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ABBREVIATIONS
cv. – is short for cultivar
f. – is short for forma
prev. – is short for previous
sp. – is short for species
spp. – is short for many species of the one genera
ssp. – is short for subspecies
subsp. – is short for subspecies
syn. – is short for synonum
var. – is short for variety

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Macadamia integrifolia - 1(31); 3(16); 5(68); 11(78)
Macadamia spotting bug – 4 (64)
Macaranga tanarius - 1(74)
Macathur Palm – see Ptychosperma macarthurii
Macaw Palm – see Aiphanes minima
MacDonnells’ Desert Fuchsia – see Eremophila macdonnellii
Mackinlaya macrosciadea – 4(53)
Macropodus opercularis – 11(63)
Macrozamia - 1(61)
Macrozamia lucida – 18(18)
Macrozamia miquelii – 18 (18)
Macrozamia moorei – 6(40); 17(11, 12); 18(36)
Madagascan Arum Lily – see Typhonodorum lindleyanum
Madagascar Beans - see Phaseolus lunatus
Madagascar Cherry Tree – see Dombeya cacuminium
Madagascar Dragon Tree – see Dracaena marginata
Madagascar Jasmine – see Stephanotis floribunda
Madagascar Palm – see Dypsis pinnatifrons; Pachypodium geayi; Pachypodium lamerei
Madagascar Sago – see Cycas thouarsii
Madeira Vine – see Anredera cordifolia
Madoni Grandiflorum – see Nerium oleander
Madonna Lily – see Spathiphyllum
Madonna Lily, Golden – see Spathiphyllum ‘Golden Glow’
Madre de Cacao – see Gliricidia sepium
Magnesium – 15(49); 16(53)
Magnolia – 6(51); 8(15); 20(10)
Magnolia ‘Little Gem’ – 4(26, 58); 6(24); 20(12)
Magnolia champaca – 14(94); 22(9)
Magnolia figo – 12(69); 16(72)
Magnolia grandflora – 3(64); 20(73)
Magnolia grandiflora ‘Teddy Bear’– 21(30, 31)
Magnolia stellata – 10(31)
Magnolia x alba – 11(54)
Magnolia x lilliflora ‘Nigra’ – 16(13)
Magnolia x loebneri ‘Ballerina’ – 16(12)
Magnolia x soulangiana ‘Alexandrina’ – 16(12)
Magnolia, Himalayan – see Magnolia champaca; Michelia champaca
Magnolia, Pink – see Magnolia x soulangiana ‘Alexandrina’
Magnolia, White Star – see Magnolia x loebneri ‘Ballerina’
Mahoe – see Hibiscus tiliaceus; Thespesia populnea; Talipariti tiliaceum
Mahogany - see Swietenia
Maidenhair Creeper – see Muehlenbeckia complexa
Maidenhair Fern - see Adiantum
Maidenhair Tree - see Ginkgo biloba
Maidenhair, Climbing – see Lygodium microphyllum
Maindenhair, Forest – see Adiantum silvaticum
Maindenhair, Giant – see Adiantum formosum
Maindenhair, Rough – see Adiantum hispidulum
Maize – 26(60)
Majestic Palm - see Ravenea rivularis
Malabar Nut – see Justicia adhatoda
Malabar Spinich – see Basella alba; Basella rubra
Malay Apple – see Syzygium malaccense
Malay Bamboo – see Bambusa heterostachya ‘Variegated’
Malay Dwarf Bamboo – see Bambusa heterostachya ‘Variegated’
Malay Pygmy Bamboo – see Pogonatherum paniceum
Malaysian Grapes – see Medinilla multiflora
Malaysian Orchid – see Medinilla myriantha
Mallee, Bookleaf – see Eucalyptus kruseana
Mallotus claoxyloides – 4(74); 14(38)
Mallotus harlequin bug – 4(74)
Mallotus philippensis – 5(51); 11(54, 56, 74, 78)
Malpighia coccigera – 12(70)
Malpighia glabra – 7(76-77); 13(84); 19(58)
