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Index of Plant Families (7 families in this page) |
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CISTACEAE
Juss.
( Rock-rose Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Small shrubs or herbs. Leaves alternate, stipulate, usually undivided. Flowers hermaphrodite, solitary. Sepals 5, persistent. Petals 5, free. Stamens 5, introrse, connivent round the ovary. Ovary superior, unilocular, with 3 placentas and numerous ovules. Fruit a 3-valved capsule. Seeds endospermic. |  |  | |  |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Cistus incanus subsp. Creticus | Hoary Rockrose,
Cretan Rock Rose | Ċistu Roża,
Borghom Roża | Feb-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Stephanocarpus monspeliensis | White Rockrose,
Narrow-leaved Cistus,
Narrow-leaved Rock Rose | Ċistu Abjad,
Borgħom Abjad | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Spach
Main Synonym :
Helianthemum arabicum | Mediterranean Rock Rose,
Arabian Cistus | Ċistu Isfar | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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Spach
Main Synonym :
Cistus laevipes | No Name | Ċistu Tal-blat | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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(Cav.) Pau
Main Synonym :
Fumana laevis subsp. juniperina | Smooth Thyme Rock Rose | Ċistu Isfar Lixx | Mar-May | | Normal Profile
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(L.) Webb
Main Synonym :
Helianthemum thymifolium | Thyme Rock Rose,
Thyme-leaved Rock Rose,
Clammy Cistus | Ċistu żgħir | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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CUCURBITACEAE
Juss.
( Gourd (Cucumber) Family ) | Subfamalies: Cucurbitoideae; Zanonioideae;
Family Description: Herbs, often climbing by means of tendrils. Flowers unisexual. Calyx deeply 5(-6)-lobed; corolla deeply 5(-6)-lobed. Stamens 5, sometimes 3 (owing to 4 being connate in pairs); filaments sometimes all connate; anthers with 1 theca, free or coherent. Ovary inferior, unilocular but often more or less divided by the 2-5 placentae; style usually 1, with 3, usually divided stigmas. Ovules 1 to many. Fruit usually fleshy and indehiscent. | | | | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Cucurbita aurantia | Pumpkin,
Field Pumpkin,
Summer Squash | Qargħa ħamra | Jul-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) A. Richard
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Squirting Cucumber,
Spitting Cucumber,
Wild Balsam-Apple | Faqqus Il-ħmir,
Bettieħ Il-ħmir | All Year |  | Detailed Profile
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ELATINACEAE
Dumortier
( Elatine Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Aquatic or marsh herbs. Leaves simple, opposite or whorled, stipulate. Flowers hermaphrodite, regular, hypogynous, 2- to 5-merous, solitary or in cymes. Sepals free or connate at base, as many as petals. Petals free, imbricate. Stamens as many or twice as many as petals. Ovary superior, 2- to 5-locular; styles free; ovules numerous; placentation axile. Fruit a septicidal capsule. | | | | |
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(Sommier) Brullo; Lanfranco; Pavone & Ronsisvalle
Main Synonym :
Elatine hydropiper var. gussonei | Maltese Waterwort,
Maltese Elatine,
Pelagian Elatine | Elatine | Feb-Mar |  | Detailed Profile
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HYPERICACEAE
Juss.
( Saint John's Wort Family )
Conservative synonym: Guttiferae | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Shrubs or herbs, with translucent glands containing essential oils and sometimes red or black glands containing hypericin. Leaves simple, opposite, or rarely in whorls of 3-4. Flowers actinomorphic. Sepals imbricate in bud. Petals free, contorted in bud. Stamens in fascicles or apparently indefinite. Ovary superior. Placentation axile or parietal. Seeds without endosperm. | | | | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Triadenia aegyptica | Shrubby St. John's Wort,
Egyptian St. John's Wort | Fexfiex Tal-irdum | Dec-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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Tenore
Main Synonym :
Hypericum humifusum subsp. australe | No Name | Maltese Name Not Known | Aug-Nov | | Normal Profile
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Boissier
Main Synonym :
Hypericum tomentosum | Pubescent St. John's Wort | Fexfiex Sufi | Apr-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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Turra
Main Synonym :
Hypericum crispum | Wavy-leaved Saint John's Wort,
Curled-leaved Saint John's Wort,
Tangled Hypericum | Fexfiex Tar-Raba | Jul-Sep |  | Detailed Profile
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PASSIFLORACEAE
Juss.
