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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

A

Abelia floribunda – 19(13); should be Abelia x grandiflora
Abelia grandiflora – 11(36); 12(71); should be Abelia x grandiflora
Abelia x grandiflora – 16(72); 17(72); 19(13)
Abelia x grandiflora ‘Francis Mason’ – 11(36); 22(33)
Abelia x grandiflora = A. chinensis × A. uniflora
Abelmoschus esculentus (okra)– 14(53); 16(69); 17(67); 18(67); 19(67); 20(67); 21(66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Abelmoschus manihot – 8(29, 81); 14(70); 16(68); 18(71); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71); 22(58-59)
Aberia caffra – see Dovyalis caffra
Abika – (Aibika) see Hibiscus manihot, Abelmoschus manihot; Abelmoschus esculentus
Abiu – see Pouteria caimito
Absinth – see Artemisia absinthium
Abutilon – 3(16); 15(73); 17(72)
Abutilon pictum – 17(71)
Abutilon x hybridum – 18(42, 43); 19(13)
Abyssinian Banana – see Ensete ventricosum
Abyssinian Gladiolus – see Gladiolus murielae
Acacia - 2(73); 5(69); 13(9); 17(46)
Acacia adunca – 23(10, 13)
Acacia amblygona – 23(12, 13)
Acacia aneura – 21(42)
Acacia auriculiformis – 9(51)
Acacia baileyana ‘Purpurea’– 16(20)
Acacia colei – 9(63)
Acacia complanata – 6(61)
Acacia conferta – 23(12, 13)
Acacia coriacea – 9(63)
Acacia deanei – 23(12, 14)
Acacia decora – 23(12, 13)
Acacia dunnii – 8(78)
Acacia fasciculifera – 5(51)
Acacia fimbriata – 17(36, 37); 20(42); 21(81); 23(13)
Acacia harpophylla – 5(51); 8(65, 78-79)
Acacia holosericea – 16(20, 21)
Acacia latescens - 2(73)
Acacia leiocalyx – 23(13, 14)
Acacia leptostachya – 8(78)
Acacia macradenia – 23(13, 14)
Acacia murrayana – 9(63)
Acacia neriifolia – 23(14, 15)
Acacia nuperrima – 5(56); 23(14)
Acacia podalyriifolia – 4(59); 8(65); 15(73); 25(85)
Acacia pycnantha – 9(63)
Acacia retinodes – 9(63)
Acacia rigens – 23(14, 15)
Acacia rubida – 23(13, 15)
Acacia simsii - 2(72, 73)
Acacia sophorae - 1(74); 9(63)
Acacia victoriae – 9(62, 63); 23(11)
Acacia wickhamii – 23(14)
Acalypha - 1(9); 3(29); 4(71, 91); 12(54)
Acalypha chamaedrifolia ‘Stephie’ – 26(69, 74)
Acalypha hispida – 14(72, 73); 15(85); 17(72); 21(66)
Acalypha lysonii – 12(71)
Acalypha reptans – 10(48)
Acalypha reptans var. pygmaea – 5(40); 12(18, 62); 14(73); 15(34, 73); 16(73); 17(73); renamed as Acalypha chamaedrifolia
Acalypha siamensis – 12(71)
Acalypha wilkesiana - 1(10, 34); 3(30); 6(17); 12(67); 14(89); 18(71); 19(11); 21(66); 22(37); 24(32, 34, 38)
Acalypha wilkesiana ‘Compacta’ – 12(68)
Acalypha wilkesiana ‘Macrophylla’ – 12(30); 13(17)
Acanthostachys strobilaceae – 10(45)
Acanthus mollis ‘Hollard’s Gold’ – 22(32)
Acanthus pubescens – 26(19)
Aceratium ferrugineum – 13(11)
Acerola Cherry – see Malpighia glabra
Acers – 6(51)
Achillea – 12(14)
Achillea millefolium – 17(50, 51)
Achimenes – 17(73)
Achimenes longiflora – 19(23, 24)
Acid soils – see Soil: pH
Acidanthera bicolor – see Gladiolus murielae
Acmella oleracea – 19(38)
Acmella paniculata – 22(67); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70, 73)
Acmena – 5(69); 24(29)
Acmena hemilampra – 19(42)
Acmena smithii - 1(74)
