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Index of Plant Families (8 families in this page) |
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APIACEAE
Lindl.
( Carrot Family )
Conservative synonym: Umbelliferea | Subfamalies: Mackinlayoideae; Azorelloideae; Saniculoideae; Apioideae;
Family Description: Herbs, rarely shrubs. Leaves alternate; lamina usually large and much-divided; petiole often inflated and sheathing at base. Stipules absent, except in Subfam. Hydrocotyloideae. Inflorescence usually a compound umbel. Flowers epigynous, small, hermaphrodite or unisexual, the plant rarely dioecious. Sepals usually small or absent; petals 5, usually more or less 3-lobed, the middle lobe inflexed; outer petals sometimes much larger than inner (radiate); stamens 5; carpels (1-)2, usually attached to a central axis (carpophore), from which the mericarps separate at maturity; styles (1-)2, often with a thickened base (stylopodium); ovule 1 in each loculus, pendent. Fruit dry; pericarp membranous or exocarp variously indurated; endocarp rarely woody (Subfam. Hydrocotyloideae). Mericarps usually joined by a narrow or wide commissure; each mericarp more or less compressed laterally or dorsally, with 5 longitudinal veins, usually with ridges over them, separated by valleculae or sometimes with 4 secondary ridges alternating with the primary; resin canals (vittae) usually present between the primary ridges and on the commissural face. |  |  | |  |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Ammi diversifolium | Bullwort,
Bishop's Weed,
False Queen Anne's Lace | Busnaga | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Lamarck
Main Synonym :
Daucus visnaga | Sand Bullwort,
Tooth Pickweed | Dakra żgħira | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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(Brotero) Breistroffer
Main Synonym :
Petroselinum ammoides | Small Bullwort | Karfus (selvaġġ) | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Wild Celery,
Marsh Parsley,
Smallage | Karfus Tal-ilma | Apr-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Lagasca
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Fool's Water Cress,
Procumbent Marshwort | Kosbor Selvaġġ,
Sorm Il-patri | Apr-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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M. Bieberstein
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Mediterranean Bifora,
European Bishop Plant | Widnet Il-fenek | Mar-May | | Normal Profile
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Hornemann
Main Synonym :
Bupleurum subovatum | Spear-leaved Hare's Ear,
Lance-leaved Thorrowwax | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Bupleurum glaucum | Grey Hare's Ear | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-May | | Normal Profile
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(L.) Lange
Main Synonym :
Krubera peregrina | Capnophyllum | Ċikuta | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Hemlock,
Poison Hemlock | Kosbor | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Coriander | Bużbież Il-baħar | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Rock Samphire,
Sea Samphire,
Sea Fennel | Zunnarija Salvaġġa,
Karrotti Salvaġġ,
Bejt Id-Durrajs | Jun-Sep | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Wild Carrot,
Queen Anne's Lace | Zunnarija,
Karrotti | Feb-May |  | Normal Profile
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(Hoffmannsegg) Arcangeli
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Carrot | Zunnarija Tal-baħar | Feb-May | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Daucus carota var. gingidium | Sea Carrot | Zunnarija Ta' Lampedusa | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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Tineo
Main Synonym :
Daucus carota var. lopadusanus | Lampedusa Carrot | Zunnarija Tal-blat | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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Gussone
Main Synonym :
Daucus carota var. rupestris | Cliff Carrot | Bużbież Xewwieki Tar-ramel,
Ekinofora | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Prickly Parsnip,
Echinophora,
Spiny Echinophora | Xewk Ir-ramel | Jun-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Sea Holly,
Seaside Eryngo | Ferla | Jun-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Giant Fennel,
Common Ferula | Bużbież | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Fennel,
Sweet Fennel | Kudmannja Ta' Sqallija | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) DC.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Kundmannia | Karfus Tal-wied | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Round-headed Water Dropwort,
Mediterranean Water Dropwort | Tursin | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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Hoffmannsegg
Main Synonym :
Petroselinum crispum | Wild Parsley | Anisi,
Ħlewwa | Apr-Oct | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Anisum officinarum | Anise | Sensiela | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Pimpinella taurica | Southern Burnet Saxifrage | Zunnarija Tar-ramel | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Grande
Main Synonym :
Daucus pumilus | Small Carrot | Bużbież Il-qamħ,
Bużbież Tal-għelieqi | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
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Moris
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Ridolfia | Maxxita | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Shepherd's Needle | Karfus Il-ħmir | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Alexanders | Ħaxixet It-trieraħ | Feb-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Mediterranean Hartwort,
Roman Pimpernel | Maltese Name Not Known | Feb-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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(Hudson) Link
Main Synonym :
Torilis helvetica | Spreading Hedge Parsley | Tursin Xewwieki | Mar-May | | Normal Profile
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(L.) Gaertner
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Knotted Hedge Parsley | Siġra Tad-Difel,
Difla,
Oljandru | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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ARALIACEAE
Juss.