Malpighia glabra ‘California Honey’ – 7(77)
Malpighia glabra ‘Florida Sweet’ – 7(77)
Maltese Cross - see Sprekelia
Malu Khia (vegetable) – 14(71); 16(69); also see Egyptian Spinach, Corchorus olitorius
Malvaviscus arboreus – 11(83); 16(72); 17(72)
Malvaviscus penduliflorus – 12(64); 16(16)
Mammillaria discolor – 8(94)
Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis – 8(19)
Mammillaria gracilis – 8(19)
Mammillaria magnifica – 8(18-19)
Manchurian Pear – see Pyrus ussuriensis
Mandevilla ‘Aloha Regal Ruby’ - 25(44)
Mandevilla ‘White Fantasy’ – 12(15)
Mandevilla boliviensis – 15(34)
Mandevilla boliviensis ‘Swan Lake’– 4(18)
Mandevilla sanderi – 6(54); 6(89); 14(73); 17(21, 73); 21(31)
Mandevilla sanderi ‘My Fair Lady’ – 6(54)
Mandevilla sanderi ‘Pink Fantasy’ – 13(35); 19(38)
Mandevilla sanderi ‘Red Riding Hood’ – 6(54)
Mandevilla sanderi ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’ – 6(54)
Mandevilla splendens - 1(74)
Mandevillea – should be Mandevilla - 3(16); 3(61); 6(86-89)
Manettia bicolor – 17(20, 21)
Manfreda giant-skipper moth – see Stallingsia maculosus
Manfreda maculosa – 6(37) – also see Agave maculosa
Manganese – 15(49)
Mangifera – 4(91); 5(68)
Mangifera indica - 1(71); 3(64); 3(78, 79);
Mangifera indica ‘Celebration’ – 3(78)
Mangifera indica ‘Kensington Pride’ – 3(78)
Mangifera indica ‘Nam Dok Mai’ – 3(78)
Mangifera indica ‘R2E2’ – 3(78)
Mango - see Mangifera indica
Mangrove Fern – see Acrostichum speciosum
Mangrove Hibiscus – see Hibiscus tiliaceus
Mangrove Orchid – see Durabaculum undulatum
Manihot esculenta – 6(34); 7(20, 75); 8(29); 14(53, 54); 18(71); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71); 24(48-51)
Manila Grass – see Zoysia matrella
Manilagrass - see Zoysia matrella
Manilkara zapota – 12(86)
Manilla Palm – see Adonidia merrilii
Maniltoa browneoides – 21(33)
Maniltoa lenticellata – 11(54); 14(73); 21(33)
Mansoa alliacea – 20(11)
Mantid – 26(54)
Manure, animal – 15(49)
Many-flowered Mat Rush – see Lomandra multiflora
Maple-leafed Bayur Tree – see Pterospermum acerifolium
Maracas Brazilian Fireworks – see Porphyrocoma pohliana
Maranta - 1(35); 16(70); 17(69); 25(20)
Maranta arundinacea – 14(53); 16(69); 18(71); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
Maranta leuconeura - 2(18); 15(78); 22(12)
Maranta makoyana – see Calathea makoyana
Maranta mediopicta – see Calathea mediopicta
Maranthes corymbosa - 2(73)
Marguerite Daisy – see Argyranthemum frutescens
Marigold – see Tagetes erecta
Marigold, African – see Tagetes erecta
Marigold, French – see Tagetes patula
Marigold, Mountain – see Tagetes lemmonii
Marigold, Pot – see Calendula officinalis
Marigold, Tangerine-scented – see Tagetes lemmonii
Marjoram – see Origanum majorana
Marmalade bush – see Streptosolen jamesonii
Maroon Ginger – see Zingiber ottensii
Marrow – 14(71); 15(69); 16(69); also see Cucurbita pepo
Marsilea mutica – 22(53); 26(36)
Marumi Cumquat – 21(58)
Marvel of Peru – see Mirabilis jalapa
Mast Tree, Indian – see Polyalthia
Matasano – see Casimiroa tetrameria
Matchstick Bromeliad – see Aechmea gamosepala