Acokanthera oblongifolia – 14(95)
Acorus – 6(55)
Acorus gramineus ‘Minimus Aureus’ – 22(33)
Acronychia acidula – 9(62-63); 24(60-62)
Acronychia oblongifolia – 9(63); 24(61)
Acronychia suberosa – 24(61)
Acronychia wilcoxiana – 24(61)
Acrostichum speciosum – 8(36)
Actinotus helianthi - 1(73)
Actinidia deliciosa – 26(35)
Adam’s Apple – see Tabernaemontana pachysiphon
Adansonia digitata – 8(79)
Adansonia gregorii – 8(78-79); 12(35)
Adenanthera pavonina – 8(53)
Adenium – 2(13); 8(18); 9(6)
Adenium obesum - 2(61); 4(71); 12(18, 61)
Adhatoda vasica – see Justicia adhatoda
Adiantum aethiopicum – see Adiantum atroviride
Adiantum atroviride – 1(10); 8(36); 10(48); 22(11, 53)
Adiantum formosum – 7(66, 67)
Adiantum hispidulum – 3(71); 7(66)
Adiantum peruvianum – 9(35)
Adiantum raddianum ‘Fragrans’ – 8(36)
Adiantum silvaticum – 7(66)
Adina cordifolia – 15(78)
Adonidia merrilii – 7(25)
Aechmea - 2(10); 17(69); 21(66)
Aechmea ‘Del Mar’ – 3(26)
Aechmea ‘Fia’ – 11(26)
Aechmea ‘Forest Fire’ – 3(26)
Aechmea ‘Frederike’ (Spineless hybrid form) – 8(72)
Aechmea ‘J.C. Superstar’ - 1(26)
Aechmea ‘Little Harve’ – 18(72)
Aechmea ‘Matchstick’ – 14(22)
Aechmea biflora – 22(74)
Aechmea blanchetiana - 1(26); 3(26); 8(75); 9(61); 14(13); 25(16)
Aechmea blanchetiana ‘Rubra’– 14(74); 18(72)
Aechmea blanchetiana ‘Yellow’ – 22(33)
Aechmea bracteata – 3(26)
Aechmea caudata – 20(74)
Aechmea chantinii (variegated form) – 8(72)
Aechmea chantinii ‘Silver’ – 8(65)
Aechmea distichantha var. shlumbergeri – 18(72)
Aechmea fasciata - 1(26); 3(34)
Aechmea fasciata ‘Primera’ – 7(91)
Aechmea gamosepala - 1(26); 15(73)
Aechmea gamosepala ‘Lucky Strike’ – 17(33)
Aechmea gamosepala ‘Mardi Gras’ – 17(33)
Aechmea haltonii – 16(74)
Aechmea mariae regina – 8(75)
Aechmea mexicana – 8(75)
Aechmea mulfordii - 1(26); 3(26)
Aechmea nudicaulis – 10(45)
Aechmea nudicaulis ‘Variegated’ – 26(76)
Aechmea serrata x Ananas comosus – see Anamea ‘Raspberry Ice’
Aechmea tessmanii – 25(19)
Aegintha temporalis – see Neochima temporalis
Aeonium ‘Velour’ – 8(17)
Aeonium species – 8(18, 91)
Aerides odorata – 14(29)
Aeschynanthus – 16(41)
Aeschynanthus longicaulis – 22(12)
Aeschynanthus marmoratus – see Aeschynanthus longicaulis
Aethionema cordifolium - 14(53); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
African black beetle – see Heteronychus arator
African Cabbage – see Brassica carinata
African cycads – 5(50)
African Globe Lily – see Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. katherina
African Lily – see Agapanthus praecox
African Mahogany – see Khaya senegalensis
African Marigold – see Tagetes erecta
African Milk Bush – see Synadenium grantii ‘Rubra’
African Star Flower - see Stapelia leendertziae
African Tree Gardenia – see Euclinia longiflora
African Tulip Tree – see Spathodea campanulata
African Violets – see Saintpaulia ionantha
Agapanthus - 1(73); 4(90); 6(51); 8(29); 16(70); 17(69); 19(37); 23(17)
Agapanthus orientalis – 10(48); 14(12); also see Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis – 20(10, 73); 24(26)
Agastache foeniculare – 14(73)
Agastache nepetoides ‘Golden Jubilee’ – 22(33)
