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Index of Plant Families (7 families in this page)

ACANTHACEAE
Acanthus
BIGNONIACEAE
Bignonia
MYOPORACEAE
Myoporum
OROBANCHACEAE
Broomrape
PLANTAGINACEAE
Plantain
SCROPHULARIACEAE
Figwort
SOLANACEAE
Potato
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ACANTHACEAE

( Acanthus Family )
Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate. Flowers zygomorphic, in spike-like inflorescences. Bracts often conspicuous, coloured. Calyx 4-lobed, 2-lipped, or campanulate, 5-fid. Corolla sympetalous, zygomorphic, with a short tube; limb 2-lipped with the upper lip subentire and the lower 3-fid, or 1-lipped with the upper lip absent. Stamens 2 or 4. Ovary superior, 2-locular, with axile placentae; style single, unequally 2-lobed. Fruit a loculicidal capsule with indurated funicles (jaculators) which eject the seeds.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Acanthus,
Artists's Acanthus
Ħannewija Apr-Jun Detailed Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Acanthus No Name Mar-Jun Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Acanthus No Name Mar-Jun Short Profile
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images.


BIGNONIACEAE

( Bignonia Family )
Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Description text for this family is under progress and unavailable at the moment ...
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
D. Don

Main Synonym :
Jacaranda acutifolia
Bignonia No Name Spring -
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images.
(L.) A. H. Gentry

Main Synonym :
Doxantha unguis-cati
Bignonia,
Cat-claw Trumpet
No Name Spring Short Profile
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images.
(Thunberg) Spach

Main Synonym :
Tecomaria capensis
Bignonia No Name Summer Short Profile
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images.
(L.) Seemann

Main Synonym :
Stenolobium stans
Bignonia,
Yellow Trumpet,
Common Yellow Elder
No Name Summer Short Profile
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images.
(DC.) T. Sprague

Main Synonym :
Stenolobium alatum
Bignonia,
Orange Jubilee
No Name Summer Short Profile
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images.


MYOPORACEAE

( Myoporum Family )
Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Shrubs or small trees. Leaves simple, exstipulate. Flowers 5-merous. Calyx deeply lobed. Corolla with a short tube and weakly zygomorphic limb. Stamens 4-5, inserted on the corollatube and alternating with the lobes. Ovary superior, 2- to 10 locular; style filiform; ovules usually 1 or 2 in each loculus. Fruit a drupe.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
R.Br.

Main Synonym :
Myoporum serratum
Myoporum No Name Apr-Jun Short Profile
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G. Forster

Main Synonym :
Myoporum tenuifolium
Myoporum,
Ngaio
No Name Apr-Jun -
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images.


OROBANCHACEAE

( Broomrape Family )
Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Perennial (rarely annual) herbs without chlorophyll, parasitic on the roots of other phanerogamic plants (usually herbaceous dicotyledons). Stems erect, usually simple. Leaves alternate, scale-like, often succulent at first. Flowers in a terminal spike or raceme, rarely in a panicle or solitary. Calyx tubular, cup-shaped or 2-lipped. Corolla 5-lobed, 2-lipped or almost regular. Stamens 4, didynamous. Ovary superior, 1-locular, with 2-4 parietal, often deeply lobed placentae; style single; stigma more or less 2-lobed. Fruit a loculicidal capsule; seeds small, numerous.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
C. Presl

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Broomrape No Name Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Smith

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Broomrape No Name Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
Loefling

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Broomrape No Name Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
Pomel

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Broomrape No Name Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
Forsskål

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Broomrape Budebbus Tal-ful Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Salzmann Beck

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Broomrape,
Sand Broomrape
Budebbus Tar-ramel Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Duby

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Broomrape No Name Mar-Jun Short Profile
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images.
Reichenbach

Main Synonym :
Kopsia lavandulacea
Broomrape,
Blue Broomrape
Budebbus Vjola,
Budebbus Ikħal
Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
Smith

Main Synonym :
Orobanche barbata
Broomrape No Name Mar-Apr Short Profile
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images.
F.W. Schultz

Main Synonym :
Phelipanche nana
Broomrape,
White Broomrape
Budebbus Tal-ingliża,
Budebbus Abjad
Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
F.W. Schultz

Main Synonym :
Orobanche loricata
Broomrape No Name Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
D' Urville

Main Synonym :
Orobanche versicolor
Broomrape Budebbus Muswaf,
Budebbus Tal-lellux
Apr-May -
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images.