Matchstick Cactus – see Aechmea gamosepala
Mat-rush – see Lomandra
Matt Reed - see Lomandra
Matt Rush – see Lomandra
Matthiola incana - 3(91), 12(14); 15(70); 18(69); 19(71); 22(71); 26(72)
Mattress Button Plant – see Dorstenia bahiensis
Maurandya barclayana – 13(30)
Mauritius Hemp - see Agave gypsophila; Furcraea foetida ‘Mediopicta’
Maxillaria tenuifolia – 12(45)
May Bush – see Spiraea
Mayodendron igneum – see Radermachera ignea
Mealy bugs – 12(28)
Medicago polymorpha – 24(64)
Medicago sativa – 17(51)
Medinilla balls-headleyi – 15(34)
Medinilla cumingii – 8(59)
Medinilla magnifica – 8(59); 11(25); 17(85)
Medinilla multiflora – 17(72, 85); 25(14)
Medinilla myriantha – see Medinilla multiflora
Medinilla scortechinii – 11(25)
Medinilla speciosa – 5(22)
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys - 3(16); 6(47); 10(26); 12(64); 14(73); 19(42); 20(12, 36)
Meiwa Cumquat – 21(58)
Melaleuca - 1(77); 4(46); 5(74-75); 8(32); 10(73); 13(12); 17(46); 23(47); 24(29, 33)
Melaleuca ‘Little Beauty’ – 8(58)
Melaleuca argentea - 2(74); 5(74)
Melaleuca bracteata – 5(75)
Melaleuca bracteata ‘Golden Gem’ – 22(33)
Melaleuca bracteata ‘Revolution Gold’ – 5(75); 22(33)
Melaleuca bracteata ‘Revolution Green’ – 5(75)
Melaleuca calothamnoides – 17(8)
Melaleuca dealbata – 17(36, 40); 22(8)
Melaleuca incarna ‘dwarf’ - 1(73)
Melaleuca irbyana – 22(55)
Melaleuca lateritia – 17(8)
Melaleuca leucadendra - 2(74); 5(74); 13(54); 21(64, 65); 26(46, 48)
Melaleuca leucadendra ‘Gold Form’ – 16(16)
Melaleuca leucadendron – 5(22); 8(78); should be Melaleuca leucadendra
Melaleuca linariifolia – 14(26); 16(72)
Melaleuca linariifolia ‘Claret Tops’ – 5(75); 10(73)
Melaleuca linariifolia ‘Sea Foam’ – 5(74)
Melaleuca minutifolia – 8(78)
Melaleuca nesophila – 5(75)
Melaleuca nodosa – 5(75)
Melaleuca pachyphylla – 17(36, 39); 19(12)
Melaleuca polandii – 17(13)
Melaleuca quinquenervia ‘Golden’ – 22(33)
Melaleuca quinquenervia ‘Mini Qini’ – 5(21, 74)
Melaleuca saligna – 26(46)
Melaleuca styphelioides – 5(75); 17(35)
Melaleuca thymifolia - 1(74); 5(69, 74, 75); 8(58); 13(11)
Melaleuca thymifolia ‘Cotton Candy’ – 21(42)
Melaleuca thymifolia ‘Pink Lace’ – 16(12)
Melaleuca viridiflora – 5(74, 75); 8(78); 12(64); 17(13)
Melaleuca viridiflora ‘Red form’ – 26(46)
Melastoma – 4(46)
Melastoma affine – 22(54)
Melia azedarach - 2(17); 11(78); 14(94); 15(40)
Melia azedarach ‘Dwarf’ – 22(83)
Melia azedarach var. australasica – 11(47); 13(30)
Melianthus major – 8(67)
Melicope denhamii – 20(42, 43); 22(33)
Melicope elleryana – 5(69); 9(55); 14(43); 17(12, 13); 20(72); 26(46), 476)
Melicope rubra – 7(13); 14(38, 43); 22(54); 26(46)
Melinis repens – 12(89)
Melioidosis – 2(94)
Melissa officinalis – 14(53); 17(51)
Melocactus – 8(18)
Melon (vegetables) – 16(69); see Cucumis melo
Melon, Hairy – see Benincasa hispida
Melon, Spiny – see Cucumis metuliferus
Melothria scabra (Mexican sweet gherkin) – 14(55, 70, 71); 16(68, 69); 17(67); 19(66); 20(67); 21(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72)
Membrillo – see Gustavia augusta