Agastache rugosa – 22(46)
Agathis microstachya – 8(79)
Agathis robusta – 4(49); 7(54)
Agave - 2(13); 5(50); 6(11, 17, 37); 8(18)
Agave americana ‘Marginata’ – 23(23, 24)
Agave americana ‘Mediopicta Alba’- 2(14)
Agave angustifolia ‘Marginata’ – 18(31)
Agave attenuata – 8(65); 16(8); 18(37)
Agave desmettiana ‘Marginata’ - 2(14)
Agave desmettiana ‘Variegata’ – 4(36)
Agave geminiflora – 2(13-14)
Agave gypsophila - 2(14, 40); 8(65)
Agave maculosa – 19(24)
Agave potatorum - 2(14)
Agave pygmae – 17(34)
Agave victoriae-reginae – 2(14); 8(16)
Agave, Variegated – see Agave angustifolia ‘Marginata’
Ageratum houstonianum – 15(70); 17(68); 18(68); 19(70); 20(68); 21(68); 22(70); 23(72); 24(70); 25(74); 26(72)
Aglaia odorata – 19(83)
Aglaomorpha coronans – 22(11)
Aglaonema - 1(35); 5(16, 62-63); 7(29); 9(32, 35); 10(91); 25(20, 32); 26(18)
Aglaonema ‘Brilliant Beauty’ – 5(62)
Aglaonema ‘Cecilia’ – 5(62)
Aglaonema ‘Jade Queen’ – 5(62)
Aglaonema ‘Queen of Siam’ – 5(62)
Aglaonema costatum ‘Galaxy’ – 5(63)
Aglaonema rotundum – 5(63)
Agonis – 24(29)
Agrichar – 17(48)
Agrostis – 7(83)
Aibika – see Abelmoschus manihot
Aidemosyne modesta – see Neochmia modesta
Aiphanes erosa – see Aiphanes minima
Aiphanes minima – 16(82)
Air plant - see Tillandsia
Ajuga reptans – 13(54, 59)
Ajuga reptans ‘Atropurpurea’ – 13(59)
Ajuga reptans ‘Gaitlan’s Giant’– 13(59); 21(29)
Ajuga reptans ‘Jungle Beauty’ – 21(29)
Ajuga reptans ‘Purpurea’ – 21(29)
Albany Pitcher Plant – see Cephalotus follicularis
Albizzia lebbek – 8(29)
Albuca nelsonii - see Ornithogalum nelsonii
Alcantarea - 1(16)
Alcantarea brasiliana – 18(42)
Alcantarea extensa – 6(36)
Alcantarea geniculata – 6(36)
Alcantarea glaziouana – 6(36); 8(65, 68)
Alcantarea imperialis – 6(9); 6(36); 18(72)
Alcantarea imperialis ‘Purpurea’ – 6(21)
Alcantarea imperialis ‘Rubra’ - 1(26); 2(18); 6(36); 12(54); 14(22); 18(42); 23(36)
Alcantarea vinicolor – 3(26); 6(36); 24(21)
Alcea rosea – 26(9)
Alder, White – see Turnera subulata
Aldrovanda vesiculata – 23(31)
Aleurites montana – 13(7)
Alexandra Palm - see Archontophoenix alexandrae
Alexandrian Laurel – see Calophyllum inophyllum
Alfalfa – see Medicago sativa
Algerian Iris – see Iris unguicularis
Alisma plantago-aquatica – 26(36)
Alkaline soils - see Soil: pH
Allamanda – 3(60-65); 4(68-71); 5(64-65); 6(15, 89); 11(37); 14(73)
Allamanda ‘Caramel Blush’ – 5(65)
Allamanda ‘Cherries Jubilee’ – 3(62); 5(65)
Allamanda ‘Cherry Velvet’ – 11(37)
Allamanda ‘Hendersonii’ – 3(64); see Allamanda cathartica ‘Hendersonii’
Allamanda ‘Jamaican Sunset’ – 3(61); 5(64)
Allamanda ‘Peach’ – 23(23, 24)
Allamanda ‘Peaches and Cream’ – 5(65)
Allamanda ‘Silver Sunnee’ – 4(71)
Allamanda ‘Sunnee’ – 4(71)
Allamanda ‘Williamsii’ – 3(64)
Allamanda ‘Winter Velvet’ – 5(65)
Allamanda blanchetii – 3(61, 64); 4(70); 5(64); 10(66)
Allamanda blanchetii ‘Siam Snow’ – 4(70)
Allamanda cathartica – 3(61, 63-65); 4(68); 5(64); 11(37); 17(73); 19(13)
Allamanda cathartica ‘Compacta’ – 4(71)
Allamanda cathartica ‘Grandiflora’ – 4(70)
Allamanda cathartica ‘Hendersonii’ – 13(16); 14(12)
Allamanda cathartica ‘Nobilis’ – 4(69)
