Checklist of Plants in Bucknell Greenhouse
Biology Department
ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY FAMILY
Prepared by : Wanda J Boop, March 3, 2011
ACANTHACEAE - ACANTHUS FAMILY
Aphelandra squarrosa - ZEBRA PLANT -- Brazil
Beloperone - Guttata - SHRIMP PLANT -- Mexico
Fittonia verschaffelti - MOSAIC PLANT -- Peru
Jacobina carnea - PLUME FLOWER -- Brazil
Pachystachys lutea - LOLLYPOPS -- Peru
Ruellia makoyana - MONKEY PLANT -- Brazil
AIZOACEAE - CARPETWEED FAMILY
Lithops sp. - LIVING STONES -- South Africa
AMARYLLIDACEAE - AMARYLLIS FAMILY
Agave americana - CENTURY PLANT -- Mexico
Agave americana 'Marginata' - VARIEGATED CENTURY PLANT -- West Indies
Clivia miniata - KAFIR LILY - South Africa
Eucharis grandiflora - AMAZON LILY -- Andes of Columbia and Peru
Yucca filamentosa - ADAM'S NEEDLE -- Florida
Zephyrantes candida - FAIRY LILY -- Argentina
ANACARDIACEAE - CASHEW FAMILY
Pachycormus discolor - FRAGRANT BURSERA -- Baja California
APOCYNACEAE - DOGBANE FAMILY
Nerium oleander - Mediterranean region
Plumeria rubra acutifolia - WEST INDIAN JASMINE -- Mexico
ARACEAE - ARUM FAMILY
Aglaonema commutatum - SILVER EVERGREEN -- Philippines, Sri Lanka
Aglaonema modestum - CHINESE EVERGREEN -- Kwang Tung
Anthurium andraeanum - FLAMINGO LILY -- Columbia (Pink)
Colocasia esculenta var. fontaanesii - VIOLET STEM TARO -- Old World Tropics
Dieffenbachia maculata - DUMB CANE -- Brazil
Monstera deliciosa - MEXICAN BREAD FRUIT -- Mexico
and Central America
Philodendron erubescens - RED LEAF PHILODENDRON -- Colombia
Philodendron domesticum - SPADE-LEAF PHILODENDRON -- Brazil
Rhaphidohora aurea - SCINDAPSUS -- Indonesia
Spathiphyllum blandum - SPATHE FLOWER -- Honduras
Syngonium podophyllum - ARROWHEAD VINE -- Mexico --> Panama
ARALIACEAE - ARALIA OR GINSING FAMILY
Fatshedera lizei - IVY TREE -- France
Hedera helix 'Ivalace' - PIN IVY -- Europe, Asia
Schefflera venulosa -- China, India
ARAUCARIACEAE
(Named for Araucani - Chilian Indians)
Araucaria heterophylla - NORFOLK ISLAND PINE -- Norfolk Islands
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ARISTOLOCHIACEAE - BIRTHWORT FAMILY
Aristolochia elegans - DUTCHMANS PIPE -- Brazil
ASCLEPIADACEAE - MILKWEED FAMILY
Asclepias currassavica - BLOOD FLOWER -- South America
Ceropegia woodii - STRING OF HEARTS -- Southern Rhodesia --> South Africa
Hoya carnosa - WAX VINE -- Southern China to Australia
Huernia schneideriana - DRAGON FLOWER -- Nyasaland --> Mozanbique
Stapelia gigantea - GIANT TOAD PLANT -- Tropical and South Africa
BEGONIACEAE - BEGONIA
Begonia - BLACK FALCON
Begonia alto-picta - GUINEA-WING BEGONIA
Begonia x 'bow - arriola -
Begonia coccinea - ANGEL WING --
Begonia dichotome - KIDNEY BEGONIA
Begonia x erythrophylla - BEEFSTEAK BEGONIA
Begonia foliosa - FERNLEAF BEGONIA -- Columbia
Begonia maphil 'Cleopatra' - MAPLELEAF BEGONIA -- Jamaica
Begonia masoniana - IRON CROSS
Begonia minor - BEGONIA - Jamaica
Begonia x rex - SALAMANDER
Begonia x ricinifolia - CASTOR-BEAN BEGONIA
Begoinia semperflorens luminosa
Begonia ulmifolia - ELM-LEAF BEGONIA - Columbia
BROMELIACEAE - PINEAPPLE FAMILY
Aechmea calyculata -- Brazil
