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Index of Plant Families (7 families in this page)

CASUARINACEAE
Ironwood
FAGACEAE
Oak
JUGLANDACEAE
Walnut
MORACEAE
Mulberry
PLATANACEAE
Plane / Sycamore
ULMACEAE
Elm
URTICACEAE
Nettle
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CASUARINACEAE
R. Br.
( Ironwood Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Description text for this family is under progress and unavailable at the moment ...
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Casuarina cunninghamiana
Miquel

Main Synonym :
Casuarina tenuissima
Australian River Oak,
Australian She-Oak 		Maltese Name Not Known Summer Normal Profile
with
5
images.
Casuarina equisetifolia
Forster

Main Synonym :
Casuarina litorea
She-Oak,
Australian Pine,
Ironwood 		Kaswarina Summer Normal Profile
with
20
images.
Casuarina verticillata
Lamarck

Main Synonym :
Casuarina stricta
Drooping She-Oak Kaswarina Summer Normal Profile
with
4
images.


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.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Quercus ilex
L.

Main Synonym :
Quercus calicina
Evergreen Oak,
Holm Oak,
Holly Oak 		Balluta,
Siġra Tal-Ġandar 		Apr-May Normal Profile
with
22
images.
Quercus robur
L.

Main Synonym :
Quercus pedunculata
Pedunculate Oak,
English Oak 		Balluta Ingliża,
Siġra Tar-Ruvlu 		Spring Normal Profile
with
9
images.


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.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Carya illinoensis
(Wangenheim) Koch

Main Synonym :
Carya illinoinensis
Pecan Nut Ġewża Tal-Pekan Apr-May Normal Profile
with
12
images.
Juglans regia
L.

Main Synonym :
Juglans fallax
Walnut Ġewża,
Siġra Tal-ġewż 		Spring Normal Profile
with
5
images.


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.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Broussonetia papyrifera
(L.) Ventenat

Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Paper Mulberry Maltese Name Not Known Mar-Apr Normal Profile
with
10
images.
Ficus carica
L.

Main Synonym :
Ficus carica var. domestica Czern. & Rav.
Fig Tree,
Capri Fig,
Common Fig 		Tina,
Farkizzan,
Bajtar Ta' San Ġwann 		May-Jun Normal Profile
with
4
images.
Ficus elastica
Roxburgh

Main Synonym :
Ficus elastica var. decora Guillaumin
Indian Rubber Tree,
Rubber Fig,
Rubber Plant 		Maltese Name Not Known Spring Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Ficus macrophylla
Desfontaines

Main Synonym :
Ficus macrophylla subsp. columnaris (C.Moore) P.S.Green
Moreton Bay Fig Fikus Taz-zokk Kbir Spring Normal Profile
with
4
images.
Ficus microcarpa
L. f.

Main Synonym :
Ficus nitida Thumb.
Chinese Banyan Tree Fikus Tat-toroq Spring Normal Profile
with
4
images.
Ficus rubiginosa
Desf. Ex Vent.

Main Synonym :
Ficus leichhardtii (Miq.) Miq.
Rusty-leaved Fig,
Port Jackson Fig,
Little Leaf Fig 		Fikus Tal-werqa Msadda Spring Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Ficus rubiginosa var. glabrescens
F.M.Bailey

Main Synonym :
Ficus australis Willd.
Hairless Port Jackson Fig Fikus Tal-Awstralja Spring Normal Profile
with
7
images.
Maclura pomifera
(Rafinesque) Schneider

Main Synonym :
Toxylon pomiferum
Osage Orange Maltese Name Not Known Summer Normal Profile
with
11
images.
Morus alba
L.

Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
White Mulberry Ċawsla,
Siġra Tac-Ċawsli 		Apr-May Normal Profile
with
19
images.
Morus nigra
L.

Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Black Mulberry Tuta,
Siġra Tat-Tut 		Apr-May Normal Profile
with
7
images.


PLATANACEAE
Dumortier
( Plane / Sycamore Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Trees with scaling bark. Monoecious; flowers arranged in globose, unisexual capitula. Perianth 4- or 6-merous, arranged in 2 whorls. Stamens 4-6, opposite the outer perianth-segments. Ovary superior; carpels 3-6, free, each with 1(2) pendulous, orthotropous ovules.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Platanus acerifolia
(Aiton) Willd.

Main Synonym :
Platanus hybrida
European Plane Tree,
London Plane Tree 		Siġra Tad-Dorf Jun-Aug Normal Profile
with
4
images.


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.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Ulmus americana
L.

Main Synonym :
Ulmus alba
American Elm,
White Elm,
Water Elm 		Ulmu Amerikan,
Nemmiesa Amerikana 		May-Jun Normal Profile
with
3
images.
Ulmus canescens
Melville

Main Synonym :
Ulmus minor subsp. canescens
Hoary Elm,
Grey-leaved Elm,
Mediterranean Elm 		Nemmiesa,
Siġra Tan-nemus,
Ulmu Selvaġġ 		May-Jun Normal Profile
with
5
images.
Ulmus glabra
Hudson

Main Synonym :
Ulmus montana
Wych Elm Ulmu May-Jun Normal Profile
with
1
images.
Ulmus minor
Miller

Main Synonym :
Ulmus minor subsp. minor
Small-leaved Elm,
Common Elm 		Ulmu May-Jun Normal Profile
with
4
images.
Ulmus procera
Salisbury

Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
English Elm Ulmu Ingliż,
Nemmiesa Ingliża 		May-Jun Normal Profile
with
3
images.


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.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Parietaria cretica
L.

Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Cretan Pellitory-of-the-wall Maltese Name Not Known Feb-Apr Normal Profile
with
4
images.
Parietaria judaica
L.

Main Synonym :
Parietaria diffusa
Pellitory-of-the-wall Xeħt Ir-riħ Komuni All year Normal Profile
with
7
images.
Parietaria lusitanica
L.

Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Mediterranean Pellitory-of-the-wall Xeħt Ir-riħ Komuni Tad-dell Apr-May Normal Profile
with
10
images.
Urtica dioica
L.

Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Common Nettle,
Stinging Nettle 		Maltese Name Not Known Mar-Jun Normal Profile
with
0
images.
Urtica membranacea
Poiret

Main Synonym :
Urtica dubia
Large-leaved Nettle,
Membranous Nettle 		Ħurrieqa Komuni Nov-May Normal Profile
with
14
images.
Urtica pilulifera
L.

Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Roman Nettle Ħurrieq Taż-żibeġ Feb-May Normal Profile
with
8
images.
Urtica urens
L.

Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Small Nettle,
Annual Nettle 		Ħurrieq żgħir Dec-Apr Normal Profile
with
5
images.

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