Allamanda cathartica ‘Stansill’s Double’ – 4(69); 11(26)
Allamanda cathartica ‘Williamsii’ – 4(69)
Allamanda laevis – 4(71)
Allamanda neriifolia – see Allamanda schottii
Allamanda schottii – 3(61, 63, 64); 4(70); 8(66)
Allamanda schottii ‘Curly Shirley’ – 4(71)
Allamanda schottii ‘Grey Supreme’ – 4(71); 8(66)
Allamanda violacea – 10(66); also see Allamanda blanchetii
Allelopathy – 17(50)
Allherb – see Coleus amboinicus, Plectranthus amboinicus
Alligator Weed – see Alternanthera philoxoides
Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum – 14(53); 23(54)
Allium cepa – 18(67); 22(66)
Allium cepa aggregatum – 14(53)
Allium cepa (onion) – 19(67); 20(67); 23(68); 24(68); 26(70)
Allium fistulosum – 14(53); 18(71); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71); 26(70)
Allium porrum (leek)– 18(67); 19(66); 20(66); 21(66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Allium sativum - 2(68); 17(51); 23(55)
Allium schoenoprasum – 10(87); 11(82); 17(51)
Allium tuberosum – 11(82); 14(53, 72); 16(68); 22(67)
Allocasuarina – 13(9); 17(46)
Allocasuarina littoralis – 8(78); 9(50); 11(54)
Allocasuarina torulosa – 9(50); 13(54); 20(42)
Alloxylon brachycarpum – 20(39)
Alloxylon flammeum - 3(16); 7(50); 13(12); 14(22); 16(24, 25, 71, 72); 20(33, 38-39, 71, 72, 73)
Alloxylon pinnatum – 6(61); 20(39)
Alloxylon wickhamii – 20(39)
Allspice – see Pimenta dioica
Almond, Beach – see Terminalia catappa
Alocasia - 2(18); 8(12); 10(26); 16(70)
Alocasia ‘Stingray’ – 3(24)
Alocasia ‘White Knight’ – 9(35)
Alocasia brisbanensis – 12(35); 18(42, 44); 22(53)
Alocasia guttata var. imperialis – 9(35)
Alocasia infernalis – 3(24); 9(32)
Alocasia longiloba – 23(36, 38)
Alocasia lowii – see Alocasia longiloba
Alocasia macrorrhizos – 23(36)
Alocasia macrorrhizos ‘New Guniea Gold’ – 3(24)
Alocasia macrorrhizos ‘Variagata’ – 3(24)
Alocasia nebula – 9(35)
Alocasia reginula ‘Black Velvet’ – 12(21)
Alocasia watsoniana – see Alocasia longiloba
Alocasia x amazonica – 23(36)
Alocasia zebrina – 3(24, 25)
Aloe – 2(23); 4(33); 5(57); 8(52); 11(14-21); 12(14)
Aloe ‘Always Red’ - 17(34)
Aloe ‘Copper Shower’ – 23(66)
Aloe ‘Fairy Pink’ – 11(23)
Aloe aculeata – 11(16, 20)
Aloe acutissima – 11(20)
Aloe albiflora – 11(19)
Aloe andongensis – 11(16, 20)
Aloe arborescens – 11(14, 20-21, 91); 15(73)
Aloe aristata – 11(16, 20)
Aloe bainesii – see Aloe barbarae
Aloe barberae -2(14); 5(19); 8(48); 11(19); 18(36); 25(13)
Aloe bellatula – 11(20)
Aloe brevifolia - 2(14); 11(20-21)
Aloe bussei – 11(17, 20)
Aloe cameronii - 2(14); 11(18, 20)
Aloe capitata – 11(19-21)
Aloe capitata var. gneissicola – 11(19)
Aloe castanea – 11(16-17)
Aloe chabaudii – 11(20)
Aloe ciliaris – 11(15)
Aloe distans – 8(16)
Aloe dorotheae – 2(14); 11(15, 20); 24(84)
Aloe esculenta – 11(20)
Aloe excelsa - 2(14); 11(19)
Aloe ferox - 2(14); 11(16-17, 19, 21)
Aloe ibitiensis – 11(20)
Aloe jucunda – 11(20)
Aloe juvenna - 2(14); 11(20)
Aloe kedongensis – 11(20-21)
Aloe lutescens – 11(17)
Aloe maculata – 11(20)
Aloe marlothii – 11(16, 19); 16(42)
Aloe mawii – 11(16-17)
Aloe parvula – 11(19-20)
Aloe petricola – 11(16-17, 19-20)