Aechmea fasciata - SILVER VASE -- Southern Brazil
Aechmea fulgens discolor - CORALBERRY
Aechmea racinae - CHRISTMAS-JEWELS -- Brazil
Ananas comosus 'Variegatus' - VARIEGATED PINEAPPLE -- South America
Billbergia distachia 'Albertii' -- South America
Billbergia nidularium - CITRINUM -- S. Brazil
Billbergia nutans - QUEEN'S-TEARS -- South America
Billbergia pyramidalis concolor - SUMMER TORCH -- Brazil
Billbergia saundersii - RAINBOW PLANT
Billbergia x windii -- South America
Billbergia zebrina -- Brazil
Cryptanthus aculis - EARTH STAR -- Rio
Neoregelia carolinae - BLUSHING BROMELIAD -- Brazil
Neoregelia carolinae 'Tricolor' -- Brazil
Neoregelia Spectabilis - FINGERNAIL PLANT -- Brazil
Tillandsia lindenii - BLUE FLOWERED TORCH -- Northwest Peru
Tillandsia punctulata - MEXICAN BLACK-TORCH -- Mexico, Costa Rica, Surinam
Tillandsia usneoides - SPANISH MOSS -- Florida --> Argentina
Vriesia carinata - LOBSTER-CLAWs -- Brazil
Vriesia splendens - FLAMING-SWORD -- French Guiana
BURSERACEAE
Bursera fagaroides - FRAGRANT BURSERA -- Arizona
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CACTACEAE - SPINY PLANTS
Astrophytum myriostigma quadricostatum - STAR CACTUS - Mexico
Astrophytum ornatum - BISHOP'S CAP - Central Mexico
Carnegiea gigantea - SAGUARO -- Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
Cephalocereus senilis - OLD MAN CACTUS -- Mexico
Cereus hildmannianus -- Brazil
Cereus jamacaru monstrosus -- Brazil
Cereus peruvianus - CURIOSTIY PLANT --PERUVIAN APPLE
Cereus tetragonus - FOUR ANGLE CACTUS
Cleistocactus smaragdiflorus -- South America
Echinocerus sp. - HEDGEHOG CACTUS
Echinocerus grusonii - GOLDEN BARREL -- Central Mexico
Epiphyllum x hyb.- ORCHID CACTUS
Epiphyllum oxypetalum - DUTCHMAN'S-PIPE
Mammillaria elongata - GOLDEN STARS -- Mexico
Mammillaria kunzeana -- Central Mexico
Mammillaria seideliana - WHITE CAPE -- Mexico
Opuntia sp.
Opuntia leptocaulis 'tesajo' -- Arizona, Texas, Mexico
Opuntia microdasys - BUNNY-EARS -- New Mexico
Opuntia turpinii - PAPERSPINE CACTUS -- Agrentina
Opuntia violaceae - BLUE BLADE - South America
Opuntia vulgaris variegata - JOSEPH'S COAT -- South America
Pereskia aculeata - LEMON VINE -- Tropical America
Rhipsalis cereuscula
Rhipsalis mesembryanthoides - WICKERWARE CACTUS -- Brazil
Rhipsalis gaertneri - EASTER CACTUS -- Brazil
Schlumbergera gaertneri - CHRISTMAS CACTUS
Schlumbergera truncata - CRAB CACTUS
Selenicereus grandiflorus - NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS -- Texas --> Argentina
Selenicereus pteranthus - KING OF THE NIGHT -- Mexico
Zygocactus truncatus - WHITE CRAB
CANNACEAE - CANNA FAMILY
Canna x generalis - GARDEN CANNA -- Tropics
CARICACEAE - PAPAYA FAMILY
Carica papaya - PAPAYA -- West Indies, Central America
COMMELINACEAE - SPIDER WORT FAMILY
Callisia elegans - STRIPED INCH PLANT -- Southern Mexico
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora - BLUE FLOWERED BAMBOO -- Brazil
Gibasis geniculata - BRIDAL VEIL -- Jamaica
Rhoeo spathacea discolor - MOSES IN THE CRADLE -- Mexico
Siderasis fuscata - TRADESCANTIA ADESCANTIA -- Brazil
Tradescantia sillamontana - WHITE VELVET -- Northeast Mexico
