemus,
Ulmu Selvaġġ | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Hudson
Main Synonym :
Ulmus montana | Wych Elm | Ulmu | May-Jun | | Normal Profile
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Miller
Main Synonym :
Ulmus minor subsp. minor | Small-leaved Elm,
Common Elm | Ulmu | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Salisbury
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | English Elm | Ulmu Ingliż,
Nemmiesa Ingliża | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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URTICACEAE
Juss.
( Nettle Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Herbs, small shrubs or rarely climbers, without latex. Leaves opposite or alternate, simple, usually stipulate. Flowers usually unisexual. Perianth 4- or 5-merous, often persistent. Male flowers with (1-)4 or 5 stamens opposite the perianth-segments and inflexed in bud, often with rudimentary ovary. Female flowers often with small staminodes; ovary superior, 1-locular, sometimes adnate to perianth; style simple; ovule 1, orthotropous. Fruit an achene. Seeds usually with endosperm. | | | | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Parietaria diffusa | Pellitory-of-the-wall | Xeħt Ir-riħ Komuni | All year |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Mediterranean Pellitory-of-the-wall | Xeħt Ir-riħ Komuni Tad-dell | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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Poiret
Main Synonym :
Urtica dubia | Large-leaved Nettle,
Membranous Nettle | Ħurrieqa Komuni | Nov-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Roman Nettle | Ħurrieq Taż-żibeġ | Feb-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Small Nettle,
Annual Nettle | Ħurrieq żgħir | Dec-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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