Aloe polyphylla – 6(9); 11(16)
Aloe pratensis – 11(16)
Aloe reitzii – 11(16, 20)
Aloe sinkatana – 11(20-21)
Aloe speciosa – 11(18)
Aloe striata – 8(17); 11(20)
Aloe tauri – 11(20)
Aloe thraskii - 2(14); 11(16, 19)
Aloe vanbalenii – 11(20)
Aloe vaombe – 11(15)
Aloe vera – 11(21)
Aloe wickensii – 11(20-21)
Aloe x spinosissima – 11(18)
Aloe yavellana – 11(18)
Aloysia citriodora – 14(53); 17(51)
Aloysia triphylla – see Aloysia citriodora
Alpinia – 16(70); 17(69); 19(23); 21(66); 22(25)
Alpinia caerulea ‘Red Back’ – 18(42, 44); 19(80)
Alpinia coerulea – 19(80)
Alpinia galanga – 14(53); 22(46, 50)
Alpinia mutica – 14(53)
Alpinia nutans – see Alpinia zerumbet ‘Variegata’
Alpinia purpurata – 8(12); 12(31); 14(89), 18(33)
Alpinia purpurata ‘Ellen McDonald’ – 22(23)
Alpinia purpurata ‘Jungle Queen’ – 12(44)
Alpinia purpurata var. alba – 18(42)
Alpinia sanderae – see Alpinia vittata
Alpinia speciosa – see Alpinia zerumbet ‘Variegata’
Alpinia vittata – 21(78)
Alpinia zerumbet - 1(10); 6(24); 10(26); 14(24)
Alpinia zerumbet ‘Variegata’ - 1(12); 5(44); 11(26)
Alstonia constricta – 5(51); 11(78)
Alstonville Lasiandra Bush – see Tibouchina lepidota ‘Alstonville’
Alstroemeria – 15(73); 16(73)
Alstroemeria psittacina – 19(24, 25); 24(23)
Alstroemeria psittacina ‘Royal Star’ – see Alstroemeria psittacina ‘Variegata’
Alstroemeria psittacina ‘Variegata’– 24(22, 23)
Alternanthera – 4(71); 16(70); 17(69)
Alternanthera bettzickiana – 12(71); also see Alternanthera ficoidea ‘Bettzickiana’
Alternanthera brasiliana – 12(62)
Alternanthera braziliensis – 13(69); should be Alternanthera brasiliana
Alternanthera dentata –3(25) – see also Alternanthera brasiliana
Alternanthera denticulata – 13(69)
Alternanthera ficoidea - 1(73); 13(67)
Alternanthera ficoidea ‘Amoena’ – 13(66); 14(12)
Alternanthera ficoidea ‘Aurea Nana’ – 13(67)
Alternanthera ficoidea ‘Bettzickiana’ – 13(67)
Alternanthera ficoidea ‘Brilliantissima’ – 13(67)
Alternanthera ficoidea ‘Cottage Lace’ – 13(67)
Alternanthera ficoidea ‘Partytime’ – 13(67)
Alternanthera ficoidea ‘Snowball’ – 13(67, 68)
Alternanthera philoxoides – 13(69)
Alternanthera polygonoides – 13(69)
Alternanthera sessilis – 13(66-69); 14(53, 70); 16(69); 18(71); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
Alternanthera sissoo - 2(68); 8(80); 13(69); 14(53, 70); 16(69); 18(71); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
Alternifoliae – 19(26-27)
Althaea chinensis  - see Alcea rosea
Alumina – see Philodendron ‘Alumina’
Aluminium Plant – see Pilea cadieri
Alyogyne ‘Blue Moon’ – 7(53)
Alyogyne hakeifolia – 7(53)
Alyogyne huegelii – 7(53)
Alyssum – see Lobularia maritima; Alyssum maritimum
Alyssum maritimum – 16(70); should be Lobularia maritima
Alyssum maritinum – 15(70); should be Lobularia maritima
Alyxia ruscifolia – 11(78); 16(42)
Amaranth (vegetable) – 14(71); 15(69); 16(68, 69); 17(51); 20(64, 66); 24(66, 67)
Amaranthus – 5(91); 9(54); 14(55); 17(61); 18(66); 19(66); 22(66)
Amaranthus caudatus – 16(70); 17(68); 18(68); 19(70); 20(68); 21(68); 22(70); 23(72); 24(70); 25(74); 26(72)