Zebrina pendula - INCH PLANT -- Mexico
COMPOSITAE - SUNFLOWER FAMILY
Senecio fulgens - SCARLET KNIGHTS -- South Africa
Senecio rowleyanus - STRING OF BEADS -- South Africa
Senecio serpens - BLUECHALKSTICK -- South Africa
Senecio stapeliaeformis - SPIDER PLANT -- South Africa
CRASSULACEAE - ORPINE FAMILY
Aeonium decorum -- Canary Islands
Aeonium haworthii - PIN-WHEEL
Crassula argentea - JADE TREE -- Southwest Africa
Crassula lycopodioides - AFRICAN GRASS -- Southwest Africa
Echeveria pulvinata - PLUSH PLANT -- Southern Mexico
Graptopetalum paraguayense - GHOST PLANT -- Mexico
Kalanchoe beharenia - VELVET LEAF -- Madagascar
Kalanchoe daigremontiana - DEVIL'S BACKBONE - Madagascar
Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri - LIFE PLANT -- Madagascar
Kalanchoe tomentosa - PANDA PLANT -- Madagascar
Sedum adolphii - GOLDEN SEDUM -- Mexico
Sedum morganianum - BURRO'S TAIL -- Mexico
Sedum pachyphyllum - JELLY BEANS -- Southern Mexico
Sempervivum arachnoideum - COBWEBB, HENS-AND-CHICKS
CYCADACEAE - CYCAD FAMILY
Encephalartos altensteinii - CYCAD, BREAD TREE -- Zambia
Cycas revoluta - SAGO PALM -- South Japan
Zamia floridana - COONTIE, SEMINOLE BREAD -- South Florida
CYPERACEAE - SEDGE FAMILY
Cyperus alternifolius - UMBRELLA SEDGE -- Madagascar
DROSERACEAE - SUNDEW FAMILY
Dionaea muscipula - VENUS FLY TRAP -- Carolinas, America
Pinguicula vulgaris - BUTTERWORT -- North America, Asia, and Europe
ERICACEAE
Chamaedaphne calyculata - LEATHER LEAF -- United States
Vaccinium oxyoccus - SMALL CRANBERRY -- United States
EUPHORBIACEAE - SPURGE FAMILY
Codiaeum variegatum pictum - CROTON -- Malaya
Euphorbia grandicornis - COW'S HORN -- South Africa
Euphorbia lactea - Dragon-Bones -- East Indies
Euphorbia milii splendens - CROWN-OF-THORNS
Euphorbia tirucalli - MILK BUSH -- Uganda, Congo, Zanzibar
Euphorbia trigona - CANDELABRA PLANT -- West Africa
Euphorbia trigona 'hermentiana' -- West Africa
Pedilanthus tithymaloides cuculliatus - DEVIL'S BACKBONE -- Central America
Synadenium grantii 'Rubra' - RED MILK BUSH -- Tanganyika
GESNERIACEAE - GESNERIA FAMILY
Achimenes x hybrida
Aeschynanthus javanicus - LIPSTICK PLANT -- Java
Episcia dianthiflora - CARPET PLANT -- Mexico
Kohleria eriantha - RED TRUMPET -- Colombia
Nemanthus x longipes
Nemanthus wettsteinii - GOLDFISH PLANT -- Brazil
Saintpaula ionantha - AFRICAN VIOLET - Coastal Tanzania
GRAMINEAE
Miscianthus sin. gracilliums - MAIDEN GRASS -- China, Japan
Ovina glauca - BLUE FESCUS -- Europe, Asia
Pennisetom alopecurioides - FOUNTAIN GRASS -- Africa
HALORAGIDACEAE
Myriophyllum brasiliense - PARROTS FEATHER -- South America
IRIDACEAE - IRIS FAMILY
Neomarica gracilis - APOSTLE PLANT -- South Mexico --> Brazil
LABIATAE - MINT FAMILY
Plectranthus coleoides 'Marginatus' -- South-West India
Plectranthus nummularius - SWEDISH IVY -- Australia
Plectranthus spicatus -- Southern India
LAURACEAE - LAURAL FAMILY
Persea americana - AVOCADO - West Indies, Mexico
LEGUMINOSAE - PEA OR PULSE FAMILY
Ceratonia siliqua - CAROB, LOCUST BEAN -- East Mediterranian
Mimosa pubica - SENSITIVE PLANT -- Tropical America
LENTIBULARIACEAE - BLADDERWORT FAMILY
