The Queensland Gardening Pages

Aglaonema, Chinese Evergreen Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Identification of Aglaonema Cultivars for Resistance to Chilling Temperatures Research abstract at the University of Florida website

Attractive foliage of Aglaonema (Chinese Evergreen) John&Jacq~s Garden, Malaysia

Aleurites moluccana Ecocrop database, FAO

Amorphophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Bl. International Aroid Society

Amorphophallus bulbifer University of Oklahoma

Acres of Aroids Photos and information on aroids (especially Amorphophallus) and other unusual plants

Aphelandra Production Guide University of Florida, USA

Aphelandra x 'Rembrandt' The Florez Nursery blog, NSW

Beschorneria yuccoides The Botanical Garden of Barcelona

Beschorneria Pacific Bulb Society

Bixa orellana L. Center for Tropical Plant Conservation, Florida

Bixa orellana, Annatto The Florez Nursery blog, NSW

Bixa orellana Annatto, Lipstick Tree, Achiote. Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Bixa orellana Ecocrop database, FAO

Bixa orellana - A beautiful shrub that bears fruits that yield an important food dye Gardening with Wilson, Singapore

Brownea macrophylla Panama Flame Tree At "Grow Me Instead" (an Australian website informing gardeners about safer alternatives to invasive ornamentals)

Brownea macrophylla Harold L. Lyon Arboretum Plant Profiles, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Caesalpinia ferrea Leopard tree. James Cook University, Qld

Brazilian Ironwood (Caesalpinia ferrea) Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Chlorophytum comosum Ecocrop database, FAO

Chlorophytum amaniense 'Fire Flash', the glowing beauty John&Jacq~s Garden, Malaysia

Chlorophytum laxum 'Bichetii' or is it Chlorophytum bichetii? John&Jacq~s Garden, Malaysia

Citharexylum quadrangulare James Cook University, Qld

Citharexylum fruticosum, Fiddlewood University of Florida

Aconophora compressa (this insect attacks fiddlewood trees) Qld DPI

Aconophora on fiddlewood trees Qld DPI (PDF)

Colvillea racemosa James Cook University

Tropical crossandra colors shade gardens Mississippi State University

Crossandra infundibuliformis - Firecracker Flower University of Oklahoma

Crossandra Union County College, New Jersey

Crossandra (Crossandra infundibuliformis) Texas A&M University

Firecracker Flower (Crossandra infundibuliformis) exuding sunshine and warmth! at John&Jacq~s Garden, Malaysia

Pompom (or Pompon) Tree (Dais cotinifolia) Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

A Guide to Planting an African-American/African Focused Yard in Miami-Dade County (includes notes on Dais cotinifolia) University of Florida (PDF)

Dalechampia aristolochiaefolia - Silk Crepe Flower "My Dry Tropics Garden" blog, Qld

TRI-OLOGY, Vol. 37, No. 2 includes information on Dalechampia aristolochiaefolia

Tree with ‘potato chip’ leaves and fruits that wear ear muffles! Dillenia indica, Elephant apple.

Pink Ball Dombeya (Dombeya wallichii) Flowers of India

Dombeya wallichii: Pinkball University of Florida

A Guide to Planting an African-American/African Focused Yard in Miami-Dade County (includes notes on Dombeya species) University of Florida (PDF)

PlantZAfrica.com Check the "Plants of SA" menu. Information on several Dombeya species is included. South African National Biodiversity Institute

Dombeya, Pinkball, Snowball Bush, Tropical Snowball Tree, Tropical Hydrangea Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb.; piich, guanacaste, monkey's ear Flora of Kaxil Kiuic, Yucatan, Mexico

Guancaste, Costa Rica: home of the Ear Tree University of Florida

Right Plant / Right Place : A Universal Concept Article about Enterolobium cyclocarpum, the "Ear Tree". University of Florida

Excoecaria cochinchinensis Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Gelsemium sempervirens Landscape Plant Propagation Information, University of Florida

Gelsemium sempervirens Missouri Botanical Garden

Carolina Jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens. Texas A&M University

Gelsemium sempervirens (PDF) at the Australian Weeds and Livestock website, NSW (discusses toxicity of weeds and other plants to animals)

Caricature Plant Graptophyllum pictum. Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Burgundy Caricature Plant Graptophyllum pictum At "Grow Me Instead" (an Australian website informing gardeners about safer alternatives to invasive ornamentals)

Graptophyllum pictum Missouri Botanical Garden

For native Graptophyllum species, see the Native Plants section

A Guide to Planting an African-American/African Focused Yard in Miami-Dade County (includes notes on Grewia occidentalis) University of Florida (PDF)

Guaiacum officinale Ecocrop database, FAO

Guaiacum officinale, Lignum-Vitae University of Florida

Guaiacum officinale AgroForestryTree Database

Lignum Vitae (Guajacum officinale, Guajacum sanctum) Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Gustavia superba - A tropical beauty Gardening with Wilson, Singapore

Cultural Guidelines for Commercial Production of Purple Passion Plant (Gynura aurantiaca) University of Florida

Gynura aurantiaca - Purple Velvet Plant Gynura sarmentosa Michigan State University Extension

Gynura aurantiaca National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, UK

Gynura aurantiaca Cv. 'Purple Passion' Cal's Plant of the Week, University of Oklahoma

Purple Passion, Velvet Plant Texas A&M University

Suppressing Purple Passion (Gynura aurantiaca) Flowering Using Selected Plant Growth Regulators University of Florida

see Daisy Plants for those grown for flowers

Helichrysum petiolare Missouri Botanical Garden

Ribbon Bush or Centipede Plant Homalocladium platycladum San Diego Zoo

Homalocladium platycladum Taxonomy at efloras.org

Homalocladium platycladum is called Muehlenbeckia platyclados in some older texts.