Amaranthus cruentus – 20(66); 21(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Amaranthus dubius – 20(66); 21(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Amaranthus retroflexus – 17(51)
Amaranthus tricolor – 9(54); 16(70); 17(68); 18(68); 19(70); 20(66, 68); 21(66, 68); 22(70); 23(68, 72); 24(68, 70); 25(72, 74); 26(70, 72)
Amargo Bark – see Quassia amara
Amaryllis - see Hippeastrum
Amaryllis, Blue – see Worsleya procera
Amazon Lily – see Eucharis amazonica
Amazon Lily, Mini – see Caliphruria subedentata
Amazon Waterlily – see Victoria amazonica
Amazon, Mini– see Caliphruria subedentata; Eucharis fosteri
Amherstia nobilis - 2(44); 12(62); 21(32, 33)
Amni majus - 2(68); 7(73); 15(70); 18(68); 19(70); 20(68); 21(68); 22(70); 23(72); 24(70); 25(74); 26(72)
Amomum – 22(27)
Amoracia rusticum – 14(53)
Amorphophallus – 9(66); 26(18)
Amorphophallus bulbifer – 4(91); 6(56); 9(66); 23(17); 26(9)
Amorphophallus konjak – 3(24); 9(67)
Amorphophallus muelleri – 9(67)
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius – 9(67); 18(47)
Amorphophallus prainii – 3(24)
Amorphophallus rivieri – 9(67)
Amorphophallus titanum – 6(56); 9(66); 26(14, 15, 19)
Anamea ‘Raspberry Ice’ – 8(75)
Ananas bracteatus ‘Striatus’ – 12(18)
Ananas bracteatus ‘Tricolor’ - 1(24); 1(26)
Ananas comosus – 4(81); 20(57)
Ananas comosus var. ananassoides – 18(74)
Ananas comosus var. bracteatus ‘Striatus’ – 18(73)
Ananas nanus - see Ananas comosus var. ananassoides
Androlepis skinneri – 3(26); 9(38)
Anemone – 19(23)
Anetholea – 24(29)
Anetholea anisata – see Syzygium anisatum
Anethum graveolens – 14(55)
Angel Wings – see Caladium bicolor
Angel’s Trumpet – see Brugmansia suaveolens
Angelonia angustifolia – 16(10); 17(73)
Angiopteris – 4(46)
Angiopterus evecta – 4(18); 6(35); 8(36); 16(89); 17(12); 18(18)
Angiosperms – 19(26-27); also see Anthophyta
Angophora costata - 2(17)
Angsana – see Pterocarpus indicus
Anigozanthos - 1(77); 5(89); 8(88); 21(16)
Anise Hyssop – see Agastache foeniculare
Aniseed Myrtle – see Syzygium anisatum
Aniseed Tree – see Backhousia anisata; Syzygium anisatum
Annatto – see Bixa orellana
Annona atemoya – see Annona squamosa x Annona cherimola
Annona squamosa x Annona cherimola – 17(56-59)
Annona uncinatus – see Artabotrys hexapetalus
Annual (term) – 26(40)
Annual Ryegrass – see Lolium multiflorum
Annuals – 15(67); 16(70); 18(68-69); 20(68); 21(68); 22(70-71); 23(72); 24(24, 70) ; 25(74); 26(71, 72)                                                      
Anomatheca cruenta – 16(73); also see Freesia laxa
Anomatheca laxa – 16(73)
Anredera cordifolia – 18(56)
Ant Plant – 7(19); see Myrmecodia beccarii
Ant Tree – see Triplaris cumingiana
Anthemis nobilis – see Chamaemelum nobile
Anthocephalus chinensis – see Neolamarckia cadamba
Anthocyanin – 13(26)
Anthophyta – 19(26-17)
Ant-house Plant – see Myrmecodia beccarii
Anthracnose – 4(64)
Anthurium – 2(14); 4(18); 5(16, 89); 7(23); 25(20, 22-29)
Anthurium ‘Small Talk’ – 5(23)
Anthurium andraeanum – 5(16); 15(16); 17(73)
Anthurium berriozabalense – 15(16)
Anthurium coriaceum - 2(18); 15(16)
Anthurium corriere – 5(16)
Anthurium crystallinum – 9(31); 15(17)