Pinguicula vulgaris - BUTTERWORT -- Northern North America
Utricularia sandersonii - BLADDERWORT
LILIACEAE - LILY FAMILY
Aloe arborescens - CANDELABRA ALOE -- South Africa
Aloe bainesii - TREE ALOE -- South Africa
Aloe barbadensis - TRUE ALOE, MEDICINE PLANT -- Mediterranian
Aloe ciliaris - CLIMBING ALOE -- South Africa
Aloe ferox - CAPE ALOE -- South Africa
Aloe marlothii -- South Africa
Aloe pillansii -- Cape Province
Aloe striata - CORAL ALOE -- South Africa
Asparagus setaceus - FERN ASPARAGUS -- South Africa
Asparagus densiflorus - PLUME ASPARAGUS -- South Africa
Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri' - EMERALD FERN
Chlorophytum bichetii - BICHETTI GRASS -- West Africa
Chlorophytum comosum - SPIDER PLANT -- South Africa
Cordyline terminalis - GOOD LUCK PLANT -- Hawaii
Dracaena deremensis 'Warnecki' - TWO WHITE STRIPES
Dracaena marginata -- Madagascar
Dracaena godseffiana - GOLD-DUST -- Zaire, New Guinea
Gasteria verrucosa - WARTY ALOE -- South Africa
Haworthia fasciata - ZEBRA HAWORTHIA -- South Africa
Haworthia margaritifera - PEARL PLANT -- Subtropics
Haworthia papillosa - PEARLY DOTS -- South Africa
Haworthia subfasciata -- ZEBRA HAWORTH -- Cape Province
Haworthia viscosa -- Cape Province
Ledebouria socialis 'Violacea' - VIOLET SQUILL -- South Africa
Liriope muscari - BIG BLUE -- Japan, China
Liriope muscari-variegata -- Japan, China
Ornithogalum caudatum - SEA ONION -- South Africa
Ruscus hypoglossum - MOUSE THORN -- Southern Europe
Sanseviera splendens -- Africa
Sanseviera trifasciata - SNAKE PLANT
Sanseviera trifasciata 'Hahnii' - DWARF BIRD'S NEST
Sanseviera trifasciata 'Laurentii' - VARIEGATED SNAKE PLANT -- Zaire
Scilia violaceae - SILVER QUILL -- South Africa
Veltheimia viridifolia - FOREST LILY -- South Africa
Yucca aloifolia - SPANISH BAYONET -- South America, Mexico
MALVACEAE - MALLOW FAMILY
Abutilon x hybridum 'Souvenir de Bonn' - VARIEGATED FLOWERING MAPLE -- Tropics of
South America
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis - CHINESE HIBISCUS - India --> China
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Cooperi' - VARIEGATED HIBISCUS -- East Indies
MARANTACEAE - ARROWROOT FAMILY
Calathea insignis - CALATHEA, RATTLESNAKE PLANT -- Brazil
Ctenanthe humilis -- Peru
Maranta leuconeura erythroneura - RED-VEINED PRAYER PLANT -- Brazil
Maranta leuconeura kerchoviana - RABBIT'S FOOT, RABBIT'S TRACKS -- Brazil
MARSILEACEAE - PEPPER WORT FAMILY
Marsilea quadrifolia - WATER CLOVER - Europe and Asia
MELIACEAE - MAHOGANY FAMILY
Swietenia sp. - MAHOGONY
MORACEAE - MULBERRY FAMILY
Ficus benjamina - WEEPING FIG
Ficus elastica -INDIA RUBBER PLANT
Ficus elastica 'Decora Schrijvereana' - RUBBER TREE -- Indonesia
Ficus elastica 'Variegata' - VARIEGATED RUBBER PLANT -- Indonesia
Ficus pumila - CREEPING FIG
MUSACEAE - BANANA FAMILY
Musa acuminata - EDIBLE BANANA
Musa acuminata 'Ice Cream'
Musa acuminata 'Rajipuri'
Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavandish' - DWARF BANANA
Musa acuminata 'Grand Nain'
Musa acuminata 'Williams'
Strelitzia reginae - BIRD-OF-PARADISE - South Africa
MUSCI - MOSSES
Sphagnum sp.