Mentha – 14(53); 17(51)
Mentha australis – 21(60)
Mentha diemenica – 13(62); 14(38, 41); 15(34); 21(60, 61)
Mentha grandiflora – 21(61)
Mentha pulegium – 21(14)
Mentha satureioides – 21(61)
Mentha spicata ‘Common’ – 21(60)
Mentha spicata ‘Spearmint’ – 21(60)
Mentha x piperita ‘Black Pepper’ – 21(60)
Mesembryanthemum aurantiacum – see Lampranthus aurantiacus
Mesembryanthemum aureum – see Lampranthus aureus
Mesocyclops – 3(24)
Metallic Palm – see Chamaedorea metallica
Metrosideros – 24(29)
Metrosideros excelsa - 1(74)
Metrosideros queenslandica – see Thaleropia queenslandica
Mexican Coriander – see Eryngium foetidum
Mexican Cucumber – see Melothria scabra
Mexican Daisy – see Erigeron karvinskianus
Mexican Dioon – see Dioon spinulosum
Mexican Flag – see Tradescantia zanonia
Mexican Flame Bush – see Calliandra tweediei
Mexican Flame Vine – see Pseudogynoxis chenopodioides
Mexican Gherkin – see Melothria scabra
Mexican Heather – see Cuphea hyssopifolia
Mexican Heather, Golden – see Cuphea mexicana ‘Lemon Squash’
Mexican Honeysuckle – see Justicia spicigera
Mexican Lily – see Beschorneria yuccoides
Mexican Mist – see Bartlettina sordida; Eupatorium magalophyllum
Mexican Plume – see Justicia fulvicoma
Mexican Sage – see Salvia leucantha
Mexican Sour Cucumber – see Melothria scabra
Mexican Spinach – see Cnidoscolus chayamansa
Mexican Stonecrop – see Sedum mexicanum
Mexican Sunflower – see Tithonia rotundifolia
Mexican Sweet Gherkin – see Melothria scabra
Mexican Tarragon – see Tagetes lucida
Mexican Tree Daisy – see Montanoa bipinnatifida
Miagos Bush – see Osmoxylon lineare
Mibuna (vegetable) – 10(87); also see Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica
Michaelmas Daisies – see Aster novi-belgii, Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Michelia – see Magnolia
Michelia champaca – see Magnolia champaca
Michelia champaca x alba – see Magnolia x alba
Michelia figo – 4(55); see Magnolia figo
Michelias – 4(48)
Miconia calvescens – 6(59)
Microcitrus – 9(62); 12(72)
Micrococleum weddellianum – see Lytocaryum weddellianum
Microcycas - 1(61)
Microlepia speluncae – 8(36)
Microlepia strigosa – 8(36)
Micromelum minutum - 2(73)
Microsorium diversifolium – 8(36)
Microsorum punctatum – 22(53); 25(81)
Midgen Berry - see Austromyrtus dulcis
Midgen Berry – see Austromyrtus dulcis
Midjim Berry – see Austromyrtus dulcis
Midyim - see Austromyrtus dulcis
Migden Berry - see Austromyrtus dulcis
Mignonette – see Reseda odorata
Mildews – 18(64)
Miliusa brahei - 2(73)
Milk Maids – see Burchardia umbellata
Milkweed – see Gomphocarpus physocarpus; Gomphocarpus fruticosus
Milkweed, Scarlet – see Asclepias curassavica
Milky Way – see Sauropis albiflorus
Milkyway Bush – see Wrightia antidysenterica
Milletia megasperma – see Callerya megasperma
Millettia pinnata – 18(8); 24(33)
Miltonia – 23(81)
Mimosa pudica – 24(64)
Mimusops elengi – 6(30)
Mineral fertilisers – 15(49)
Ming Tree – see Polyscias fruticosa
Mini Amazon – see Caliphruria subedentata
Mini Cane Palm – see Dypsis baronii
Mini Mondo Grass – see Ophiopogon
Mini Papyrus – 7(69)
