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• liliid monocot genus go
  genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
  
• Juncus, genus Juncus go
  type genus of the Juncaceae
  
• genus Arum go
  type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves
  
• Acorus, genus Acorus go
  sweet flags
  
• Aglaonema, genus Aglaonema go
  climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen
  
• genus Alocasia go
  tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix
  
• genus Amorphophallus go
  genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids: devil's tongue
  
• genus Anthurium go
  large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants
  
• Arisaema, genus Arisaema go
  tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials
  
• Arisarum, genus Arisarum go
  tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs
  
• genus Caladium go
  small genus of tropical South American tuberous perennials with large variously colored leaves
  
• Calla, genus Calla go
  water arum
  
• Colocasia, genus Colocasia go
  small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro
  
• genus Cryptocoryne go
  water trumpet
  
• Dieffenbachia, genus Dieffenbachia go
  evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap
  
• genus Dracontium go
  small genus of tropical American cormous herbs
  
• Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus go
  tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum
  
• Epipremnum, genus Epipremnum go
  small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas
  
• Lysichiton, genus Lysichiton, Lysichitum, genus Lysichitum go
  skunk cabbage
  
• genus Monstera go
  tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leaves
  
• genus Nephthytis go
  small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbs
  
• Orontium, genus Orontium go
  one species of aquatic plant: golden club
  
• Peltandra, genus Peltandra go
  small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs
  
• genus Philodendron go
  any of several tropical American climbing plants with smooth shiny evergreen leaves
  
• genus Pistia go
  one species: water lettuce
  
• Scindapsus, genus Scindapsus, genus Pothos go
  evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots
  
• genus Spathiphyllum go
  evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia
  
• Symplocarpus, genus Symplocarpus go
  one species: skunk cabbage
  
• Syngonium, genus Syngonium go
  epiphytic or terrestrial climbing shrubs of Central and South America
  
• Xanthosoma, genus Xanthosoma go
  tropical American tuberous perennials
  
• Zantedeschia, genus Zantedeschia go
  calla lily
  
• Lemna, genus Lemna go
  minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root
  
• Spirodela, genus Spirodela go
  minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots
  
• Wolffia, genus Wolffia go
  minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond
  
• Wolffiella, genus Wolffiella go
  minute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond
  
• genus Orchis go
  type genus of the orchid family
  
• genus Aerides go
  epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia having stiff leaves and fragrant white flowers in arching racemes
  
• genus Angrecum, Angraecum, genus Angraecum go
  genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque
  
• Anoectochilus, genus Anoectochilus go
  genus of delicate Asiatic orchids
  
• Aplectrum, genus Aplectrum go
  a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
  
• genus Arethusa go
  genus of bog orchids of North America and Japan
  
• genus Bletia go
  genus of tropical American terrestrial orchids with large purple or pink flowers
  
• Bletilla, genus Bletilla go
  small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia
  
• genus Brassavola go
  genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic rhizomatous orchids
  
• Brassia, genus Brassia go
  genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids
  
• genus Caladenia go
  terrestrial orchids of Australia to New Caledonia
  
• genus Calanthe go
  large and widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids
  
• Calopogon, genus Calopogon go
  terrestrial orchids of North America
  
• genus Calypso go
  one species found throughout much of northern North America and Eurasia
  
• Catasetum, genus Catasetum go
  genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences
  
• genus Cattleya go
  large and highly valued genus of beautiful tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids
  
• Cephalanthera, genus Cephalanthera go
  small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids
  
• Cleistes, genus Cleistes go
  terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots
  
• Coeloglossum, genus Coeloglossum go
  terrestrial orchids of cooler parts of North America and Europe: satyr orchid
  
• genus Coelogyne go
  large diverse genus of tropical Asiatic epiphytic orchids
  
• Corallorhiza, genus Corallorhiza go
  genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips
  
• Coryanthes, genus Coryanthes go
  small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids
  
• Cycnoches, genus Cycnoches go
  genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids
  
