Genus: Tropical Plants
Acetosella
Acetosella
Genus of perennial herbs in the family Oxalidaceae growing in woodlands, moist meadows, and shaded areas across temperate and subtropical regions worldwide. Plants form small basal rosettes with bright green trifoliate leaves that fold at night or under water stress. They produce delicate white, pink, or yellow flowers with pigmented veins. Some species form underground corms or bulbils.
Achyranthes
Achyranthes
Genus of herbs and subshrubs in the Amaranthaceae family distributed across tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Pacific islands. Distinguished by stems with thickened nodes, opposite leaves, and terminal spikes with small flowers subtended by reflexed, spiny bracts at maturity. Several species are widely used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine and Chinese herbalism.
Callisia
Callisia
A genus of succulent and semi-succulent plants in the family Commelinaceae, native to tropical and subtropical America. Characterized by creeping or trailing stems with fleshy, compact leaves. Several species are popular houseplants due to ease of cultivation and attractive foliage.
Kali
Kali
Small genus of halophytic and xerophytic succulent plants in the family Amaranthaceae, subfamily Salsoloideae. Formerly included within Salsola, Kali was segregated based on modern molecular analyses. Comprises annual or perennial herbs with fleshy cylindrical stems and succulent leaves adapted to saline soils and semi-arid environments. Produces small flowers with spiny bracts in many species.
Oxalis
Oxalis
Pandanus
Pandanus
Genus of tropical monocotyledonous plants in the family Pandanaceae, commonly known as pandanus or screw pines. With over 700 accepted species, they constitute one of the most diverse monocot genera in the Old World tropics. They are characterised by long linear leaves arranged spirally in three rows around the stem (hence "screw"), very conspicuous aerial prop roots and globose compound fruits (syncarp). They grow on sandy coasts, mangroves, tropical forests, oceanic islands and riparian environments. Many species are of cultural, food and craft importance in Pacific, Indian Ocean and South-east Asian communities.
Pilea
Pilea
Rhoeo
Rhoeo
Monotypic genus of perennial herbaceous plants in the family Commelinaceae, currently treated as a synonym of Tradescantia. Native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. Its best-known representatives are ornamental foliage plants with lance-shaped leaves that are dark green above and purple beneath, very popular in gardens and as houseplants in Colombia and Latin America.
Salicornia
Salicornia
Genus of halophytic succulent plants in the family Amaranthaceae (subfamily Salicornioideae). Commonly known as glassworts or samphire, they are herbaceous or suffrutescent plants with jointed, fleshy stems ranging from green to red-purple, and leaves reduced to tiny scales fused to the stem and invisible to the naked eye. This peculiar modular design allows them to colonise salt marshes, coastal salt pans and saline deserts where no other vascular plant thrives. They have an extraordinary tolerance to salinity (up to 6% NaCl), accumulate salt in their succulent tissues and excrete it to regulate osmotic pressure. Several species are edible and marketed as "sea asparagus" in gourmet outlets. Some South American species (S. peruviana, S. corticosa) grow in the salt flats of the Atacama Desert, being among the few vascular plants that survive in those extreme environments.
Sarcocornia
Sarcocornia
Genus of succulent halophytes in the family Amaranthaceae, related to Salicornia. Plants with jointed, fleshy stems adapted to salt marshes, saline beaches and high-salinity soils in coastal and Andean regions of South America, Europe and Africa. Important carbon fixers in saline ecosystems with potential as halophyte crops.
Setcreasea
Setcreasea
Genus of succulent plants in the family Commelinaceae, known for its purple leaves and pink flowers.
Soda
Soda
Genus of halophytic plants in the family Amaranthaceae (formerly Chenopodiaceae), adapted to saline and arid soils.
Tradescantia
Tradescantia