Miniature Bamboo – see Pogonatherum paniceum
Miniature Tree Fern – see Blechnum gibbum
Mint – 5(69); see Mentha
Mint Bush – see Prostanthera
Mint, Common – see Mentha spicata ‘Common’
Mint, Korean – see Agastache rugosa
Mint, Native – see Mentha diemenica, Mentha australis
Mint, Pennyroyal – see Mentha pulegium
Mint, River – see Mentha australis
Mint, Slender – see Mentha diemenica
Minutina – see Plantago coronopus
Mirabilis jalapa – 11(83); 14(73); 16(70); 17(68); 18(68); 19(70); 20(68); 21(68); 22(70); 23(72); 24(70); 25(74); 26(72)
Miracle Fruit – see Synsepalum dulcificum
Mirliton - see Sechium edule
Mirror Plant – see Royenia lucida
Miscanthus – 25(36, 37)
Miscanthus sinensis – 25(39)
Miscanthus sinensis f. variegatus – 25(36, 37)
Miscanthus transmorrisonensis – 4(21); renamed Miscanthus sinensis
Mischarytera lautereriana – 20(42)
Misharytera lautereriana – 13(70)
Mist Flower, Blue – see Bartlettina sordida; Eupatorium magalophyllum
Mistletoe Cactus - see Rhipsalis
Misty Plume Bush – see Tetradenia riparia
Mites – 7(7); 14(49); 18(64)
Mitragyna speciosa – 15(78)
Mitzuna – 14(71); 15(69); 16(68, 69); also refer to Mizuna
Mizuna – 10(87); also see Brassica rapa var. nipposinica; Brassica juncea var. japonica
Mock Gardenia – see Tabernaemontana divaricata
Mock Orange – see Murraya paniculata
Mock Orange, Dwarf – see Murraya paniculata ‘Min-A-Min’
Mock Orange, Sweet – see Philadelphus coronarius
Molasses – 16(50)
Molinera capitata – 17(69); should be Molineria capitulata
Molineria capitulata – 17(69)
Molineria sp. ‘Silver Leaf’ – 9(36)
Molybdenum – 15(49)
Momordica charantia – 17(67); 18(66); 20(66); 21(56, 66); 22(66); 23(52-53); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Monarch Butterfly – see Danaus plexippus
Mondo Grass - see Ophiopogon
Mondo Grass, White – see Ophiopogon intermedius ‘Variegatus’
Monkey Comb Vine – see Pithecoctenium crucigerum
Monkey Cup – see Nepenthes
Monkey Plant – see Ruellia makoyana; Ruellia devosiana
Monkeynet Tree – see Sterculia quadrifida
Monocostus – 22(26)
Monocostus uniflorus – 22(26)
Monocotyledon – 19(26-27); also see Alternifoliae
Monotrichardia – 9(29)
Monstera – 25(20)
Monstera deliciosa - 1(10); 2(19); 7(62); 11(85); 14(12); 23(36, 37)
Monstera friedrichsthalii – 5(15)
Montanoa – 23(22)
Montanoa bipinnatifida – 18(42)
Montbretia – see Crocosmia aurea
Mooli – see Raphanus sativus
Moon Flower – see Calonyction album; Hylocereus undatus; Ipomoea alba
Moreton Bay Chestnut – see Castanospermum australe
Moreton Bay Figs – see Ficus macrophylla
Morinda citrifolia – 6(17)
Moringa oleifera – 9(78); 14(53); 18(71); 19(73); 20(42, 43, 70); 21(70, 710
Morning Glory Tree, Pink – see Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa
Morning Star – see Turnea subulata
Morus – 17(51)
Morus alba – 10(55); 26(64-65)
Morus alba ‘Pendula’ – 26(65)
Morus nigra – 26(65)
Morus rubra ‘Hicks Fancy’ – 26(65)
Morus macroura – 8(90); 26(65)
Moses in a Basket - see Tradescantia spathacea
Moses in a Cradle - Tradescantia spathacea
Mosquito fish – see Gambusia affinus; Pseudomugil signifier, Pseudomugil mellis