• genus Cymbidium go
  genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial Old World orchids
  
• Cypripedium, genus Cypripedium go
  genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers
  
• Dactylorhiza, genus Dactylorhiza go
  genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa
  
• genus Dendrobium go
  large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia
  
• genus Disa go
  genus of showy tropical African terrestrial orchids
  
• Dracula, genus Dracula go
  comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips
  
• Dryadella, genus Dryadella go
  comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers
  
• Eburophyton, genus Eburophyton go
  a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
  
• Encyclia, genus Encyclia go
  large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies
  
• Epidendrum, genus Epidendrum go
  large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas
  
• Epipactis, genus Epipactis go
  genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers
  
• Glossodia, genus Glossodia go
  small genus of Australian orchids
  
• Goodyera, genus Goodyera go
  genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers
  
• Grammatophyllum, genus Grammatophyllum go
  small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of southeastern Asia to Polynesia
  
• Gymnadenia, genus Gymnadenia go
  small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia
  
• Gymnadeniopsis, genus Gymnadeniopsis go
  genus of North American terrestrial orchids usually included in genus Habenaria
  
• Habenaria, genus Habenaria go
  chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes
  
• Hexalectris, genus Hexalectris go
  a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
  
• Himantoglossum, genus Himantoglossum go
  small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region
  
• genus Laelia go
  large genus of mostly epiphytic or lithophytic Central and South American orchids of various sizes
  
• genus Liparis go
  genus of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids
  
• Listera, genus Listera go
  genus of terrestrial orchids having usually a single pair of broad shining leaves near the middle of the stem
  
• Malaxis, genus Malaxis go
  large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers
  
• genus Masdevallia go
  large genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids whose flowers have sepals fused at the base forming a tube
  
• genus Maxillaria go
  large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes
  
• Miltonia, genus Miltonia go
  genus of tropical American orchids
  
• genus Odontoglossum go
  large and important genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids
  
• genus Oncidium go
  large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America
  
• Ophrys, genus Ophrys go
  a hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia
  
• Paphiopedilum, genus Paphiopedilum go
  horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids
  
• genus Phaius go
  genus of Asiatic and Australian terrestrial orchids
  
• Phalaenopsis, genus Phalaenopsis go
  genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia
  
• Pholidota, genus Pholidota go
  genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific
  
• Phragmipedium, genus Phragmipedium go
  genus of tropical American orchid species often included in genus Cypripedium or Paphiopedilum and Selenipedium: lady slippers
  
• Platanthera, genus Platanthera go
  herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres
  
• Plectorrhiza, genus Plectorrhiza go
  small genus of Australian orchids
  
• Pleione, genus Pleione go
  small genus of dwarf orchids
  
• genus Pleurothallis go
  large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical America
  
• genus Pogonia go
  small but widely distributed genus of orchids closely related to genus Cleistes
  
• Psychopsis, genus Psychopsis go
  epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium
  
• Pterostylis, genus Pterostylis go
  genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific
  
• Rhyncostylis, genus Rhyncostylis go
  genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia
  
• Sarcochilus, genus Sarcochilus go
  diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers
  
• Scaphosepalum, genus Scaphosepalum go
  comprises some tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants with small flowers carried on one scape
  
• Schomburgkia, genus Schomburgkia go
  genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with showy racemose flowers
  
• Selenipedium, genus Selenipedium go
  genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids
  
• genus Sobralia go
  genus of tropical American orchids
  
• Spiranthes, genus Spiranthes go
  large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids
  
• genus Stanhopea go
  genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids
  
• genus Stelis go
  genus of small caespitose orchids of tropical America
  
• Trichoceros, genus Trichoceros go
  small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America
  
• genus Vanda go
  genus of showy epiphytic orchids of Himalayas to Malaysia
  
• genus Vanilla go
  large genus of tropical climbing orchids
  
• Burmannia, genus Burmannia go
  type genus of the Burmanniaceae
  
• Aegilops, genus Aegilops go
  goat grass
  
• Agropyron, genus Agropyron go
  perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass
  
