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Discover Nature at JCU Plants Plants by scientific name
Plants by scientific name
- Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosus (Native Rosella)
- Acacia aulacocarpa (Brown Salwood, Hickory Wattle)
- Acacia auriculiformis (Northern Black Wattle, Ear-pod Wattle)
- Acacia celsa (Hickory Wattle)
- Acacia crassicarpa (Thick-podded Salwood)
- Acacia flavescens (Red Wattle, Yellow Wattle)
- Acacia holosericea (Silver-leaf Wattle)
- Acacia leptoloba (Irvinebank Wattle)
- Acacia mangium (Hickory Wattle)
- Acacia simsii (Sim's Wattle, Heathland Wattle)
- Acacia spp. (Wattles)
- Acmenosperma pringlei
- Adenanthera pavonina (Red Bean Tree)
- Adonidia merrillii (Christmas Palm)
- Aiphanes horrida (Coyure Palm)
- Albizia lebbeck (Siris Tree, Albizia, Indian Siris Tree)
- Aleurites rockinghamensis (Candlenut)
- Allamanda cathartica (Allamanda, Yellow allamanda)
- Alphitonia excelsa (Red Ash, Red Almond, Soap Tree)
- Alphitonia petriei (Pink Ash, Sarsaparilla)
- Alpinia zerumbet (Shell Ginger, Pink Porcelain Lily)
- Alstonia scholaris (Milky Pine)
- Alysicarpus bupleurifolius (Sweet Alys)
- Alysicarpus vaginalis (Alyce Clover)
- Amyema bifurcata (Mistletoe)
- Amyema conspicua subsp. conspicua (Mistletoe)
- Amyema miquelii (Mistletoe)
- Amyema sanguinea (Mistletoe)
- Anisomeles malabarica
- Antigonon leptopus (Coral Vine, Chain of Love)
- Apowollastonia (syn, Wedelia) spilanthoides
- Araceae
- Arachis kretschmeri and A. pintoi Pantanal Peanut and (Pinto Peanut)
- Aralia spp.
- Archidendron lucyi (Scarlet Bean)
- Archontophoenix alexandrae (Alexander Palm)
- Ardisia crenata (Coralberry, Spiceberry)
- Ardisia elliptica (Shoebutton Ardisia, Ardisia)
- Areca triandra (Triandra Palm)
- Arenga australasica (Australian Sugar Palm)
- Arenga pinnata (Sugar Palm)
- Argyreia nervosa (Monkey Rose, Snake Vine, Mile-a-minute)
- Arundo donax (Giant Reed)
- Asteromyrtus brassii (Brass's Asteromyrtus)
- Asystasia gangetica (Chinese Violet, Asystasia)
- Atractocarpus fitzalanii (Randia, Brown Gardenia)
- Austrosteensia blackii (Blood Vine)
- Baeckea virgata = Sannantha spp. (Baeckea)
- Balanophora fungosa (Balanophora)
- Bambusa spp. (Bamboo)
- Banksia integrifolia (Coast Banksia)
- Banksia robur (Swamp Banksia)
- Barringtonia calyptrata (Mango pine, Cassowary pine)
- Bauhinia galpinii (Red Orchid Bauhinia, Pride of the Cape)
- Bauhinia spp. (Bauhinia, Orchid Tree)
- Bauhinia variegata (Orchid Tree, Purple Orchid Tree)
- Bauhinia x blakeana (Hong Kong Orchid Tree, Evergreen Bauhinia)
- Bentinckia nicobarica (Nicobar Palm)
- Bismarckia nobilis (Bismarckia Palm)
- Bombax ceiba (Bombax, Red Silk Cotton Tree)
- Bonamia dietrichiana (Dietrich's Morning Glory)
- Bougainvillea spp. (Bougainvillea)
- Bowenia serrulata (Byfield Fern)
- Bowenia spectablis (Showy Bowenia)
- Brachychiton acerifolius (Illawarra Flame Tree, Flame Tree)
- Brachychiton rupestris (Queensland Bottletree, Narrow-leafed Bottletree)
