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Flora of Democratic Republic of the Congo: Utilities: List of genus vernacular names

The use of English names for genera is a new feature of the site and at present content is somewhat limited.

Click on a letter below to take you to the first genus whose name begins with that letter.

A
Aloe

B
Bedstraws
Bog clubmosses
Bristle grasses
Buckwheats
Buffalo beans

C
Coral-vines

D
Docks
Dodder-laurels

E
Everlasting flowers

F
False thorns
Figs
Fleabanes
Floating hearts
Flossflowers
Fumitories

G
Gallant-soldiers
Geraniums
Gladioluses
Goosefoots

H
Hollies
Horsetails

J
Jasmines
Junipers

K
Knotweeds

L
Lady's mantles
Larkspurs
Leadworts
Lineleaf ferns
Lucky-bean trees

M
Maidenhair fern
Marigolds
Mints
Mulberries

N
Nasturtiums
Nettles
Nightshades

O
Oil palms
Orchid trees

P
Passion flowers
Pennyworts
Pondweeds

Q
Quillworts

R
Raffia palms
Red-hot pokers

S
Shoelace fern
Squashes and gourds (Cultivated genus)
Starburs
Sundews

T
Tapegrasses
Thorn trees

V
Vlei-lilies

W
Water clover or clover fern.
Witchweeds

Y
Yams
Yellow-woods

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