MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE



 Indexes, Lists of names & Notes

 
 
 
All the following notes by Michel H. Porcher unless otherwise noted
 
An introduction to plant names (for beginners) by Judy Gibson

Generalities on sorting plant names

Note on Chinese Language (very basic information + our database approach to the language)

Note on identifying "Jiaogan" and "Lugan", Chinese mandarins. International cooperative effort

Note on working out Chinese names of European fruit cultivars (in progress)

European names of two basic types of Chinese cabbages "Pe tsai" and "Bok choi"
(in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish)

Understanding Chinese cabbage names "Pe tsai" & "Bok choi"

How to find a plant name on the Internet Fungi & Bamboos

How to find a plant name on the Internet other groups of plants

Sorting the names of bamboos

Sorting the names of Fungi / Mushrooms

Sorting the names of Palms

 
All the following pages by Michel H. Porcher unless otherwise noted
(in 70 languages and 25 scripts). From 2006 we are attempting  to have most sets of records  UNICODE compatible.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

If the name is not in the list below, is it a bamboo ? a palm ? a fungus ? a medicinal plant ?
(each of those sections has a separate index)

 
Sorting names within genus Abelmoschus

Sorting names within genus Abrus

Sorting names within genus Abutilon

Sorting names within genus Acacia       05/08

Sorting names within genus Acanthopanax     05/06

Sorting names within genus Acca     09/06

Sorting names within genus Acer (excluding ornamental maples)  05/06

Sorting names within genus Achillea 

Sorting names within genus Acmella

Sorting names within genus Actinidia     07/07

Sorting names within genus Adansonia

Sorting names within genus Adiantum   

Sorting names within genus Aegle  05/08

Sorting names within genus Aesculus    05/06

Sorting names within genus Aframomum

Sorting names within genus Agropyron    10/06

Sorting names within genus Agrostis    12/06

Sorting names within genus Aleurites

Sorting names within genus Allium      07/07

Sorting names within genus Alocasia

Sorting names within genus Aloe 

Sorting names within genus Alopecurus    04/07

Sorting names within genus Alpinia

Sorting names within genus Alyogyne

Sorting names within genus Amaranthus      06/07

Sorting names within genus Amomum     02/06

Sorting names within genus Amorphophallus

Sorting names within genus Amygdalus

Sorting names within genus Anacardium     05/08

Sorting names within genus Anacyclus

Sorting names within genus Ananas
Sorting names within genus Anaxagorea     03/06

Sorting names within genus Anethum      08/06

Sorting names within genus Annona

Sorting names within genus Anthemis      01/06

Sorting names within genus Apium

Sorting names within genus Arachis  05/08

Sorting names within genus Aralia        05/06

Sorting names within genus  Araucaria     08/07

Sorting names within genus Arbutus  

Sorting names within genus Archidendron   

Sorting names within genus Areca

Sorting names within genus Arenga

Sorting names within genus Argania   07/07

Sorting names within genus Armeniaca

Sorting names within genus Armoracia

Sorting names within genus Aronia  

Sorting names within genus Artabotrys    02/06

Sorting names within genus Artocarpus    07/07

Sorting names within genus Artemisia

Sorting names within genus Asarum   

Sorting names within genus Asparagus     03/06

Sorting names within genus   Atriplex      10/07

Sorting names within genus Avena    12/06

Sorting names within genus Averrhoa

Sorting names within genus Azadirachta

 
Sorting names within genus Baccaurea
Sorting names within genus Bacopa
Sorting names within genus Barbarea

Sorting names within genus Barringtonia

Sorting names within genus Basella     07/07

Sorting names within genus Benincasa

Sorting names within genus Bertholletia

Sorting names within genus Beta

Sorting names within genus Bixa

Sorting names within genus Blainvillea

Sorting names within genus Boehmeria    07/07

Sorting names within genus Boesenbergia

Sorting names within genus Bombax       09/06

Sorting names within genus Borassus

Sorting names within genus Boswellia

Sorting names within genus Brachychiton

Sorting names within genus Brasenia

 Sorting names within genus Brassica  01/08
Sorting names within genus Bromus    04/07