MYRSINACEAE - NUTMEG FAMILY
Ardisia crenata - CORAL BERRY - China, Malaya
MYRTACEAE - MYRTLE FAMILY
Eugenia uniflora - SURINUM CHERRY -- Tropical America
Psidium littorale longipes - STRAWBERRY GUAVA -- Brazil
NEPENTHACEAE - OLD WORLD PITCHER PLANT FAMILY
Nepenthes x Margaretii - PITCHER PLANT -- Philippines, Northern Australia
Nepenthes x Paradisae - PITCHER PLANT -- Philippines, Northern Australia
NYCTAGINACEAE - FOUR-O'CLOCK FAMILY
Bougainvillea spectabilis - BOUGAINVILLEA -- Brazil
OLEACEAE - OLIVE FAMILY
Jasminum gracile magnificum -- Australia
Jasminum polyanthum - PINK JASMINE -- China
Jasminum volubile - ANGLEWING JASMINE -- Australia
Olea europaea - COMMON OLIVE -- East Mediterranean
ORCHIDACEAE - ORCHID FAMILY
Ansellia africana - LEOPARD ORCHID -- South Africa
Brassavola sp.
Calanthe celia x Calanthe pavlova - THE SWAN
Calanthe vestita - BEAUTIFUL FLOWER -- Burma, Malaya
Cattleya sp.
Coelogyne sp. -- East and South Asia
Coelogyne flaccida -- Nepal
Coelogyne heuttnerana
Coelogyne lactea
Cymbidium sp.
Dendrobium - YUKIAARUMA KING
Dendrobium fimbriatum oculatum
Dendrobium nobile
Epidendrum conopseum - GREEN FLY ORCHID
Epidendrum ibaguense -- Tropics
Oceocladis maculata
Oncidium sp. -- South America
Paphiopedilum insigne -- Himalayas
Pholidota imbricata - RATTLESNAKE ORCHID -- India
Spiranthes cernua odorata - FRAGRANT LADIES'-TRESSES
Vanda sp. - VANDA
Vanilla planifolia - VANILLA -- Tropical America
PALMAE - PALM FAMILY
Chamaedorea seifrizii - PALM -- Yucatan
Latania lontaroides - RED LATAN PALM -- Reunion Island
Trachycarpus fortunei - WINDMILL PALM -- Eastern China
PANDANACEAE - SCREW PINE FAMILY
Pandanus veitchii - VEITCH SCREW PINE -- Polynesia
PASSIFLORACEAE - PASSIONFLOWER FAMILY
Passiflora caerulea - BLUE PASSIONFLOWER -- Brazil, Argentina
PHYTOLACCACEAE - POKEWEED FAMILY
Rivina humilus - ROUGE PLANT OR BLOOD BERRY -- Southern United States, Tropical
America
PIPERACEAE - PEPPER FAMILY
Peperomia caperata - EMERALD RIPPLE
Peperomia cubensis - ROUNDIFOLIA -- West Indies
Peperomia obtusifolia - PEPPER FACE -- Venezuela
Peperomia obtusifolia 'Variegata'
Peperomia scandens - PHILODENDRON PEPEROMIA - Peru
Peperomia viridis - GREEN PEPEROMIA -- Mexico
PLUMBAGINACEAE - LEADWORT FAMILY
Plumbago auriculata - CAPE LEADWORT -- South Africa
PODOCARPACEAE - PODOCARPUS FAMILY
Podocarpus macrophyllus maki - SOUTHERN YEW -- China
POLYPODIACEAE - POLYPODY FAMILY
Adiantum tenerum - FAN MAIDENHAIR
Asplenium nidus - BIRD'S-NEST FERN - India
Cyrtomium falcatum - HOLLY FERN
Nephrolepis biserratata ' Furcans' - FISHTAIL FERN -- Tropics
Nephrolepis exaltata 'Bostoniensis' - BOSTON FERN
Nephrolepis exaltata - 'FLUFFY RUFFLES'
