Dracaena

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Dracaena

• Characteristics include shrubby or tree-like,
  leaves are the end of stems, stems vary in
  thickness.
• 40 species

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Dracaena

• Dracaena

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Sansevieria

• Characteristics include grows from thick
  rhizomes
• Native to Africa, Southern Asia

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Sansevieria

• Sansevieria

• Many common names

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Marantaceae

• Characteristics include folding leaves, colorful
  branching leaves, arrowroot family, 30 genera,
  450 species, showy flowers,
• Native to tropical America

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Marantaceae

• Maranta
• Calathea

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Moraceae

• Characteristics include milky latex in the
  stems, edible fruit, breadfruit family, woody
  plants, 40 genera, 1000 species

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Moraceae

• Ficus

• Mulberry family
• 1400-1850 species
• 53-75 genus

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Myrsinaceae

• Characteristics include trees and shrubs, some
  have colored juice, climbing or self-supporting

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Myrsinaceae

• Ardisia

• Most prominent member of this family is coral
  berry
• Ardisia crenata
• Bright red berries

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Palmae

• Characteristics include oldest plants on earth,
  includes cycad, 2600 species
• Native to tropical climates

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Palmae

• Chamaedorea
• Chamerops
• Licuala
• Howea
• Livistona
• Phoenix
• Reinhardtia

• Rhapis
• Aristocrats of the foliage world
• Propagated from seed or division

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Pandanaceae

• Characteristics include have stiff, leathery
  leaves, screw pine family, produces fruit

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Pandanacea

• Pandanus

• 2 important species of genus Pandanus

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Piperaceae

• Characteristics include warm temperatures, low
  light intensity, high level of humidity, low
  moisture in soil,
• Shrubs or small trees, 25 genera, bearing
  essential oils, alternate leaves

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Piperaceae

• Peperomia

• Propagated by cuttings or division

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