• Alopecurus, genus Alopecurus go
  annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds
  
• Andropogon, genus Andropogon go
  tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes
  
• Arundo, genus Arundo go
  any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds
  
• Bromus, genus Bromus go
  a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae
  
• Bouteloua, genus Bouteloua go
  forage grasses
  
• Buchloe, genus Buchloe go
  buffalo grass
  
• Calamagrostis, genus Calamagrostis go
  reed grass
  
• Cenchrus, genus Cenchrus go
  a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs
  
• Chloris, genus Chloris go
  tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass
  
• Cortaderia, genus Cortaderia go
  tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass
  
• Cynodon, genus Cynodon go
  creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa
  
• Dactylis, genus Dactylis go
  a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species)
  
• Dactyloctenium, genus Dactyloctenium go
  a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae
  
• Digitaria, genus Digitaria go
  crab grass
  
• Echinochloa, genus Echinochloa go
  annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions
  
• Eleusine, genus Eleusine go
  annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands
  
• Elymus, genus Elymus go
  tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye)
  
• Eragrostis, genus Eragrostis go
  annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics
  
• Erianthus, genus Erianthus go
  genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs
  
• Festuca, genus Festuca go
  a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae
  
• Glyceria, genus Glyceria go
  manna grass
  
• Holcus, genus Holcus go
  a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America
  
• Hordeum, genus Hordeum go
  annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley
  
• Leymus, genus Leymus go
  genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus
  
• Lolium, genus Lolium go
  darnel
  
• Muhlenbergia, genus Muhlenbergia go
  a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia
  
• Oryza, genus Oryza go
  rice
  
• Oryzopsis, genus Oryzopsis go
  rice grass
  
• Panicum, genus Panicum go
  panic grass
  
• genus Paspalum go
  a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions
  
• Pennisetum, genus Pennisetum go
  a genus of Old World grasses
  
• Phalaris, genus Phalaris go
  a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers
  
• Phleum, genus Phleum go
  grasses native to temperate regions
  
• Phragmites, genus Phragmites go
  reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions
  
• Poa, genus Poa go
  chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions
  
• Saccharum, genus Saccharum go
  tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane
  
• Schizachyrium, genus Schizachyrium go
  overlaps the genus Andropogon
  
• Secale, genus Secale go
  cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye
  
• Setaria, genus Setaria go
  annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses
  
• genus Sorghum, Sorghum go
  annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum
  
• Spartina, genus Spartina go
  grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands
  
• Sporobolus, genus Sporobolus go
  cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass)
  
• Stenotaphrum, genus Stenotaphrum go
  lawn grasses
  
• Triticum, genus Triticum go
  annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area
  
• Zea, genus Zea go
  corn
  
• Zizania, genus Zizania go
  wild rice
  
• genus Zoysia, Zoisia, genus Zoisia go
  lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand
  
• Bambusa, genus Bambusa go
  tall tender clumping bamboos
  
• Arundinaria, genus Arundinaria go
  North American bamboo
  
• Dendrocalamus, genus Dendrocalamus go
  giant clump-forming bamboos
  
• Phyllostachys, genus Phyllostachys go
  medium and large bamboos
  
• Cyperus, genus Cyperus go
  type genus of Cyperaceae
  
• Carex, genus Carex go
  large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges
  
• Eriophorum, genus Eriophorum go
  cotton grass
  
• Scirpus, genus Scirpus go
  rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs
  
• Eleocharis, genus Eleocharis go
  sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths
  
• genus Pandanus go
  type genus of the Pandanaceae (as screw pines)
  
• Typha, genus Typha go
  reed maces
  
• Sparganium, genus Sparganium go
  type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae
  
• Haemodorum, genus Haemodorum go
  type genus of family Haemodoraceae
  
• Anigozanthus, genus Anigozanthus go
  genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves
  