- Breynia cernua (syn B. stipitata) (Breynia, Fart Bush)
- Breynia oblongifolia (Coffee Bush)
- Brucea javanica
- Brunfelsia australis (Yesterday-today-tomorrow)
- Buchanania arborescens (Satinwood)
- Buchnera linearis
- Buckinghamia celsissima (Ivory Curl Tree)
- Bursaria incana (Mock Orange, Prickly Pine)
- Bursaria tenuifolia (Mock Orange, Prickly Pine)
- Caesalpinia ferrea (Leopard Tree)
- Cajanus marmoratus
- Cajanus reticulatus
- Calamus australis (Lawyer Cane)
- Calliandra surinamensis (Powder Puff Flower, Pink tassel flower)
- Callicarpa pedunculata (Callicarpa)
- Callitris intratropica (Cypress Pine)
- Calophyllum inophyllum (Mastwood, Alexandrian Laurel)
- Canarium australianum (Mango Bark, Brown Cudgeree)
- Canavalia rosea* (Coastal Jack Bean)
- Carallia brachiata (Freshwater Mangrove, Carallia)
- Cardwellia sublimis (Northern Silky Oak)
- Carpentaria acuminata (Carpentaria Palm)
- Caryota mitis (Clustered Fishtail Palm)
- Caryota urens (Solitary Fishtail Palm)
- Cascabela thevetia (Yellow Oleander, Cook Tree)
- Cassia brewsteri (Brewster's Cassia)
- Cassia fistula (Cascara, Golden Shower)
- Cassia javanica (Pink Shower)
- Cassia queenslandica (Cassia)
- Castanospermum australe (Black Bean Tree, Moreton Bay Chestnut)
- Casuarina cunninghamiana (River She-oak)
- Casuarina equisetifolia (Coast She-oak, Beach She-oak)
- Catharanthus roseus (Pink Periwinkle)
- Cayratia trifolia (Native Grape)
- Centrosema molle (Centro)
- Cerbera manghas (Native Frangipani)
- Chamaechrista absus (Hairy Cassia)
- Chamaecrista mimosoides (Tea Senna, Japanese Tea)
- Chamaedorea microspadix (Bamboo Palm)
- Chamaedorea seifrizii (Blue Bamboo Palm)
- Chionanthus ramiflorus (Native Olive)
- Cinnamomum verum (syn. C zeylandicum) (Cinnamon)
- Citharexylum quadrangulare (Fiddlewood, Jamaican Fiddlewood)
- Claoxylon hillii (Queensland brittlewood)
- Clerodendrum floribundum (Lolly Bush)
- Clerodendrum splendens (Flaming Glorybower Vine, Bleeding Heart Vine)
- Clerodendrum ugandense (Blue Butterfly Bush, Blue Glorybower)
- Clitoria ternatea (Clitoria, Butterfly Pea)
- Cochlospermum gillivraei (Native Kapok Tree)
- Cocos nucifera (Coconut Palm)
- Codiaeum variegatum (Croton)
- Coelospermum (syn. Pogonolobus) reticulatum (Medicine Bush)
- Commelina ensifolia (Scurvy Grass, Wandering Jew)
- Corchorus olitorius (Jute)
- Cordyline spp. (Cordyline)
- Corymbia citriodora (Lemon-scented Gum)
- Corymbia clarksoniana (Clarkson's Bloodwood, Grey Bloodwood)
- Corymbia dallachiana (Dallachy's Gum)
- Corymbia erythrophloia (Variable-barked Bloodwood)
- Corymbia peltata (Rusty Jacket, Yellow Jacket)
- Corymbia ptychocarpa (Swamp Bloodwood)
- Corymbia tessellaris (Moreton Bay ash, Carbeen)
- Corymbia torelliana (Cadaghi, Cadaga)
- Corypha utan (Corypha)
- Crotalaria calycina (Rattlepod)
- Crotalaria goreensis (Gambia Pea)
- Crotalaria medicaginea (Trefoil rattlepod)
- Crotalaria montana (Rattlepod)