Anthurium cultivars – 7(28)
Anthurium scherzerianum – 15(16)
Anthurium warocqueanum – 15(17)
Anthurium watermaliense – 15(16)
Anthurium x cultorum – 12(62)
Antigonon leptopus – 10(66); 11(83); 15(76); 24(9)
Antirrhinum majus – 15(70); 18(69); 19(71); 20(69); 22(71); 23(72); 26(72)
Antonina graminis – 12(88)
Anubias – 9(29)
Aphananthe philippinensis – 5(51); 11(78)
Aphanopetalum resinosum – 11(78)
Aphelandra sinclairiana – 22(85)
Aphelandra squarrosa – 14(24)
Aphids – 10(87); 18(64)
Apium graveolens var. dulce (celery) – 18(66); 19(66); 20(66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 26(70)
Apium graveolens var. rapaceum (celeriac)– 19(66); 20(66); 23(68); 26(70)
Apple Blossom – see Weigela florida
Apple of the Earth - see Smallanthus sonchifolius
Apricot – see Prunus armeniaca
Aptenia ‘Sun Jewels’ – 12(19)
Aptenia cordifolia – 14(53); 16(18)
Aquatic Cannas – 9(29)
Aquatic Salvinia – see Salvinia molesta
Aquilegia – 19(70); 20(68); 23(72); 26(72)
Arabian Jasmine – see Jasminum sambac
Arachis pintoi – 7(35); 11(26); 16(55)
Arachnis – 14(31)
Aralia - see Polyscias
Aranda – 14(31)
Araucaria bidwillii - 1(31); 5(10); 11(66-69); 18(89); 19(26); 20(88); 21(30, 31)
Araucaria cunninghamii – 3(74); 4(49); 11(78); 19(26, 27); 20(88); 21(31)
Araucaria heterophylla - 1(74); 19(26); 21(31)
Arbours – 10(9-11)
Arches – 21(55)
Archirhodomyrtus beckleri – 26(46, 49)
Archontophoenix alexandrae - 1(8, 10-11); 2(18); 6(31); 7(51); 16(40, 41); 17(12); 25(14)
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana - 2(18); 11(73); 16(40); 22(54)
Arctic Snow – see Wrightia antidysenterica
Arctium lappa (burdock)– 17(67); 18(66); 19(66); 20(66); 21(66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Ardisia crenata – 21(31)
Ardisia macrocarpa – 9(20)
Areca vestiaria – 6(45); 16(42, 46); 25(16)
Arenga engleri - 2(18); 5(61)
Arenga tremula - 2(18)
Argentine scarab – see Cyclocephala signaticollis
Argophyllum lejordanii – 9(32, 35)
Argophyllum nullumense – 9(35)
Argusia argentea - see Tournefortia argentea
Argyranthemum frutescens – 16(73)
Argyrodendron actinophyllum – 11(54)
Aristida ramosa – 17(43, 45)
Aristolochia – 26(16)
Aristolochia elegans – 4(74); 18(7)
Aristolochia praevenosa – 18(7)
Aristolochia tagala – 17(13); 18(7)
Arnem Land Vetiver Grass – see Chrysopogon elongatus
Aroids – 2(13); 6(50); 7(23); 9(29)
Aroids – also see Alocasia; Caladium; Colocasia; Xanthosoma
Arracacia xanthorrhiza – 16(69); 18(71); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
Arrow-Leaved Violet – see Viola betonicifolia
Arrowroot – see Maranta arundinacea
Arrowroot, Indian – see Tacca leontopetaloides
Arrowroot, Native– see Tacca leontopetaloides
Arrowroot, Polynesia – see Tacca leontopetaloides
Arrowroot, Polynesia– see Tacca leontopetaloides
Arrowroot, Queensland – see Canna edulis; Canna indica
Artabotrys hexapetalus – 14(95); 26(77)
Artabotrys odoratissimus – see Artabotrys hexapetalus
Artanema fibriatum – 14(73)
Artemisia – 8(66); 17(32)
Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ – 16(16)
Artemisia absinthium – 17(31, 51)
Artemisia arborescens – 12(13); 22(46, 47)