Mosquitoes – 22(55)
Moss Sedum, Gold – see Sedum mexicanum ‘Gold Mound’
Moth Orchid – see Phalaenopsis hybrids
Mother-in-law’s tongue – see Sanseviera trifasciata
Mount White Lime – see Citrus garawayi
Mountain Aloe – see Aloe marlothii
Mountain Ebony – see Bauhinia hookeri, Lysiphyllum hookeri
Mountain Grevillea – see Grevillea alpina
Mountain Marigold – see Tagetes lemmonii
Mountain Pepper – see Tasmannia lanceolata
Mouse Melon (vegetable) – see Melothria scabra
Mowing – 10(88-89)
Mozzie Buster – see Pelargonium citrosen
Mt Brockman Grevillea – see Grevillea formosa
Mt Morgan Wattle – see Acacia podalyriifolia
Mucuna bennetti - see Mucuna novoguineensis
Mucuna novoguineensis – 18(75)
Mucuna pruriens – 11(82)
Muehlenbeckia complexa – 17(20)
Muehlenbeckia platyclada – see Homalocladium platycladium
Muggunuwenna – see Alternanthera sessilis
Mukunu-wenna – see Alternanthera sessilis
Mukunu-wenna, Red – see Alternanthera polygonoides
Mulberries – 4(89); 26(64-67); also see Morus
Mulch - 1(72, 85); 4(32, 90); 7(79); 13(83); 20(52); 23(69)
Mulga – see Acacia aneura
Mulla Mulla – see Ptilotus nobilis
Mulukhia – see Corchorus olitorius
Munthari – see Kunzea pomifera
Muntingia calabura – 13(87); 14(59)
Muntries – see Kunzea pomifera
Murdannia graminea – 11(39, 94); 17(36); 19(23, 25)
Murraya – 4(48)
Murraya exotica ‘Min-a-Min’ – 12(18); 15(13)
Murraya koenigii – 14(38, 40, 53); renamed Bergera koenigii
Murraya ovatifoliata – see Murray paniculata
Murraya paniculata - 4(91); 5(69); 11(35, 83); 12(68); 14(95); 19(40); 20(12)
Murraya paniculata ‘Min-A-Min’ – 12(69); 16(12); 21(31)
Murraya paniculata var. ovatifoliolata – 12(35), see Murraya ovatifoliata
Musa – 19(59)
Musa sapientrum - 1(84); 3(79)
Musa x paradisiaca – 20(47)
Musella lasiocarpa – 26(34, 35)
Mushroom plant – 4(10); see Rungia klossii
Mussaenda – 4(91); 14(73); 15(73); 17(72); 24(75)
Mussaenda ‘Donna Luz’ – 15(17); 16(41); 19(43)
Mussaenda ‘Queen Sirikit’ – 5(15); 10(68); 15(17); 19(43)
Mussaenda erythrophylla – 7(43); 12(64); 14(73)
Mussaenda frondosa – 14(26); 26(29)
Mussaenda hybrids – 7(43)
Mussaenda philippica – 19(42, 43)
Mussaenda philippica ‘Dona Aurorae’ – 7(43); 19(43)
Mustard (vegetable) – 10(87); 14(71); 15(69); 16(68, 69); see Brassica juncea
Mustard Greens – see Brassica hirta; Sinapis alba subsp. alba
Mustard, Ethiopian– see Brassica carinata
Muttonwood – see Myrsine variabilis
Mycorrhiza – 13(74)
Myoporum acuminatum – 6(17); 7(11); 24(34)
Myoporum montanum – 22(54); 24(33)
Myrciaria cauliflora – 3(66); 5(68); 10(55); 13(84, 85); 14(21, 38); 15(59); 19(59)
Myrciaria dubia – 15(58); 19(56)
Myrciaria floribunda – 13(85); 15(59)
Myrciaria glomerata – 13(85)
Myrciaria paraensis – 13(85); see also Myrciaria dubia
Myrciaria vexator – 13(85)
Myrmecodia beccarii – 7(18); 24(77)
Myrsine variabilis – 11(73)
Myrtle Rust (disease) – 24(28-29)
Myrtle, Cinnamon – see Backhousia myrtifolia
Myrtle, Small-leaved Plum – see Pilidiostigma rhytispermum
Mysore Creeper – see Thunbergia mysorensis
Mysore Raspberry – see Rubus niveus