( Aralia Family ) | Subfamalies: Aralioideae; Hydrocotyloideae
Family Description: Shrubs or woody climbers; leaves alternate. Flowers actinomorphic, small. Calyx small or rudimentary; petals 5, free; stamens 5; ovary inferior. Fruit a berry. | | | | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Hedera taurica | Ivy,
English Ivy | Maltese Name Not Known | Sep-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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(Seemann) R. Viguier
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Schefflera | Awrikarja Ta' Bidwill | ? |  | Normal Profile
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ELAEAGNACEAE
Juss.
( Oleaster Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Trees or shrubs with peltate or stellate, scale-like hairs. Leaves entire. Flowers perigynous, apetalous. Hypanthium 2- or 4-lobed; lobes valvate; stamens as many as sepals and alternating with them, or twice as many; ovary superior, unilocular; ovule solitary, basal. Fruit drupe-like, the dry fruit being surrounded by the fleshy hypanthium. | | | | |
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POLYGALACEAE
Juss.
( Milkwort Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Leaves simple, exstipulate. Flowers hermaphrodite, zygomorphic, in spikes or racemes. Sepals 5, free; petals 3-5, more or less united; stamens 8, with filaments partly united. Ovary 2-locular, with 1 seed in each loculus. | | | | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Mediterranean Milkwort,
Annual Milkwort | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Polygala ×dalmaisiana | African Milkwort,
Myrtle-leaved Milkwort,
Sweet Pea Bush | Maltese Name Not Known | Spring |  | Normal Profile
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RHAMNACEAE
Juss.
( Buckthorn Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, usually stipulate. Inflorescence cymose. Flowers perigynous. Calyx 4- to 5-lobed, lobes valvate in bud. Petals 4-5, often small and sometimes absent, inserted at mouth of the hypanthium and often hooded over the stamens. Stamens 4-5, alternating with the calyx-lobes; anthers versatile. Ovary superior, 2- to 4-locular; ovules solitary. Fruit often fleshy. | | | | |
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Miller
Main Synonym :
Rhamnus paliurus | Christ's Thorn Tree,
Jerusalem Thorn,
Garland Thorn | Xewk Tal-Kuruna Ta' Kristu,
Xewk Ta' Kristu | Apr-Jun | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Mediterranean Buckthorn,
Italian Buckthorn,
Barren Privet | Alaternu | Jan-Mar |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Rhamnus lycoides subsp. oleoides | Olive-leaved Buckthorn,
Lesser Buckthorn,
Persian Berries | Żiju | Feb-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Meikle
Main Synonym :
Zizyphus sativus | Jujube,
Chinese Date | Żinżel | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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SANTALACEAE
R. Br.
( Sandalwood Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Herbaceous or woody plants. Leaves alternate, simple, linear, oblong or lanceolate, exstipulate, deciduous or evergreen. Flowers small, hermaphrodite or unisexual. Perianth 3- to 5-lobed or -partite, tubular to campanulate-rotate. Stamens 3-5, opposite lobes of the perianth. Ovary inferior, 1-celled. Style 1; stigma capitate or lobed. Fruit a small green nut or a drupe. Seed solitary, with abundant endosperm. Hemiparasites, growing on the roots of herbs or shrubs. | | | | |
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Vahl
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Field Bastard Toadflax,
Lesser Bastard Toadflax | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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VITACEAE
Juss.
( Vine Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Shrubs, usually diffuse and climbing by means of leaf-opposed tendrils. Leaves alternate, stipulate, usually palmately lobed or divided. Flowers small, actinomorphic, in terminal or leaf opposed cymes or panicles. Sepals 5, united; petals 5, free or united distally; stamens 5, antepetalous. Ovary superior,2-locular; style and stigma 1; fruit a berry with 2-4 seeds. | | | | |
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Planch.
Main Synonym :
Vitis cinerea | Grapevine Rootstock,
Downy Grape,
Sweet Winter Grape | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
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Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Mountain Grape,
Beach Grape,
Sugar Grape | Maltese Name Not Known | | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Vitis laciniosa | Grape Vine,
European Grape | Dielja,
Siġra Tal-Għeneb | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | American Grape Vine | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-May | | Normal Profile
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