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MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Indexes, Lists of names & Notes

Search engine related to main site (University of Melbourne) Australia.
Search engine related to mirror sites on ARS GRIN Database (USA). (Botanical families, botanical references)
Search engine of related ISTA Multilingual Glossary at ARS GRIN Database (USA). (Names sorted on Countries)
Lists of names (multilingual, multiscripted, in alphabetical order of genera, with links to sites in various languages) for the botanically minded
Indexes of plant names for the non-botanically-minded (in various languages, linked to multilingual lists of names) Contributions welcome.
General notes on plant names (in English)
Bamboos (in various languages) for the non-botanically-minded
Conifers (in various languages) for the non-botanically-minded
Palms (in various languages) for the non-botanically-minded
Fungi (in various languages) for the non-botanically-minded
Medicinal plants - Botanical index.
Bibliography (Printed books). Basic general bibliography. Other specific references can be found attached to lists of names.
On-line references
On-line resources
Linking to MMPND main server.
Photo galleries (small).
M.M.P.N.D. Site statistics (access restricted to University).
Mirror site at ARS-GRIN, USA.
Michel H. Porcher's Anchor page (outside link).
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 conifers

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 Anthriscus    08/09

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 Asimina     05/10
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 Callicarpa

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 Cassia    08/09
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 Cucumeropsis

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 Dracocephalum
Sorting names within genus Dracontomelon
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 Elaeagnus
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 Hovenia

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 Lonicera 12/08
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    12/08

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 12/08
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 01/09
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

Sorting names within genus Pouteria

Sorting names within genus Praecitrullus
Sorting names within genus Prunus - cross-index
Prunus - introductory page
Sorting names within genus Pseudopanax
Sorting names within genus Psidium
Sorting names within genus Psophocarpus
Sorting names within genus Psoralea        06/07

Sorting names within genus Pterocarpus
Sorting names within genus Pueraria
Sorting names within genus Punica 06/07
Sorting names within genus Pyrus

Sorting names within genus Quercus

Sorting names within genus Raphanus    12/08
Sorting names within genus Raphia
Sorting names within genus Ravenala

Sorting names within genus Rheum    01/08

Sorting names within genus Ribes 01/08

Sorting names within genus Ricinodendron 03/06
Sorting names within genus Ricinus
Sorting names within genus Robinia    05/06
Sorting names within genus Rorippa

Sorting names within genus Rosmarinus 05/07
Sorting names within genus Roystonea
Sorting names within genus Rubia

Sorting names within genus Rubus 06/07

Sorting names within genus Rumex      09/07

Sorting names within genus Saccharum 04/07

Sorting names within genus Sagittaria

Sorting names within genus Salacca

Sorting names within genus Salsola 01/08
Sorting names within genus Salvadora

Sorting names within genus Sanguisorba    01/09

Sorting names within genus Satureja 01/07
Sorting names within genus Saxifraga

Sorting names within genus Schefflera    05/06
Sorting names within genus Schinus
Sorting names within genus Schisandra

Sorting names within genus Scilla
Sorting names within genus Scorzonera

Sorting names within genus Secale

Sorting names within genus Sechium

Sorting names within genus Selenicereus     11/07
Sorting names within genus Senna    08/09
Sorting names within genus Semecarpus 04/08

Sorting names within genus Sesamum 06/07
Sorting names within genus Sesbania
Sorting names within genus Setaria 04/07
Sorting names within genus Shorea

Sorting names within genus Sida

Sorting names within genus Silene   11/07

Sorting names within genus Silybum     10/07
Sorting names within genus Sinapis
Sorting names within genus Siraitia

Sorting names within genus Sisymbrium

Sorting names within genus Sium     08/09
Sorting names within genus Smallanthus

Sorting names within genus Smyrnium 12/08

Sorting names within genus Solanum , eggplants and relatives only.

Sorting names within genus Solanum , potatoes and relatives only 11/06
Sorting names within genus Solena
Sorting names within genus Sorbus
Sorting names within genus Sorghum 10/06
Sorting names within genus Spilanthes
Sorting names within genus Spinacia
Sorting names within genus Spondias
Sorting names within genus Stachys
Sorting names within genus Stenocereus     11/07
Sorting names within genus Sterculia 01/06

Sorting names within genus Stevia 10/06

Sorting names within genus Strychnos

Sorting names within genus Suaeda 01/08

Sorting names within the genus Swietenia

Sorting names within genus Swinglea
Sorting names within genus Symplocos
Sorting names within genus Syzygium

Sorting names within genus Tabebuia
Sorting names within genus Talinum

Sorting names within genus Tamarindus    07/07
Sorting names within genus Tamus 02/06
Sorting names within genus Taraxacum    02/06