Tetradenia riparia syn. Iboza riparia The Herb Society of America

Kigelia pinnata James Cook University, Qld

Sausage Tree Kigelia africana. Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Kigelia pinnata AgroForestryTree Database

Gorgeous Bignons in Westwood some notes on this family and its many ornamental members, in particular Kigelia africana (K. pinnata). Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, California

Sausage Tree Kigelia pinnata. Kruger National Park - South Africa Safari and Lodging Guide

Kigelia pinnata Ecocrop database, FAO

Malpighia coccigera Miniature Holly, University Of Florida (PDF)

Malpighia coccigera Singapore-Holly, Miniature-Holly

Malpighia coccigera Miniature Holly. Cal's Plant of the Week, University of Oklahoma

Malpighia emarginata and M. glabra (Barbados-Cherry, Dwarf Barbados-Cherry) Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Malpighia glabra Barbados Cherry, University Of Florida (PDF)

Barbados Cherry (Acerola, Malpighia glabra) University of Florida

Malpighia glabra AgroForestryTree Database

Malpighia glabra L.; wayakte' Flora of Kaxil Kiuic, Yucatan, Mexico

Malpighia glabra Ecocrop database, Food and Agriculture Organization

Crops dependent upon or benefitted by insect pollination (Acerola) From: Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service

Markhamia lutea AgroForestryTree Database

Markhamia lutea Flowers of India

A Guide to Planting an African-American/African Focused Yard in Miami-Dade County (includes notes on Markhamia lutea) University of Florida (PDF)

Markhamia lutea Siala Tree. Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Markhamia lutea Ecocrop database, FAO

Mucuna novoguineensis Harold L. Lyon Arboretum Plant Profiles, University of Hawai`i at Manoa (PDF)

Orthosiphon aristatus, Cat's Whiskers The Florez Nursery blog, NSW

Make Gardens Purr-fect With Cat's Whiskers Office of Agricultural Communications Mississippi State University, USA

The Cat's Meow (Orthosiphon stamineus) University of Florida (PDF)

Pandorea jasminoides (Bower of Beauty) Sassafras rainforest regeneration project, NSW

Bower of Beauty (Pandorea jasminoides) Flora of Lamington National Park, Qld

Wonga Vine (Pandorea pandorana) Flora of Lamington National Park, Qld

Passionflower vines yield exotic blooms Mississippi State University, USA

Passiflora coccinea, Red Passion Flower Landscape Plant Fact Sheets, University of Florida USA (PDF)

August 2009 Project: how-to prune/propagate a passiflora vine John&Jacq~s Garden, Malaysia

see also Fruit

Peperoooo-Mia! Green Culture Singapore

Pink Trumpet Vine Podranea ricasoliana Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Podranea ricasoliana with showy pink trusses John&Jacq~s Garden, Malaysia

Brazilian Fireworks - Porphyrocoma pohliana Gardening with Wilson, Singapore

Ptilotus nobilis var. nobilis Alice Springs Town Council

Ptilotus nobilis (Lindl.) F.Muell. New South Wales Flora Online

Growing Ptilotus exaltatus in Sydney Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

Identification of Ptilotus species (Mulla Mulla) suitable for domestication and breeding for the cut and dried flower trade Australian Flora Foundation (PDF)

Molecular taxonomic clarification of Ptilotus exaltatus and Ptilotus nobilis (Amaranthaceae) University of Queensland (PDF)

Pyrostegia venusta University of Florida (PDF)

Pyrostegia venusta Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plants, Florida

Colorful Flame Vines (Pyrostegia venusta) University of Florida

Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana) University Of Florida (PDF)

Russellia equisetiformis James Cook University

Russelia equisetiformis Fountain Plant The Florez Nursery blog, NSW

Russelia equisetiformis Missouri Botanical Garden

Chalice-Vine Solandra maxima, S. grandiflora, S. guttata (includes a guide for differentiating between these species) Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Cup-of-gold Vine, Chalice Vine Solandra maxima San Diego Zoo

The Genus Solandra in Florida Reproduction of a 1956 article from the Florida State Horticultural Society

Chalice vine (Solandra maxima) Queensland Poisons Information Centre

Streptosolen jamesonii,' Ginger Meggs' The Florez Nursery blog, NSW

Strongylodon macrobotrys Jade Vine. Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Jade vine Strongylodon macrobotrys includes an illustration of a seed pod. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K.

Strongylodon macrobotrys Harold L. Lyon Arboretum Plant Profiles, University of Hawai`i at Manoa (PDF)

Tecomanthe hillii - Fraser Island Creeper Cooloola Coastcare

Tecomanthe 'Roaring Meg' At "Grow Me Instead"

NB: Some Thunbergia species are declared weeds in Qld.

Thunbergia mysorensis, Lady's Slipper Vine The Florez Nursery blog, NSW

Thunbergia mysorensis (Tahitian Jade) Harold L. Lyon Arboretum Plant Profiles, University of Hawai`i at Manoa (PDF)

Thryallis (Galphimia gracilis) Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Rain-Of-Gold (Galphimia glauca) University Of Florida (PDF)

Golden Thryallis Galphimia glauca Grow Me Instead.

NB: also known as Oxypetalum coeruleum

Wrightia antidysenterica 'Arctic Snow' At the "Grow Me Instead" website, Australia

Wrightia antidysenterica Milky Way, Wrightia, Artic Snow. Online Manual of Subtropical Landscaping Plants, Palm Beach Community College, Florida

Starry white flowers of Wrightia antidysenterica John&Jacq~s Garden, Malaysia