Sorting names within genus Broussonetia       05/06

Sorting names within genus Bryonia      06/07

Sorting names within genus Bunias

Sorting names within genus Bunium    08/06

 
Sorting names within genus Cajanus  11/07

Sorting names within genus   Calamintha     01/07

Sorting names within genus   Calathea

Sorting names within genus Camellia       10/07

Sorting names within genus Cananga

 Sorting names within genus Canarium

 Sorting names within genus Canavalia

Sorting names within genus Cannabis  05/06

Sorting names within genus   Canna     

Sorting names within genus Capparis   

Sorting names within genus Capsella

Sorting names within genus Capsicum

Sorting names within genus Carica

Sorting names within genus Carthamus

Sorting names within genus Carum     08/06

Sorting names within the genus Caryota

Sorting names within the genus Carya

Sorting names within genus Casimiroa   

Sorting names within genus Castanea     05/06

Sorting names within the genus Catalpa

Sorting names within the genus Cedrela

Sorting names within genus Ceiba     09/06

Sorting names within genus Centella  01/08

Sorting names within genus Cerasus

Sorting names within genus Ceratonia   06/07

Sorting names within genus Cereus     11/07

Sorting names within genus   Chamaemelum

Sorting names within genus Chaenomeles       10/06

Sorting names within genus   Chenopodium       10/07

Sorting names within the genus Cicer

Sorting names within the genus Cichorium

Sorting names within genus Cinnamomum  04/07

 Sorting names within the genus Citrullus

Sorting names within genus Citrus  03/07

Sorting names within genus Clausena

Sorting names within genus Claytonia

Sorting names within genus   Clinopodium    01/07

Sorting names within genus Cnicus
Sorting names within genus Cnidoscolus     08/07

Sorting names within genus Coccinia   02/06
Sorting names within genus Cocos   03/07

Sorting names within genus Coffea       05/06

Sorting names within genus Coix
Sorting names within genus Cola    01/06

Sorting names within genus Coleus

Sorting names within genus Colocasia

Sorting names within genus Corchorus     07/07

Sorting names within genus Coriandrum        08/06

Sorting names within genus Corylus      03/07

Sorting names within genus Cordyline

Sorting names within genus Cotula

Sorting names within genus Crambe     11/06

Sorting names within genus Crocus
Sorting names within genus Crotalaria

Sorting names within the genus Cryptotaenia
 
Sorting names within genus Cucumis    10/07

Sorting names within genus Cucurbita     11/06
 
Sorting names within genus Cullen   06/07

Sorting names within genus Cuminum   08/06

Sorting names within genus Curcuma  01/08
Sorting names within genus Cyamopsis   06/07

Sorting names within genus Cyclanthera

Sorting names within genus Cydonia   

Sorting names within genus Cymbopogon   
 
Sorting names within genus Cynodon

Sorting names within genus Cynara    11/07

 Sorting names within genus Cyperus

 
Sorting names within genus Dacryodes   

Sorting names within genus Daphne       05/06

Sorting names within genus Daucus       11/07

Sorting names within genus Debregeasia      07/07

Sorting names within genus Dendrocnide       07/07

Sorting names within genus Dendropanax     05/06
 
Sorting names within genus Digitaria

Sorting names within genus Dimocarpus

 Sorting names within genus Dioscorea     03/07

Sorting names within genus Diospyros

Sorting names within genus Diplocyclos

Sorting names within genus Diplotaxis     11/07

Sorting names within genus   Donax

Sorting names within genus Dracaena

Sorting names within genus Druparia

Sorting names within genus Durio

 
Sorting names within genus Echinochloa    10/06

Sorting names within genus Edgeworthia     05/06

Sorting names within genus Elaeis

Sorting names within genus Eleocharis

Sorting names within genus Elettaria     01/06

Sorting names within genus Eleusine

 Sorting names within genus Eleutherococcus     05/06

 Sorting names within genus Enydra

Sorting names within genus Eragrostis

Sorting names within genus Eriobotrya       07/06

Sorting names within genus Eruca

Sorting names within genus Eryngium

Sorting names within genus Etlingera

Sorting names within genus Eugenia

Sorting names within genus Eupatorium        01/06

Sorting names within genus Eurycoma

Sorting names within genus Evodiopanax        05/06

 
Sorting names within genus Fagopyrum

Sorting names within genus Fallopia

Sorting names within genus Fatsia     05/06

Sorting names within genus Ferula

Sorting names within genus Festuca     04/06

Sorting names within genus Ficus       11/06

Sorting names within genus Flacourtia     09/06

Sorting names within genus Foeniculum  

Sorting names within genus Fortunella       07/06

Sorting names within genus Fragaria   06/07

 Sorting names within genus Garcinia    09/06

Sorting names within genus Gaultheria

Sorting names within genus Ginkgo    05/07

Sorting names within genus Girardinia     07/07

Sorting names within genus Gloriosa    01/08

Sorting names within genus Glycine

Sorting names within the genus Glycyrrhiza     04/07

Sorting names within genus Gnetum

Sorting names within genus Gossypium    01/08
 
Sorting names within genus Guizotia    10/07
 

 
Sorting names within genus Hablitzia       08/07

Sorting names within genus Helianthus
Sorting names within genus Heracleum     08/07

Sorting names within genus Hibiscus

Sorting names within genus Hippophae  

Sorting names within genus Hordeum   06/07

 Sorting names within genus Houttuynia

Sorting names within genus  Humulus   06/07

Sorting names within genus Hyacinthoides

Sorting names within genus Hydnocarpus

Sorting names within genus Hydrocotyle

Sorting names within genus Hylocereus     11/07

Sorting names within genus Illicium

Sorting names within genus Imperata

Sorting names within genus Indigofera

Sorting names within genus Inga     

Sorting names within genus Inocarpus
Sorting names within genus Inula

Sorting the names of water spinach & sweet potato within Ipomoea     07/07

Sorting names within genus Irvingia     03/06



 