Sorting names within genus Terminalia
Sorting names within genus Tetragonia
Sorting names within genus Tetrapanax       05/06

Sorting names within genus Theobroma

Sorting names within genus Thevetia

Sorting names within genus Thymus 10/06

Sorting names within genus Thysanolaena

Sorting names within the genus Toona
Sorting names within the genus Torreya
Sorting names within genus Trachyspermum
Sorting names within genus Tragopogon   01/08
Sorting names within genus Trapa
Sorting names within genus Trichosanthes    02/06
Sorting names within the genus Trifolium    06/07

Sorting names within the genus Trigonella 12/06

Sorting names within the genus Triticum 01/07
Sorting names within genus Tropaeolum
Sorting names within genus Tuber    01/06
Sorting names within genus Typha

Sorting names within genus Ugni    10/06

Sorting names within genus Ullucus

Sorting names within genus Urtica    07/07

Sorting names within genus Urochloa

Sorting names within genus Vaccinium
Sorting names within genus Valeriana

Sorting names within genus Valerianella

Sorting names within genus Vanda

Sorting names within genus Vanilla    02/06
Sorting names within genus Vernicia
Sorting names within genus Vicia 10/06
Sorting names within genus Vigna 11/07

Sorting names within genus Vitis 06/07

Sorting names within genus Wasabia

Sorting names within genus Wedelia

Sorting names within genus Wikstroemia    05/06

Sorting names within genus Xanthosoma     04/06

Sorting names within genus Xylopia   03/06
Sorting names within genus Zanthoxylum
Sorting names within genus Zea    01/08
Sorting names within genus Zehneria 02/06
Sorting names within genus Zingiber   01/06
Sorting names within genus Zizania
Sorting names within genus Ziziphus

Sorting names within genus Zoysia    05/07

Linked genera of bamboos are listed in Indroductory page to Bamboos
Linked genera of fungi / mushrooms are listed in Indroductory page to Fungi / Mushrooms
Linked genera of palms are listed in Indroductory page to Palms
Linked genera of medicinal plants are listed in Medicinal plants - Botanical index.

All the following indexes by Michel H. Porcher unless otherwise noted
Arabic index of Citrus names
Arabic index of palm names
Arabic index of plant names (Unicode-enabled updated July 2007) *
Armenian index of plant names (in construction) *
Bengali index of plant names

Burmese index of plant names Michel H. Porcher & Prof. David Bradley (in construction)
Burmese index of plant names by U Kyaw Tun, U. Pe Than (mirrored here by request)

Chinese index of bamboo names
Chinese index of mushroom names
Chinese index of palm names
Czech index of Prunus names *
Greek index of plant names (updated 07 / 2007) *
Hebrew index of plant names (updated 07 / 2007) *
Hindi index of plant names (Any browser)

Icelandic index of Allium names by Dóra Jakobsdóttir

Hindi index   (Unicode-enabled - updated July / 07)
Japanese index of Fungi names by Michel H. Porcher & Prof. Jim Breen

Japanese index of plant names (sorted on katakana - updated May / 2009)

Japanese index of Bamboos (sorted on botanical Latin)

Korean index of plant names (Old)

Korean index of plant names (Unicode-enabled - updated Jan / 09)

Korean index of Prunus names *
Malay index of banana names (in construction, comments welcome)
Nepalese index of plant names

Persian index of plant names by Farzin H. Abbas & Michel H. Porcher *

Russian index of plant names (Any browser)

Russian index of plant names (Unicode-enabled - updated updated 03 / 07)

Serbian index of plant names by Angela Drenovac & Michel H. Porcher (in construction)

Sinhalese index of plant names (in construction)

Tamil index of plant names (in construction - updated 03 / 07, comments welcome)

Telugu index of plant names (in construction - updated 03 / 08, comments welcome)

Thai index of banana names (in construction, romanisation only, comments welcome)

Thai index of plant names

Thai index of plant names (Unicode - updated 12 / 06) *

Thai index of palms names by Vanussuda Jidhanont & Michel H. Porcher

Turkish index (in construction, updated 07 / 07) *

Urdu index of plant names

Vietnamese index *

Vietnamese index of bamboo names

Vietnamese index of banana names

* Unicode-enabled browser required to view all data on those files : Windows 2000 on PCs, Safari 1.2 for Mac OS X 10.3 on Macs).

Test your computer capability with Simon Ager's list of Language names in their own scripts.
Alan Woods' Unicode Resources provide an enormous amount of practical information on the subject of multilingual communication.

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