Pellaea rotundifolia - BUTTON FERN-- - New Zealand
Pellaea viridis - GREEN CLIFF BRAKE -- Africa
Platycerium willinckii - STAGHORN FERN -- Java
Platycerium biforcatum - ELKSHORN -- New Guinea
Polypodium aureum - HARE'S-FOOT FERN, RABBIT'S-FOOT FERN, GOLDEN POLYPODIUM
Rumohra adiantiformis - LEATHER FERN - South America, South Africa
PONTEDERIACEAE - PICKEREL WEED FAMILY
Eichhornia crassipes - WATER HYACINTH -- Tropical America
PORTULACEAE - PURSLANE FAMILY
Portulacaria afra - ELEPHANT BUSH -- South Africa
PSILOTACEAE - WHISK FERN FAMILY
Psilotum nudum - WHISK FERN -- South Carolina, Florida
PUNICAEAE - POMEGRANATE FAMILY
Punica granatum nana - DWARF POMEGRANATE -- SW Asia
RHIZOPHORACEAE
Rhizophora - RED MANGROVE -- Florida, West Indies, South America
ROSACEAE - ROSE FAMILY
Eriobotrya japonica - CHINESE LOQUAT -- China, Japan
RUBIACEAE - MADDER FAMILY
Coffea arabica - ARABIAN COFFEE -- Ethiopia
Ixora chinensis -- South China
Pentas lanceolata - STAR-CLUSTER -- Tropical America
RUTACEAE - RUE FAMILY
Citris limon - LEMON -- Southeast Asia
Citrus mitis - CALAMONDIN ORANGE -- Phillipines
SALVINIACEAE
Azolla carolinana - FLOATING MOSS -- United States --> Argentina
SAPOTACEAE - SAPODILLA FAMILY
Manilkra zapota - SAPODILLA -- Central America
SARRACENIACEAE - NORTH AMERICAN PITCHER PLANT FAMILY
Sarracenia leucophylla - COBRA PITCHER PLANT -- South East Asia
Sarracenia purpurea - PURPLE PITCHER PLANT
SAURURACEAE
Houtuynia cordata - CHAMELEON PLANT -- Himalaya to Japan
SAXIFRAGACEAE - ROCK BREAKER FAMILY
Saxifraga stolonifera - STRAWBERRY GERANIUM -- Eastern Asia
Tolmiea menziesii - PIGGYBACK PLANT -- North America
SOLANACEAE - NIGHTSHADE FAMILY
Cestrum nocturnum - NIGHT BLOOMING JASMINE -- West Indies
Datura inoxia quinquecuspida - ANGEL'S TRUMPET -- Southwest America, New Mexico
Solanum seaforthianum - GLORIA
STERLULIACEAE
Theobroma cacao - CHOCOLATE TREE -- Central America
THEACEAE - TEA FAMILY
Camellia japonica - WHITE
Camellia japonica - RED
Camellia japonica - RED VARIEGATED
Camellia sasanqua - SASANQUA -- China, Japan
URTICACEAE - NETTLE FAMILY
Soleirola soleirolii - BABY'S TEARS, MIND-YOUR-OWN-BUSINESS -- Corsida, Sardinia
Pellionia daveauana - TRAILING WATERMELON BEGONIA -- Vietnam, Malaya
Pilea depressa - MINIATURE PEPPEROMIA -- West Indies
Pilea involucrata - FRIENDSHIP PLANT -- West Indies, Panama --> Peru
Pilea mollis - MOON VALLEY -- Costa Rica, Columbia
VERBENACEAE - VERVIAN FAMILY
Clerodendrum thomsoniae - TROPICAL BLEEDING HEART -- Tropical West Africa
ZINGIBERACEAE - GINGER FAMILY
Alpinia sanderae - VARIEGATED GINGER -- New Guinea
Amonum compactum - ROUND CARDAMOM - Java
Costus productus - SPIRAL FLAG -- Peru
