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Index of Plant Families (8 families in this page)

AGAVACEAE
Agave
ALLIACEAE
Onion
AMARYLLIDACEAE
Daffodil (Amaryllis)
ANTHERICACEAE
Antherica
ASPARAGACEAE
Asparagus
ASPHODELACEAE
Asphodel
COLCHICACEAE
Colchicum
CONVALLARIACEAE
Convallaria
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AGAVACEAE

( Agave Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Trees, shrubs or large, scapose herbs; leaves ensiform, coriaceous, very fibrous, mostly aggregated into dense rosettes. Inflorescence a large terminal panicle; flowers hermaphrodite, regular. Perianth-segments 6, petaloid, free or connate at base. Stamens 6. Ovary superior or inferior, 3-locular. Fruit a loculicidal capsule, rarely indehiscent and more or less succulent; seeds numerous.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Agave americana
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Agave,
Century Plant,
American Aloe 		Sabbara Tal-Amerika All Year Short Profile
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Agave americana var. marginata
L.

Main Synonym :
Agave complicata
Agave,
Century Plant,
American Aloe 		Sabbara Tal-Amerika Jun-Sep Short Profile
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Agave attenuata
Salm-Dyke

Main Synonym :
Agave cernua
Agave,
Spineless Agave,
Foxtail Agave 		No Name Spring Short Profile
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Agave parryi
Engelmann

Main Synonym :
Agave patonii
Agave No Name After rains Short Profile
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Agave sisalana
Perrine

Main Synonym :
Agave rigida var. sisalana
Agave,
Sisal Hemp 		No Name Nov-May Short Profile
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Yucca aloifolia
L.

Main Synonym :
Yucca yucatana
Agave,
Dagger Plant 		Yukka Jul-Sep Short Profile
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Yucca gloriosa
L.

Main Synonym :
Yucca elephantipes
Agave,
Adam's Needle 		Yukka Jul-Sep Short Profile
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ALLIACEAE

( Onion 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
Allium amethystinum
Tausch

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Onion Tewm Kaħlani Jun-Jul Short Profile
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Allium arvense
Gussone

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Onion Tewm Ta' Għawdex May-Jun Short Profile
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Allium cepa
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Onion,
Bulb Onion 		Basla Apr-Jun Short Profile
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Allium chamaemoly
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Onion Tewm Qerqni Dec-Jan Short Profile
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Allium commutatum
Gussone

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Onion Kurrat Salvaġġ May-Jul Short Profile
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Allium dentiferum
Webb & Berthelot

Main Synonym :
Allium paniculatum var. paniculatum
Onion Tewm Safrani May-Jul Short Profile
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Allium lojaconoi
Brullo Lanfranco & Pavone

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Onion Tewm Irqiq Ta' Malta,
Tewm żgħir Ta' Malta 		Jun-Jul Short Profile
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Allium melitense
(Sommier & Caruana Gatto) Ciferri & Giacomini

Main Synonym :
Allium ampeloprasum var. melitense
Onion,
Maltese Garlic 		Kurrat Ta' Malta May-Jun Short Profile
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Allium neapolitanum
Cirillo

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Onion,
Naples Onion 		No Name Mar-Apr Short Profile
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Allium nigrum
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Onion,
Broad-Leaved Garlic 		Ċuplajs Apr-May Short Profile
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Allium roseum
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Onion Tewm Ħamrani Mar-Apr Short Profile
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Allium subhirsutum
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Onion Tewm Muswaf Apr-May Short Profile
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Allium trifoliatum
Cirillo

Main Synonym :
Allium subhirsutum var. trifoliatum
Onion Tewm Tal-linja Vjola Mar-Apr Short Profile
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Allium triquetrum
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Onion No Name Dec-Apr Short Profile
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Nothoscordum borbonicum
(Aiton) Nicholson

Main Synonym :
Nothoscordum inodorum
Onion,
Sweet Garlic 		Tewm Tal-Qsari Apr-Jun Short Profile
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AMARYLLIDACEAE

( Daffodil (Amaryllis) Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Glabrous, bulbous, scapose (rarely more or less acaulescent), perennial herbs. Leaves all basal, linear to lorate or oblanceolate, often distichous. Flowers in an umbel (sometimes reduced to a single flower), subtended by a spathe of 1 or more usually scarious valves. Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or slightly zygomorphic. Perianth of 6 petaloid segments, arising from the apex of the ovary, or from a hypanthial tube. Corona sometimes present. Stamens 6. Ovary inferior, 3-locular; stigma capitate or shortly 3-lobed. Fruit a loculicidal or irregularly dehiscent capsule, sometimes with fleshy pericarp and transitional to a berry.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Narcissus elegans
(Haworth) Spach

Main Synonym :
Hermione elegans
Daffodil (Amaryllis) Narċis Imwaħħar Skars Autumn -
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Narcissus papyraceus
Ker-Gawler

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Daffodil (Amaryllis) No Name ? Short Profile
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Narcissus serotinus
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Daffodil (Amaryllis) Narċis Imwaħħar Oct-Nov Detailed Profile
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Narcissus tazetta
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Daffodil (Amaryllis),
Cream Narcissus 		Narċis,
Ranċis 		Nov-Mar Detailed Profile
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Pancratium maritimum
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Daffodil (Amaryllis),
Sand Lily,
Sea Pancratium 		Pankrazju,
Narċis Tar-Ramel,
Ġilju Tar-Ramel 		Aug-Sep Detailed Profile
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ANTHERICACEAE