( Passion Flower Family ) | Subfamalies: Malesherbioideae; Passifloroideae; Turneroideae
Family Description: Herbaceous or woody climbers with axillary tendrils. Leaves alternate, usually stipulate. Flowers perigynous, usually hermaphrodite, actinomorphic. Hypanthium cup-shaped. Sepals usually 5, free or connate at base, often petaloid. Petals 5, usually free. Corona inserted on the rim of the hypanthium, composed of 1-2 rows of long filaments, 1 row of short filaments and a membrane partially closing the hypanthium. Stamens usually 5, alternating with the petals. Ovary superior, often on a long gynophore, unilocular, with 3(-5) parietal placentae; ovules numerous; stigmas 3-5. Fruit a berry or loculicidal capsule.
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Passion Flower,
Blue Passion Flower,
Hardy Passion Flower | Fjura Tal-passjoni | Jun-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Leafy Passion Flower,
Jamaican Passion Flower | Fjura Tal-passjoni Taj-Ġamajka | All year |  | Normal Profile
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Loiseleur-Deslongchamps
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Violet Passion Flower | Fjura Tal-passjoni (vjola) | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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PLUMBAGINACEAE
Juss.
( Liverwort Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate or in basal rosettes, exstipulate. Inflorescence usually cymose, often contracted into a capitulum, rarely spike-like. Flowers actinomorphic, 5-merous, usually in bracteate spikelets. Calyx tubular below, dentate or lobed and at least slightly scarious and often plicate distally, persistent. Petals connate only at the base, or the corolla with a usually short tube. Stamens epipetalous. Styles 5, or 1 with 5 stigma-lobes. Ovary superior, 1-locular. Fruit dry, membranous, 1-seeded, surrounded by calyx, indehiscent or with circumscissile or irregular dehiscence. | | | | |
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Brullo
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Maltese Sea Lavender | Limonju Ta' Malta,
Leħjet Ix-xiħ Ta' Malta | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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(Reichenbach) Pignatti
Main Synonym :
Limonium vulgare subsp. serotinum | No Name | Maltese Name Not Known | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Miller
Main Synonym :
Statice sinuata | English Statice | Limonju | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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(Willdenow) Fourreau
Main Synonym :
Limonium oleifolium | Violet Sea Lavender,
Seaside Sea Lavender | Limonju Tal-baħar | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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Brullo
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Zerapha's Sea Lavender | Limonju Ta' Żerafa,
Leħjet Ix-xiħ Ta' Żerafa | Summer |  | Normal Profile
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Lamarck
Main Synonym :
Plumbago capensis | Cape Leadwort,
African Plumbago | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | European Plumbago,
Leadwort,
Dentallaria | Pjombina Selvaġġa | May-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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VIOLACEAE
Batsch.
( Violet Family ) | Subfamalies: Fusispermoideae; Leonioideae; Violoideae
Family Description: Small shrubs or herbs. Leaves alternate, stipulate, usually undivided. Flowers hermaphrodite, solitary. Sepals 5, persistent. Petals 5, free. Stamens 5, introrse, connivent round the ovary. Ovary superior, unilocular, with 3 placentas and numerous ovules. Fruit a 3-valved capsule. Seeds endospermic. | | | | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Viola stolonifera | Sweet Violet,
English Violet,
Garden Violet | Vjola | Feb-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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Tineo
Main Synonym :
Viola tricolor var. parvula | Rock Pansy | Pensjeri Selvaġġa | Feb-Apr | | Normal Profile
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