Sorting names within genus Jatropha     08/07

Sorting names within genus Juglans

Sorting names within genus Kaempferia

Sorting names within genus Kalopanax      05/06

 
Sorting names within genus Lablab  10/07
Sorting names within genus Lactuca

Sorting names within genus Lagenaria     07/07

Sorting names within genus Lamium      07/07

Sorting names within genus Lansium

Sorting names within genus Laportea     07/07

Sorting names within genus Lathyrus

Sorting names within genus Laurocerasus
Sorting names within genus Laurus   04/07

Sorting names within genus Lawsonia

Sorting names within genus Lens

Sorting names within genus Lepidium

Sorting names within genus Levisticum

Sorting names within genus Linum

Sorting names within genus Litchi

Sorting names within genus Lolium   06/07

Sorting names within genus Lotus

Sorting names within genus Louiseania

Sorting names within genus Luffa

Sorting names within the genus Lupinus   06/07

Sorting names within genus Lychnis

Sorting names within genus Lycium       08/07

Sorting names within genus Lycopersicon   

 
Sorting names within genus Macadamia   

Sorting names within genus Macropanax         05/06

Sorting names within genus Macroptilium         11/07

Sorting names within genus Madhuca

Sorting names within genus Mallotus

Sorting names within genus Malpighia   

Sorting names within genus Malus    

Sorting names within genus Mammea

Sorting names within the genus Mangifera

Sorting names within genus Manihot      08/07

Sorting names within genus Manilkara

Sorting names within genus   Maranta

Sorting names within genus   Matricaria

Sorting names within the genus Meconopsis

Sorting names within genus Medicago

Sorting names within genus Melilotus

Sorting names within genus   Melissa      01/07

Sorting names within genus Melothria

Sorting names within genus Mentha         06/07

Sorting names within genus Mespilus     07/06

Sorting names within genus Mesua

Sorting names within genus Metapanax        05/06
 
Sorting names within genus Metroxylon

Sorting names within genus Micromeria     11/06

Sorting names within genus Mimosa

Sorting names within genus Miscanthus

 Sorting names within genus Momordica
Sorting names within genus Monodora     03/06

Sorting names within genus Monstera

Sorting names within genus Morinda  01/08

Sorting names within genus Moringa

Sorting names within genus Morus

 Sorting names within the genus Mucuna

Sorting names within genus Mukia    02/06

Sorting names within genus Murraya  01/08
 
Sorting names within genus Musa All Musa names are under review (see this excellent external ref.)

Sorting names within genus Myristica

Sorting names within genus Myrtus    10/06

 
 Sorting names within genus Nasturtium

Sorting names within genus Nelumbo     02/07

Sorting names within genus Nephelium

Sorting names within genus Nicolaia

Sorting names within genus Nicotiana

 Sorting names within genus Nigella    08/06

Sorting names within genus Nothopanax       05/06

 Sorting names within genus Nymphaea

Sorting names within genus Ocimum   

Sorting names within the genus Oenanthe

Sorting names within genus Olea    04/07

Sorting names within genus Oncosperma

Sorting names within genus Onobrychis

Sorting names within genus Oplopanax     04/06

Sorting names within genus Opuntia   

Sorting names within genus Origanum    06/07

Sorting names within genus Ornithogalum

Sorting names within genus Ornithopus
Sorting names within genus Oryza

Sorting names within genus Oxalis

 
Sorting names within genus Pachypodium

Sorting names within the genus Pachyrhizus

Sorting names within genus Padus

Sorting names within genus Panax       05/06

Sorting names within the genus Pandanus

Sorting names within the genus Panicum

Sorting names within the genus Papaver

Sorting names within the genus Parkia      

Sorting names within the genus Paspalum

Sorting names within genus Passiflora  

Sorting names within genus Pastinaca   06/07

Sorting names within the genus Pennisetum    10/06

Sorting names within genus Perilla    10/06

Sorting names within genus Persea    06/07

Sorting names within genus Persica

Sorting names within genus Persicaria

Sorting names within genus Petroselinum  01/08

Sorting names within the genus Phalaris

Sorting names within genus Phaseolus   11/07

Sorting names within genus Phoenix

Sorting names within genus Phormium

Sorting names within genus Phyla    10/06

Sorting names within genus Physalis

Sorting names within genus Pimenta

Sorting names within genus Pinus    07/07

Sorting names within genus Piper  01/08

Sorting names within genus Pistacia    04/08

 Sorting names within the genus Pisum

Sorting names within genus Pithecellobium    

Sorting names within genus Plectranthus   

Sorting names within genus Poa

Sorting names within genus Pogonatherum

Sorting names within genus Polygonum

Sorting names within genus Polyscias       05/06
 
Sorting names within genus Portulaca