( Antherica 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
Chlorophytum comosum
(Thunberg) Jacques

Main Synonym :
Anthericum comosum
Antherica,
Spider Ivy,
Ribbon Plant 		Rampila All Year Short Profile
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ASPARAGACEAE

( Asparagus 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
Asparagus aphyllus
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Asparagus,
Prickly Asparagus,
Spiny Asparagus 		Spraġġ Xewwieki Aug-Oct + Mar-May Short Profile
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Asparagus asparagoides
(L.) Druce

Main Synonym :
Asparagus medeoloides
Asparagus,
Bridal Creeper,
Smilax Asparagus 		No Name Mar-Apr Short Profile
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Asparagus densiflorus
(Kunth) Jessop cv. sprengeri

Main Synonym :
Asparagus plumosus subsp. nanus
Asparagus,
Sprenger's Asparagus 		No Name Mar-Apr Short Profile
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Asparagus falcatus
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Asparagus,
Sicklethorn 		No Name Sep-Dec Short Profile
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Asparagus officinalis
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Asparagus,
Garden Asparagus 		Spraġġ Apr-Jun Short Profile
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Asparagus setaceus
(Kunth) Jessop

Main Synonym :
Asparagus plumosus
Asparagus,
Asparagus Fern 		No Name Summer Short Profile
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Asparagus stipularis
Forrsk.

Main Synonym :
Asparagus horridus
Asparagus Spraġġ Griż Feb-Apr Detailed Profile
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Asparagus virgatus
Baker

Main Synonym :
Protasparagus virgatus
Asparagus No Name Summer Short Profile
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ASPHODELACEAE

( Asphodel Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: The Asphodelaceae is a sub family of the Liliacea which have the characteristic of having very little roots and no bulbs. They grow from deep rhizomes or tubers. They regularly have branched and conspicuous inflorescenses. They are incredibly able to grow on very little soil and The anatomy is very similar to the Liliaceae , mostly perennial herbs comprising about 280 genera and 4,000 species. The leaves are alternate or less often opposite or whorled. The flowers are often showy and are nearly always bisexual and actinomorphic. The perianth typically consists of two whorls of undifferentiated or weakly differentiated petaloid tepals with 3 distinct members in each whorl, or less frequently all of the segments are connate into a common perianth tube or perigynous or epigynous zone that sometimes has an adnate corona. The androecium usually consists of 6 fertile stamens attached to the receptacle or adnate to the perianth tube but rarely 3, 4, or up to 12 may be found. The gynoecium typically consists of a single compound pistil of 3 carpels, a single style commonly with 3 stigmas, and a superior or less often inferior ovary with 3 locules, each containing several to numerous axile ovules. Rarely there are 2 or 4 carpels and locules with axile placentation or only a single locule with intruded parietal placentation. The fruit is nearly always a capsule or berry.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Aloe arborescens
Miller

Main Synonym :
Aloe mutabilis
Asphodel No Name Dec-Feb Short Profile
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Aloe saponaria
(Aiton) Haworth

Main Synonym :
Aloe maculata
Asphodel,
African Aloe 		No Name Aug-Sep Short Profile
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Aloe vera
(L.) Burmann f.

Main Synonym :
Aloe barbadensis
Asphodel,
Mediterranean Aloe,
True Aloe 		Sabbara Apr-Sep Short Profile
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Asphodelus aestivus
Brotero

Main Synonym :
Asphodelus microcarpus
Asphodel Berwieq Jan-Apr Detailed Profile
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Asphodelus fistulosus
L

Main Synonym :
Asphodelus tenuifolius
Asphodel,
Pink Asphodel,
Onion-leaved Asphodel 		Berwieq Żgħir Jan-Apr Detailed Profile
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Gasteria acinacifolia
(Jacquin) Haworth

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Asphodel No Name Sep-Dec Short Profile
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COLCHICACEAE

( Colchicum Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: The Colchicaceae are plants that grow from underground corms covered in tough papery tunics. The flowers have 3 styles that are free, rather than united into a single stalk. There are six tepal segments: 3 petals and 3 sepals. Each of the 6 anthers is attached at the base of one of the tepal segments. The most familiar genus in this family may be Colchicum, native to Eurasia. Bulbocodium is a genus closely related to Colchicum. Merendera is a genus with Colchicum-like flowers that grows in the Mediterranean, North African, and Middle Eastern areas. The genus Androcymbium is found in the Mediterranean and southward through South Africa. The genus Gloriosa contains the gaudy, vining Gloriosa Lily, which is native to southern Africa. Other genera in this family include Baeometra, Littonia, Sandersonia, and Wurmbea. The older usage of the family Liliaceae was an all-inclusive collection of plants that are considered in most recent classifications to belong to many families in at least two orders, Asparagales and Liliales. The Colchicaceae are still considered part of the Liliales, but separate from the Liliaceae. Colchicum generally resembles to an oversized, fall-blooming crocus, but in fact the two are quite distant both genetically and ornamentally.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Colchicum cupanii
Gussone

Main Synonym :
Colchicum bertolonii
Colchicum Busieq Oct-Nov Detailed Profile
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CONVALLARIACEAE

( Convallaria 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
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