- Crotalaria pallida (Streaked Rattlepod)
- Crotalaria retusa (Wedge-leaf Rattlepod)
- Crotalaria spp. (Rattlepods)
- Crotalaria trichotoma ( syn. C. zanzibarica) (Cusara Pea)
- Crotalaria verrucosa (Blue-flowered Rattlepod)
- Cupaniopsis anacardioides (Tuckeroo, Cupania)
- Cyanotis axillaris
- Cycas media (Cycas)
- Cycas revoluta (Cycas, King Sago Palm)
- Cymbidium canaliculatum (Black Orchid, Channel-leaf Cymbidium, Tiger Orchid)
- Delonix regia (Poinciana)
- Dendrocnide moroides (Gympie Gympie, Stinger)
- Dendrophthoe glabrescens (Mistletoe)
- Dendrophthoe homoplastica (Mistletoe)
- Denhamia (syn. Maytenus) cunninghamii (Yellowberry Bush)
- Denhamia (syn. Maytenus) fasciculiflora (Orangewood)
- Deplanchea tetraphylla (Golden Bouquet Tree)
- Dianella caerulea (Blue flax lily, Blueberry lily, Paroo lily)
- Dictyosperma album (Princess Palm)
- Dillenia alata (Red Beech)
- Dillenia indica (Elephant Apple)
- Dioscorea bulbifera (Aerial Yam)
- Diplocyclos palmatus (Native Bryony)
- Dodonaea lanceolata (Hop Bush)
- Dolichandra (syn. Macfadyena) unguis-cati (Cat's Claw Creeper)
- Dolichandrone heterophylla (Dolichandrone, Lemonwood)
- Dracaena spp. (Dracaena)
- Drosera indica (Sundew)
- Duranta erecta (Pigeonberry, Skyberry, Golden Dewdrop)
- Dypsis decaryi (Triangle Palm)
- Dypsis leptocheilos (Teddy Bear Palm)
- Dypsis lutescens (Golden Cane Palm)
- Dypsis madagascariensis (Madagascar Palm)
- Elaeocarpus angustifolius (Silver Quandong, Quandong)
- Elaeodendron melanocarpum (syn. Cassine melanocarpa) Black Olive Plum, False Olive)
- Ellatostachys microcarpa
- Endiandra hypotephra (Northern Rose Walnut)
- Erythrina vespertilio (Bat's Wing Coral tTee)
- Eucalyptus camaldulensis (River Red Gum)
- Eucalyptus curtisii (Plunkett Mallee)
- Eucalyptus drepanophylla (Narrow-leafed Ironbark)
- Eucalyptus melanophloia (Silver-leafed Ironbark)
- Eucalyptus phoenicea (Scarlet Gum)
- Eucalyptus platyphylla (Poplar Gum, Cabbage Gum)
- Eucalyptus shirleyi (Shirley's Silver-leafed Ironbark)
- Eugenia reinwardtiana (Beach Cherry, Cedar Bay Cherry)
- Eugenia uniflora (Surinam Cherry, Brazilian Cherry)
- Euphorbia leucocephala (Snow Flake, Snows of Kilimanjaro, Pascuita)
- Euphorbia milii (Crown of Thorns)
- Euphorbia umbellata (syn. Synadenium granti)i (African milk bush)
- Euroschinus falcatus (Ribbon Wood, Maiden's Blush)
- Euterpe oleracea (Assai Palm)
- Falcataria (syn. Paraserianthes) toona (Mackay Cedar, Red Siris)
- Faradaya splendida (Potato Vine)
- Ficus benjamina (Weeping Fig)
- Ficus congesta (Red-leaf Fig)
- Ficus fraseri (Sandpaper Fig, Fraser's Fig)
- Ficus hispida (Hairy Fig)
- Ficus microcarpa (Small-fruited Fig)
- Ficus obliqua (Small-leafed Fig)
- Ficus opposita (Sandpaper Fig)
- Ficus pumila (Climbing Fig)
- Ficus racemosa (Cluster Fig)
- Ficus religiosa (Sacred Fig, Bo Tree)
- Ficus variegata (Variegated Fig)
- Ficus virens var. sublanceolata (White Fig)
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