• genus Canna go
  type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lily-like herbs of New World tropics
  
• genus Maranta go
  herbs of tropical America
  
• Musa, genus Musa go
  type genus of the Musaceae: bananas
  
• Ensete, genus Ensete go
  Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas
  
• Strelitzia, genus Strelitzia go
  small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants
  
• genus Ravenala go
  woody tropical plants with tall trunks
  
• Zingiber, genus Zingiber go
  tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger
  
• Curcuma, genus Curcuma go
  tropical Asiatic perennial herbs
  
• Elettaria, genus Elettaria go
  cardamom
  
• Acrocomia, genus Acrocomia go
  Central and South American feather palms
  
• genus Areca go
  a monocotyledonous genus of palm trees
  
• Attalea, genus Attalea go
  unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America
  
• Borassus, genus Borassus go
  palmyra
  
• genus Calamus go
  distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest
  
• Caryota, genus Caryota go
  fishtail palms
  
• Ceroxylon, genus Ceroxylon go
  wax palms
  
• Cocos, genus Cocos go
  coconut palms
  
• Copernicia, genus Copernicia go
  slow-growing tropical fan palms
  
• genus Corozo go
  a monocotyledonous genus of tropical American palm trees
  
• Corypha, genus Corypha go
  large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia
  
• Elaeis, genus Elaeis go
  oil palms
  
• Euterpe, genus Euterpe go
  a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America
  
• Metroxylon, genus Metroxylon go
  a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die
  
• Nipa, genus Nipa, Nypa, genus Nypa go
  monotypic genus of palms of Australasia
  
• Orbignya, genus Orbignya go
  palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm
  
• phoenicophorium, genus Phoenicophorium go
  latanier palm
  
• phoenix, genus Phoenix go
  a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
  
• Raffia, genus Raffia, Raphia, genus Raphia go
  feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes
  
• Rhapis, genus Rhapis go
  genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan
  
• Roystonea, genus Roystonea go
  a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms
  
• Sabal, genus Sabal go
  American dwarf fan palms
  
• Serenoa, genus Serenoa go
  one species: saw palmetto
  
• Thrinax, genus Thrinax go
  small to medium-sized fan palms
  
• Xyris, genus Xyris go
  chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers
  
• genus Commelina go
  type genus of the Commelinaceae
  
• Tradescantia, genus Tradescantia go
  spiderworts
  
• Ananas, genus Ananas go
  a genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples)
  
• Bromelia go
  the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx
  
• Tillandsia, genus Tillandsia go
  large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses
  
• Mayaca, genus Mayaca go
  small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers
  
• Eriocaulon, genus Eriocaulon go
  type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs
  
• Pontederia, genus Pontederia go
  pickerelweed
  
• Eichhornia, genus Eichhornia go
  water hyacinth
  
• Heteranthera, genus Heteranthera go
  mud plantains
  
• Naias, genus Naias, Najas, genus Najas go
  sole genus of the family Naiadaceae
  
• Alisma, genus Alisma go
  small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants
  
• Sagittaria, genus Sagittaria go
  genus of aquatic herbs of temperate and tropical regions having sagittate or hastate leaves and white scapose flowers
  
• Hydrocharis, genus Hydrocharis go
  frogbit
  
• genus Hydrilla go
  one species
  
• Limnobium, genus Limnobium go
  American frogbit
  
• Elodea, genus Elodea, pondweed, ditchmoss go
  submerged freshwater perennials
  
• Egeria, genus Egeria go
  small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants
  
• Vallisneria, genus Vallisneria go
  eelgrass
  
• Potamogeton, genus Potamogeton go
  a large genus of aquatic herbs found in quiet waters in temperate regions
  
• Groenlandia, genus Groenlandia go
  a monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae
  
• Triglochin, genus Triglochin go
  perennial or annual bog or marsh plants
  
• Zannichellia, genus Zannichellia go
  horned pondweed: completely submerged herbs
  
• Zostera, genus Zostera go
  (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants