Australia, some species cultivated and introduced in temperate and tropical regions worldwide. Genera 130, species ca. 2500 (12 genera, 18 species in the flora)
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Watsonia) are cultivated in gardens in both tropical and temperate areas. Moraea and Homeria are poisonous and pose significant problems in cattle- and sheep-raising
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flat and wind-distributed, sometimes thicker and with fleshy elaiosomes. x = 3–27+. Nearly worldwide, primarily tropical regions, widely cultivated. Genera
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Mostly tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate zones, some species in temperate zones, some taxa are at present almost worldwide as introduced and naturalized
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Syngonium, and Zantedeschia (calla-lily). Plants of some cultivated species of Araceae escape and may persist or naturalize, especially in warmer climates
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fastest growing and most productive temperate trees. All native species (except P. heterophylla) and some natural hybrids are cultivated to some extent within
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x = 10. Nearly worldwide, mostly in warm-temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions at mid and upper elevations. Species 1000+ (55 in the flora). The
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tropical and subtropical regions and very large annual herbs in cooler regions. Numerous horticultural cultivars exist, including some with dark red stems
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particularly in mountainous regions, and reach their southern limit in the tropical mountains of the Philippines and India. Eastern Asia and North America
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Two or three species of Malvastrum have been widely introduced worldwide in tropical and warm-temperate regions; none is usually cultivated; several are
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America, widely introduced or naturalized in tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate regions worldwide. Originally a riverside pioneer in eastern North
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Tex., South America (Brazil), introduced widely in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. The enlarged storage roots of Manihot esculenta yield a starchy
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magnitude in temperate regions than in tropical forests, which contain 50% (N.Myers 1980; E.O. Wilson 1988b) to 90% (T.L. Erwin 1983, 1988) of all species of
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