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2. Rafflesia - Wikipedia

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   Rafflesia ( / rəˈfliːz ( i) ə, - ˈfliːʒ ( i) ə, ræ -/ ), [2] or stinking corpse lily, [3] is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. [4] The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flower in the world.

3. Poinsettia - Wikipedia

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   The poinsettia ( / pɔɪnˈsɛt ( i) ə /; [1] [2] [3] Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a commercially important flowering plant species of the diverse spurge family Euphorbiaceae. Indigenous to Mexico and Central America, the poinsettia was first described by Europeans in 1834. It is particularly well known for its red and green foliage and is widely ...

4. Plant breeding - Wikipedia

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   Plant breeding is the science of changing the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. [1] It has been used to improve the quality of nutrition in products for humans and animals. [2] The goals of plant breeding are to produce crop varieties that boast unique and superior traits for a variety of applications.

5. Flora of China - Wikipedia

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   The flora of China consists of a diverse range of plant species including over 39,000 vascular plants, 27,000 species of fungi and 3000 species of bryophytes. [1] [2] [3] More than 30,000 plant species are native to China, representing nearly one-eighth of the world's total plant species, including thousands found nowhere else on Earth.

6. Flora of Morocco - Wikipedia

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   Poterium spinosum, various Salvia and Cistus are the dominant plants of the garrigue. A prominent feature of the coastal vegetation is the presence of a large exotic flora: Casuarina, Eucalyptus , Citrus, loquat and Opuntia ficus-indica are examples. Several species of steppe Acacia are common elements. The cultivated area which is extensive is ...

7. Fossil history of flowering plants - Wikipedia

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   The fossil history of flowering plants records the development of flowers and other distinctive structures of the angiosperms, now the dominant group of plants on land.The history is controversial as flowering plants appear in great diversity in the Cretaceous, with scanty and debatable records before that, creating a puzzle for evolutionary biologists that Charles Darwin named an "abominable ...