Artemisia dracunculus – 22(49); 24(39)
Arthropodium cirrhatum – 14(69)
Artichoke, Chinese – see Stachys affinis
Artichoke, Globe – see Cynara scolymus
Artichoke, Jerusalem – see Helianthus tuberosus
Arundo – 25(36)
Arundo donax ‘Variegata’ – 25(39)
Asarina barclayana - see Maurandya barclayana
Asclepias curassavica – 21(16)
Ascocenda – 13(31); 19(35)
Ascocenda Yip Sum Wah x Vanda Gordon Dillon – 19(35)
Ascocentrum – 14(31)
Ash, wood – 15(49)
Ashanti Blood – see Mussaenda erythrophylla
Ashok Tree - see Polyathia
Asiatic Star Jasmine, Variegated – see Trachelospermum  asiaticum ‘Variegatum’
Asparagus – see Asparagus officinalis
Asparagus Bean – see Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
Asparagus officinalis – 9(79); 14(53, 63); 18(71); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
Aspen, Lemon – see Acronychia acidula
Aspen, Native – 24(60-61); see Acronychia
Aspen, Silver – see Acronychia wilcoxiana
Aspen, White – see Acronychia oblongifolia
Aspidistra elatior – 7(29); 25(32)
Asplenium – 8(32)
Asplenium australasicum – 3(16); 4(53); 7(67); 8(36); 18(42, 45); 22(11, 53); 23(36); 24(7); also see Asplenium nidus
Asplenium nidus – 8(53); 13(16); 23(36, 41); 24(7)
Assai palm – see Euterpe edulis
Assam Indigo –see Strobilanthes hamiltoniana
Assassin bug – 26(55)
Aster chinensis – see Callistephus chinensis
Aster novi-belgii – 16(16); also see Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Aster, annual – seeCallistephus chinensis
Aster, perennial – see Aster novi-belgii
Asteromyrtus – 24(29)
Astrophytum myriostigma var. potosinus – 8(16)
Astrophytum species – 8(18)
Asystasia gangetica subsp. micrantha – 21(17)
Atherton Raspberry – see Rubus fraxinifolius
Atractocarpus benthamianus – 22(55)
Atractocarpus chartaceus – 20(42)
Atractocarpus fitzalanii - 1(58); 6(31); 8(78); 11(61); 12(54, 74); 23(36); 25(9)
Atriplex hortensis (orach) – 20(67)
Aubergine – see Solanum melongena
Aunt Molly Ground Cherry – see Physalis pruinosa
Auranticarpa rhombifolia – 11(78); 16(42, 45)
Australian Fan Palm – see Licuala ramsayi
Australian Harebell – see Isotoma axillaris
Australian Indigo – see Indigofera australis
Australian Pine – see Casuarina equisetifolia
Australian Weeping Tea Tree – see Leptospermum brachyandrum
Austromyrtus – 24(29)
Austromyrtus bidwillii – 5(51)
Austromyrtus dulcis—1(77); 3(70); 4(67); 6(77); 11(85); 15(45, 46); 19(58); 20(58-59)
Austromyrtus glabra – 20(58)
Austromyrtus inophloia – see Gossia inophloia
Austromyrtus spp. – see Gossia spp.
Austromyrtus tenuifolia – 15(45); 20(59)
Austroplebeia – 5(71); 24(41)
Austrostipa densiflora – 17(43)
Austrostipa ramosissima – see Stipa ramosissima
Austrostipa setacea – 17(43, 45)
Autumn Crocus – see Zephranthes candida
Averrhoa carambola – 8(82); 19(59)
Avocado—see Persea americana
Axonopus compressus – 10(89); 17(71)
Axonopus fissifolius – 7(82)
Azadirachta indica – 8(29); 11(42)
Azalea – 4(15); 6(51); also see Rhododendron indica cultivars
Azalea petal blight – 4(91)
Aziderachta – should be Azadirachta
Azores Jasmine – see Jasminum azoricum
Aztec Lily - see Sprekelia formosissima