PLANTAGINACEAE

( Plantain Family )
Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Herbs or dwarf shrubs. Leaves usually in basal rosettes, sometimes opposite or alternate, exstipulate. Flowers (2-)4-merous, actinomorphic, usually hermaphrodite, bracteate, usually in spikes. Sepals connate at base, persistent. Corolla gamopetalous, scarious. Filaments long; anthers conspicuous. Ovary superior, 1- to 4-locular; style 1; ovules 1 to many, axile or basal. Fruit a circumscissile capsule or indehiscent; seeds endospermic, with straight embryo, often mucilaginous when wet.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
L.

Main Synonym :
Plantago psyllium
Plantain Żerrigħet Il-briegħed Jan-May Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain No Name Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain No Name ? Short Profile
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images.
Allioni

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain No Name Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain Salib L-art,
Biżbula Tal-baħar
Mar-Oct Short Profile
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images.
Boissier

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain No Name Mar-Jun Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain,
Hare's Foot Plantain
Biżbula Komuni Feb-May Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain Biżbula Selvaġġa Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
(Gussone) Pilger

Main Synonym :
Plantago coronopus subsp. macrorrhiza
Plantain,
Coastal Plantain
No Name Mar-Oct Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain,
Ratstail Plantain
Biżbula Kbira Mar-Nov Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Plantain Biżbula Tas-snien Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Reichenbach

Main Synonym :
Plantago coronopus subsp. weldenii
Plantain Salib L-art Mar-Oct Short Profile
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images.


SCROPHULARIACEAE

( Figwort Family )
Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Herbs, rarely shrubs. Leaves simple (though sometimes deeply lobed), exstipulate, alternate or opposite (rarely all basal, or the uppermost whorled). Flowers zygomorphic (though sometimes only very slightly), usually in bracteate spikes or racemes, less often solitary in the leaf-axils or in cymes. Calyx usually 4- or 5-lobed, sometimes 2-lipped. Corolla (4)5(8)-lobed or 2-lipped. Stamens usually 2 or 4, rarely 3, 5 or 6-8; staminodes sometimes present. Ovary superior, 2-locular (sometimes 1-locular in upper part and rarely throughout); style single; stigma usually capitate. Fruit a capsule (rarely indehiscent); seeds usually numerous.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Miller

Main Synonym :
Antirrhinum majus subsp. siculum
Figwort,
Wall Snapdragon
Papoċċi Bojod,
Ras Il-mewt,
Ras Il-baqra
All Year Detailed Profile
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images.
Bosc

Main Synonym :
Antirrhinum majus subsp. tortuosum
Figwort,
Lion's Mouth
Papoċċi ħomor All Year Detailed Profile
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images.
(L.) Allioni

Main Synonym :
Bartsia trixago
Figwort,
Mediterranean Lineseed,
Bellardia
Perlina Bajda Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
Lamarck

Main Synonym :
Nicodemia madagascariensis
Figwort,
Smokebush
No Name Dec-May Short Profile
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images.
(L.) Lange

Main Synonym :
Linaria minor
Figwort,
Small Toadflax
No Name Jun-Aug Short Profile
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images.
Gaertner

Main Synonym :
Linaria cymbalaria
Figwort No Name Feb-Apr Short Profile
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images.
(Bernhardi) Fritsch

Main Synonym :
Linaria commutata
Figwort Xatbet L-art Vjola May-Jun Short Profile
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images.
(L.) Dumortier

Main Synonym :
Linaria elatine
Figwort Xatbet L-art Rara May-Aug Short Profile
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images.
(L.) Dumortier

Main Synonym :
Linaria spuria
Figwort Xetbet L-art Safra Jun-Sep Detailed Profile
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images.
(L.) Miller

Main Synonym :
Antirrhinum chalepensis
Figwort No Name Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Lojacono

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort Papoċċi Ta' Malta,
Xetbet L-Ardar Ta' Malta
Mar-May Detailed Profile
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images.
(L.) Miller

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort Papoċċi Tat-tliett Werqiet Feb-Apr Short Profile
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images.
(Ventenat) Rothmaler

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort,
Pale Weasel's Snout
No Name Mar-Jun -
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images.
(L.) Dumortier

Main Synonym :
Antirrhinum orontium
Figwort,
Linear-leaved Snapdragon
Papoċċi Rqiq,
Papoċċi Tar-Raba
Apr-Jul Detailed Profile
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images.
(L.) Caruel

Main Synonym :
Bartsia viscosa
Figwort,
Yellow Eye-bright
Perlina Safra Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
Scrophularia aquatica
Figwort,
Water Betony
Fiswet Il-kelb Tal-ilma Feb-May Detailed Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort,
Brown Figwort,
Mediterranean Figwort
Fiswet Il-kelb,
Nittiena
Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
(L.) Cavanilles

Main Synonym :
Celsia cretica
Figwort No Name Apr-Jun Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort Xatbet L-andar May-Aug Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort,
Common Mullein
No Name Jun-Aug Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort No Name Jan-Apr Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort Veronika Tal-ilma Mar-Oct Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort,
Common Speedwell,
Rock Speedwell
No Name Feb-Apr Short Profile
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images.
Bodard

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort,
Glandular Speedwell
Veronika Bajda Dec-May Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort No Name Dec-Mar Short Profile
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images.
Tineo

Main Synonym :
Veronica cymbalaria var. panormitana
Figwort No Name Dec-May Short Profile
with

images.
Poiret

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Figwort,
Persian Speedwell
No Name Feb-Apr Short Profile
with

images.
Fries

Main Synonym :
Veronica didyma
Figwort,
Grey Field Speedwell
No Name Feb-Apr Short Profile
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images.


SOLANACEAE

( Potato Family )
Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple to pinnate, exstipulate. Flowers actinomorphic or zygomorphic, hermaphrodite. Calyx (3-)5(-6) lobed or -dentate. Corolla rotate to campanulate, infundibuliform or tubular, 5(6- or 10)-lobed, rarely subentire; lobes valvate or plicate in bud. Stamens 5(-8), adnate to the corolla-tube and alternating with the lobes; anthers usually with introrse longitudinal dehiscence. Ovary superior, with 2 (rarely more) loculi; style simple; stigma entire to 2-lobed. Fruit a capsule or berry usually 2-locular. Seeds usually numerous (rarely 2-11).
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Miller

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato,
Desert Thorn Apple,
Angel's Trumpet
Siġret Ir-rizzi May-Dec Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato,
Apple Of Peru,
Devil's Trumpet
No Name May-Dec Short Profile
with

images.
L.

Main Synonym :
Datura stramonium var. tatula
Potato,
Jamestown Weed,
Jimsonweed
No Name May-Dec Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato Mammażejża,
Bang
All Year Detailed Profile
with

images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato,
Black Henbane
No Name Apr-Jul Short Profile
with

images.
Miller

Main Synonym :
Lycium ovatum
Potato,
Chinese Desert Thorn
No Name Apr-Jul Short Profile
with

images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato,
Mediterranean Boxthorn,
Spiny Jujube Tree
Għawseġ Tal-Mediterran Mar-Jul Short Profile
with

images.
Miers.

Main Synonym :
Lycium macrocalyx
Potato,
African Boxthorn,
Cape Boxthorn
Għawseġ Tal-Afrika Mar-Jul Short Profile
with

images.
Boissier

Main Synonym :
Lycium europaeum var. intricatum
Potato,
Southern Boxthorn
Għawseġ Mar-Jul Short Profile
with

images.
Mill.

Main Synonym :
Solanum lycopersicon
Potato Tadama Apr-Jun Short Profile
with

images.
Graham

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato,
Tree Tobacco,
Shrub Tobacco
Tabakk Tas-swar Apr-Oct Short Profile
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images.
(Hook) P.L. Vilmorin

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato Petunja Apr-Sep Short Profile
with

images.
L.

Main Synonym :
Physalis pubescens var. peruviana
Potato Tuffieħ Tal-fanal May-Jun Short Profile
with

images.
Cavanilles

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato No Name Apr-Sep Short Profile
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images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato,
Garden Nightshade,
Poisonberry
Għeneb Id-dib Iswed All Year Short Profile
with

images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato No Name Apr-Oct Short Profile
with

images.
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Potato Patata Short Profile
with

images.
Miller

Main Synonym :
Solanum luteum
Potato,
Hairy Nightshade,
Red-fruited Nightshade
Għeneb Id-dib Isfar,
Tuffieħ Is-serp
Apr-Nov Short Profile
with

images.
(L.) Dunal

Main Synonym :
Physalis somnifera
Potato No Name May-Sep Short Profile
with

images.


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