Which plant genus grows taller, Scadoxus or Cryptocarya?
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Scadoxus Scadoxus is a genus of African and Arabian plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. The English name "blood lily" is used for some of the species. The genus has close affinities with "Haemanthus." Species of "Scadoxus" are grown as ornamental plants for their brilliantly coloured flowers, either in containers or in the ground in frost-free climates. Although some species have been used in traditional medicine, they contain poisonous alkaloids.
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Cryptocarya Cryptocarya is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes more than 350 species, distributed through the Neotropic, Afrotropic, Indomalaya, and Australasia ecozones.
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Stylidium trichopodum Stylidium trichopodum is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus "Stylidium" (family Stylidiaceae). It is an annual plant that grows from 6 to 20 cm tall. The linear leaves, about 20-200 per plant, are scattered along the elongate, glabrous stems. The leaves are generally 3-9 mm long and 0.2-0.7 mm wide. Petioles are absent. This species produces 1-10 scapes per plant. Inflorescences are 2.6-6 cm long and produce a single yellow or orange flower that blooms in June and July in the southern hemisphere. "S. trichopodum" is endemic to northern Queensland and is only known from a few populations. Its habitat is recorded as being moist sandy soils on flat or gently sloping terrain, sometimes in areas dominated by "Melaleuca" species. "S. trichopodum" is most closely related to "S. pedunculatum", though it differs by its much larger flower and its cauline leaves instead of terminal rosettes for "S. pedunculatum".
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Cryptoscincus Cryptoscincus is a genus of skinks.
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Cryptoerithus Cryptoerithus is a genus of spiders in the Prodidomidae family. It was first described in 1915 by Rainbow. s of 2017 , it contains 19 species, all found in Australia.
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Scedosporiosis Scedosporiosis is an infection caused by fungi from the genus "Scedosporium" which includes two hyphomycetes of emerging medical importance, "Scedosporium apiospermum" and "Scedosporium prolificans".
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Schizachyrium Schizachyrium is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Greek words σχίζειν ("schizein"), meaning "to split," and ἄχυρον ("achyron"), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas.
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Changiostyrax Changiostyrax is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Styracaceae. Its only member species is "Changiostyrax dolichocarpa", formerly known as "Sinojackia dolichocarpa".
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Scoparia (plant) Scoparia is a genus of mostly tropical plants including "Scoparia dulcis" known as licorice weed, sweet broom, vassourinha and many other names.
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Crypteronia Crypteronia is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the family Crypteroniaceae. The genus includes seven species, ranging from eastern India through Southeast Asia and southern China to the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia and New Guinea.
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Scadoxus cyrtanthiflorus Scadoxus cyrtanthiflorus is a herbaceous plant endemic to the Rwenzori Mountains of east tropical Africa. Unusually for the genus "Scadoxus" its tubular blooms are pendant. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in heated greenhouses.
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Cryptantha confertiflora Cryptantha confertiflora is a species of wildflower in the borage family known by the common names basin yellow catseye and Mojave popcorn flower. This is a common desert plant native to the southwestern United States. It is an erect perennial herb approaching half a meter in height. The stems grow from a woody caudex and form a rough clump of hairy, bristly gray-green leaves in dry, rocky areas. Out of the clump grow erect stems topped with dense inflorescences of hairy mustard-yellow flowers. Each flower is tubular with sepals wrapped around the tube below a flat-faced or curled-back corolla of five lobes. The fruit is a nutlet 3 to 4 millimeters wide.
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Scleropyrum Scleropyrum is a genus of trees in family Santalaceae first described as a genus in 1838. At present (September 2014), only one species is recognized, although several others are listed as "unresolved," meaning that further research is needed to determine affinities.
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Echinodorus Echinodorus (burhead or Amazon sword plant) is a genus of plants in the family Alismataceae and distributed in the Western Hemisphere from the central United States to Argentina. Its scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek "echius" – rough husk, and "doros" – leathern bottle, alluding to ovaries, which in some species are armed with persistent styles, forming prickly head of fruit. Some of the species are commonly cultivated in artificial aquatic habitats.
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Cassia grandis Cassia grandis, one of several species called pink shower tree, and known as carao in Spanish, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the neotropics, that grows up to 30 m . The species is distributed from southern México, to Venezuela and Ecuador. It grows in forests and open fields at lower elevations, and is known to be planted as an ornamental.
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Schoenia Schoenia is a genus of Australian plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the daisy family.
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Wigandia caracasana Wigandia caracasana, the Caracus wigandia, is a species of ornamental plant. It is an evergreen that grows to a height of up to 3 metres (10 ft). It has purple flowers in large clusters from spring to autumn. Some sources treat it as a variety of the species "Wigandia urens". Native to Central America, it is thought to be naturalized in southern California as a garden escape. It is commonly grown in gardens, and thrives best in a mixture of loam and peat. Cuttings in sand will strike if placed under glass and in heat.
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Xylocalyx Xylocalyx is a genus of plant in family Orobanchaceae.
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Scadoxus pseudocaulus Scadoxus pseudocaulus is a herbaceous plant native to Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and Gabon. Similar in many respects to "Scadoxus cinnabarinus", it is cultivated as an ornamental plant but has proved reluctant to flower.
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Ceiba Ceiba is a genus of trees in the Malvaceace family, native to tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (from Mexico and the Caribbean to N Argentina) and tropical West Africa. Some species can grow to 70 m tall or more, with a straight, largely branchless trunk that culminates in a huge, spreading canopy, and buttress roots that can be taller than a grown person. The best-known, and most widely cultivated, species is Kapok, "Ceiba pentandra", one of several trees called kapok.
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Phyllanthus Phyllanthus is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Phyllanthaceae. Estimates of the number species in this genus vary widely, from 750 to 1200. "Phyllanthus" has a remarkable diversity of growth forms including annual and perennial herbs, shrubs, climbers, floating aquatics, and pachycaulous succulents. Some have flattened leaflike stems called cladodes. It has a wide variety of floral morphologies and chromosome numbers and has one of the widest range of pollen types of any seed plant genus.
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Bulbophyllum scopa Bulbophyllum scopa is a species of orchid in the genus "Bulbophyllum".