distributed in the Holarctic region, in the temperate regions of the southern hemisphere, and in higher mountains in tropical and subtropical areas. In the following
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woody bamboos are tropical or subtropical in their distribution, but about 25 genera are found in temperate regions, mainly in eastern Asia. Two genera are
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pie pumpkin, white cushaw) is currently grown in the United States and known to have been in cultivation in eastern North America since pre-Columbian times
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very rapidly, because herbarium specimens exist from Ohio in 1828, Michigan in 1837, and Maine in 1837. J. Chapman et al. (1974) presented archaeological
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worldwide, concentrated in the Southern Hemisphere, especially Africa, and in subtropical to tropical mountains. Species ca. 80 (13 in the flora). Rosulabryum
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site for insects, especially species of mosquitoes in the genus Mansonia, and it is often an aquatic weed. Although a serious pest in some areas of the
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fiber sources, especially M. textilis Née (abacá or Manila-hemp), and others are grown as ornamentals in subtropical and tropical regions. In addition, the
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sometimes 0. x = 12. Tropical and subtropical America, especially Mexico, widely introduced elsewhere. Species ca. 26 (4 in the flora). Pandey, A. K., S. Chopra
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EndemicConservation concern Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2. Trees to 25 m; crown generally broadly spreading, especially on exposed headlands, fairly sparse,
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floral characters (especially of the American species, which are quite uniform) are exceedingly difficult to use or of little value in distinguishing species
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straight. Nearly worldwide, especially rich in numbers of species and/or in numbers of plants in arid and semiarid regions of subtropical and lower to middle temperate
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widely in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. The enlarged storage roots of Manihot esculenta yield a starchy staple, now much consumed in tropical
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cold winters; it may be blurred in subtropical and tropical areas. In all cases, fertile stems die after fruiting. In most Carex, the only aboveground
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and naturalized in temperate and subtropical regions around the world. The evergreen pear, P. kawakamii, is widely cultivated, especially in California. This
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indistinctly papillose especially on veins of leaf blades abaxially, with fusiform, vertical rootstock. Stems erect, often flexuous in inflorescence, branched
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especially in tropical and subtropical regions. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"subsection","name":"Chenopodium subsect. Undata"
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orange. x = 13–16. Worldwide in the tropics and subtropics, with extensions into temperate areas. Species ca. 350 (20 in the flora). The North American
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broadly rounded to acute, not hyaline; costa percurrent in proximal leaves to long-excurrent in distal leaves, awn pigmented proximally, hyaline distally
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1791). In the early 1900s, the U.S. Department of Agriculture attempted a campaign to introduce taro as a new root crop in frost-free zones in the southern
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species are popular as house plants, especially the ubiquitous Maranta leuconeura, in conservatories, and as ornamentals in tropical gardening. The most significant
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