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Index of Plant Families (4 families in this page)

Principal Monocots (page 2)
DIOSCOREACEAE
Yam
IRIDACEAE
Iris
LILIACEAE
Lily
SMILACACEAE
Catbrier
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DIOSCOREACEAE
R. Br.
( Yam Family )
Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Dioecious perennial herbs with subterranean tubers. Leaves cordate or rarely truncate at base, entire. Flowers small, in axillary clusters, spikes or racemes; sometimes the female flowers solitary. Perianth persistent, the male campanulate, 6-lobed, the female deeply lobed or with 6 minute segments, greenish to whitish. Ovary superior, 3-locular, with 2 ovules in each loculus; styles 3. Fruit a capsule or berry.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
(L.) Caddick & Wilkin

Main Synonym :
Tamus cretica L.
Tamus communis L.
Black Bryony Brijonja sewda Apr-May Normal Profile
with
17
images.


IRIDACEAE
Juss.
( Iris Family )
Subfamalies: Iridoideae; Isophysidoideae; Crocoideae; Nivenioideae; Patersonioideae; Geosiridoideae; Aristeoideae

Family Description: Herbaceous perennials, usually with a bulb, corm or rhizome. Leaves usually equitant, ensiform, occasionally linear. Inflorescence terminal, 1- to many-flowered. Perianth petaloid, 6-partite, radially or bilaterally symmetrical, usually with a hypanthial tube. Stamens 3, opposite the outer perianth-segments. Ovary inferior, usually 3-locular and with many ovules. Style 3-lobed, branches entire or divided, sometimes petaloid. Fruit a capsule.
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Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
(Gasp.) N.E.Br.

Main Synonym :
Antholyza bicolor Gasp.
Red-and-green cobra lily,
Two-colour chasmanthe
Kasmanti rqiqa,
Kasmanti ta' żewġt ilwien
Feb-Apr Normal Profile
with
6
images.
(Salisb.) N. E. Br.

Main Synonym :
Antholyza floribunda Salisb.
African Flag,
Cobra Lily
Kasmanti kommuni Jan-Apr Normal Profile
with
22
images.
Raf.

Main Synonym :
Crocus odorus Biv.
Yellow-throated Crocus Żagħfran selvaġġ skars Nov-Dec Detailed Profile
with
44
images.
J.Wright

Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Red river Freesia,
Ambiance Freesia,
Port Salute Freesia
Friżja tal-ġonna Feb-Mar Normal Profile
with
14
images.
(Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Main Synonym :
Gladiolus laxus Thunb.
Lapeirousia laxa (Thunb.) N.E.Br.
African Lapeyrousia Friżja irqiqa Feb-Apr Normal Profile
with
6
images.
Klatt

Main Synonym :
Freesia muirii N.E.Br.
Leichtlin's Freesia Friżja selvaġġa kommuni Feb-Mar Normal Profile
with
4
images.
(G.L.Mey.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt

Main Synonym :
Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba (G.L.Mey.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
White Freesia Friżja selvaġġa bajda Feb-Mar Normal Profile
with
13
images.
L.

Main Synonym :
Gladiolus gussonei Lojac.
Eastern gladiolus,
Common corn-flag
Ħabb il-qamħ tal-blat Mar-Apr Detailed Profile
with
15
images.
Mill.

Main Synonym :
Gladiolus segetum Ker-Gawler
Field Gladiolus,
Italian Gladiolus,
Cornfield Gladiolus
Ħabb il-qamħ tar-raba Mar-Apr Detailed Profile
with
38
images.
Lange

Main Synonym :
Iris madonna Sprenger
Cemetery Iris,
White cemetery Iris,
White flag Iris
Fjurduliż abjad Mar-May Normal Profile
with
10
images.
L.

Main Synonym :
Xiphion foetidissimum Parl.
Stinking Iris,
Gladwyn Iris,
Beefsteak Iris
Fjurduliż tal-bosk,
Fjurduliż tal-buskett,
Fjurduliż tad-dell
Mar-May Normal Profile
with
6
images.
L.

Main Synonym :
Iris spectabilis Salisb.
German bearded Iris,
German Iris,
Blue Flag Iris
Fjurduliż ikħal Mar-May Normal Profile
with
7
images.
L.

Main Synonym :
Iris lutea Lam.
Yellow Iris,
Pale Yellow Iris,
Yellow Flag Iris
Fjurduliż tal-ilma,
Fjurduliż isfar
Apr-May Normal Profile
with
5
images.
Tineo

Main Synonym :
Iris lutescens Guss.
Southern Dwarf Iris,
Dwarf Bearded Iris
Bellus Jan-Mar Detailed Profile
with
48
images.
Tod.

Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Sicilian Iris Fjurduliż Sqalli Apr-May Normal Profile
with
17
images.
Maxim.

Main Synonym :
Tectiris tectorum (Maxim.) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev
Japanes roof Iris,
Wall Iris,
Japanese Iris
Maltese name not known Mar-May Normal Profile
with
0
images.
L.

Main Synonym :
Xiphion vulgare Mill.
Spanish Iris Fjurduliż tal-ġonna Apr-May Normal Profile
with
6
images.
Ker Gawl.

Main Synonym :
Gynandriris sisyrinchium Parl.
Gynandriris sisyrinchium (L.) Parl.
Barbary Nut Iris Fjurduliż salvaġġ Apr-May Normal Profile
with
12
images.
(L.) Sebast. & Mauri

Main Synonym :
Crocus bulbocodium L.
Mediterranean sand crocus Żagħfran tal-blat kbir Feb-Mar Detailed Profile
with
11
images.
Sebast. & Mauri

Main Synonym :
Trichonema columnae Rchb.
Lesser sand crocus,
Small-flowered sand crocus
Żagħfran tal-blat ċar,
Żagħfran tal-blat żgħir
Feb-Mar Normal Profile
with
8
images.
Bég.

Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Maltese tufted sand crocus Zagħfran tal-blat ta' Malta mqanfed Feb-Mar Normal Profile
with
13
images.
Ten.

Main Synonym :
Ixia ramiflora Ten.
Sand Crocus (branched) Żagħfran tal-blat skars Feb-Mar Normal Profile
with
13
images.
Mifsud

Main Synonym :
No synonyms for this species
Maltese Sand Crocus Żagħfran tal-blat ta' Malta Feb-Apr Normal Profile
with
31
images.


LILIACEAE
Juss.
( Lily Family )
Subfamalies: Calochortoideae; Lilioideae; Medeoloideae

Family Description: Perennial herbs, often with bulbs, corms, rhizomes or tuberous roots; sometimes climbers, rarely annuals or small shrubs. Flowers usually in racemes or panicles, more rarely solitary or in cymes or umbels, regular or slightly zygomorphic, usually hermaphrodite. Perianth of two whorls, each of (2-)3(-5) usually petaloid segments, free or variously connate. Stamens usually as many as perianth-segments, free or connate. Ovary 3-locular, superior (very rarely 1-locular or semi-inferior); styles 1 or 3(-5). Fruit a loculicidal or septicidal capsule or a berry.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Stapf in Turrill

Main Synonym :
Tulipa sylvestris subsp. australis (Link) Pamp.
Cyprus Tulip Tulipan ta Ċipru Mar-Apr Normal Profile
with
6
images.
(Link) Pamp.

Main Synonym :
Tulipa australis Link.
Southern Tulip,
Wild tulip
Tulipan selvaġġ Mar-Apr Normal Profile
with
6
images.


SMILACACEAE
Vent.
( Catbrier Family )
Conservative synonym: Liliaecea
Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Smilacaceae is a family formerely grouped with the Liliaceae and consists of 4 genera sharing about 375 species. They are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of the Southern Hemisphere, with a few extending into north temperate regions. The familiy differs from the Liliaceae in its viney and 'woody' habit and in the netted venation of the leaves, although it has sometimes been classified within it. It shares the viney habit and prickles on the stems and leaves with the closley related Dioscoriaceae. The Smilacaceae also differs in that it has long, distinctive tendrils in most cases. Leaves are simple, entire and alternate or rarely opposite, often leathery. Sheathing at the leaf base may be modified into stipular tendrils. Flowers are actinomorphic and perfect or unisexual/dioecious. Inflorescence of solitary flowers in axils, or flowers in racemes, spikes or umbels. Hypogynous (rarely epigynous). Usually unisexual (the sexes on separate individuals), and with 6 greenish, whitish, yellowish or brownish tepals, 6 stamens and 1 superior pistil. Fruit is a berry. Seeds with starchless, hard endosperm. Habit is as a prickly, twining herb, shrub or woody vine that has or lacks tendrils. The roots of some species are used medicinally for the treatment of rheumatism and from another species, the stimulant China root is obtained.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
L.

Main Synonym :
Smilax mauritanica Poir.
Mediterranean Smilax,
Common Smilax,
Rough Smilax
Zalza pajżana Sep-Nov Detailed Profile
with
50
images.

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