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ABBREVIATIONS
cv. – is short for cultivar
f. – is short for forma
prev. – is short for previous
sp. – is short for species
spp. – is short for many species of the one genera
ssp. – is short for subspecies
subsp. – is short for subspecies
syn. – is short for synonum
var. – is short for variety

B

Ba’nji (Dungidau) – see Araucaria bidwillii
Babaco – see Vasconcellea x heilbornii
Babiana – 12(10); 20(31)
Babingtonia – 5(69)
Babingtonia virgata – 20(42)
Baby carrots – 10(87)
Baby Panda Bamboo – see Pogonatherum paniceum ’Monica’
Baby Panda Grass – see Pogonatherum paniceum ’Monica’
Baby Sunrose – see Aptenia ‘Sun Jewels’
Bac Ha – see Colocasia gigantea ‘Bac Ha’
Backhousia – 24(29)
Backhousia angustifolia – 10(70); 11(78); 14(60, 61)
Backhousia anisata – 10(70); 12(35); renamed as Syzygium anisatum
Backhousia citriodora - 1(58, 78); 4(59); 5(11); 9(62-63); 10(70-71); 13(10); 14(38, 39, 47, 60); 19(60); 22(46, 51); 23(22, 46, 47)
Backhousia myrtifolia – 4(59); 10(72-73); 14(60-61); 19(42)
Backhousia oligantha – 11(78)
Backscratcher Ginger – see Costus barbatus; Tapeinochilos ananassae
Bacopa – see Bacopa monnieri
Bacopa monnieri – 22(46)
Baeckea - see Babingtonia
Bahia Grass – see Paspalum notatum
Baikiaea insignis – 21(34)
Bailey’s Oak – see Grevillea baileyana
Bali – 12(30-33); 13(14-19)
Ball Cactus – see Parodia; Eriocactus; Notocactus
Balloon Cotton Bush– see Gomphocarpus physocarpus; Gomphocarpus fruticosus
Baloskion tetraphyllum – 20(42, 45)
Balsam – see Impatiens balsamica; should be Impatiens balsamina
Balsam Apple – see Clusia rosea ‘Aureo-variegata’; Clusia major var. variegata
Bamboo - 2(17); 5(33-35, 89); 6(31); 7(16)
Bamboo - see Bambusa; Dendrocalamus; Gigantochloa; Himalayacalamus; Drepanostachyum; Pogonatherum
Bamboo Costus – see Costus stenophyllus
Bamboo Grass – see Stipa ramosissima
Bamboo Orchid – see Sobralia decora
Bamboo Palm – see Chamaedorea seifrizii
Bamboo, Baby Panda – see Pogonatherum paniceum ‘Monica’
Bamboo, Himalayan Weeping – see Drepanostachyum falcatum
Bamboo, Malay Pygmy – see Pogonatherum paniceum
Bamboo, Miniature – see Pogonatherum paniceum
Bambusa bulgaris – 5(22)
Bambusa chungii – 6(64)
Bambusa eutuldoides var. viridi-vittata – 6(64)
Bambusa guangxiensis – 6(65)
Bambusa heterostachya ‘Variegated’ – 25(37)
Bambusa lako – 6(63); 7(15, 16)
Bambusa oldhamii – 6(64)
Bambusa textilis ‘Vittata’ – 6(64)
Bambusa textilis var. gracilis – 5(58); 6(64); 10(48, 53); 19(42)
Banana – 20(57); also see Musa sapientrum; Musa x paradisiaca
Banana Bush – see Tabernaemontana pandacaqui
Banana, Abyssinian – see Ensete ventricosum
Bandicoot Berry – see Leea indica 
Bangalow Palm - see Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
Bangkok Rose – see Mussaenda hybrids
Banksia – 4(15, 46); 8(87-88); 9(74-77); 17(46)
Banksia aemula - 1(77); 6(60, 76); 9(74-75, 77)
Banksia dentata - 2(68); 9(74); 17(13)
Banksia ericifolia – 7(13)
Banksia integrifolia - 1(74, 77); 6(14, 17); 7(46); 8(31); 9(74-75, 77); 26(46)
Banksia oblongifolia – 9(74)
Banksia robur - 1(77); 6(60, 76); 9(74-76); 12(35); 17(35); 19(12)
Banksia serrata – 6(76)
Banksia spinulosa – 3(57); 9(74)
Banksia spinulosa var. collina ‘Golden Candlesticks’ – 9(75); 16(42, 45)
Banyan Figs – 7(44); 9(51)
Banyan Tree – see Ficus benghalensis
Baobab Tree – see Adansonia gregorii
Barbados Gooseberry – see Pereskia aculeata
Barbados Pride – see Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Barbarea vulagris (upland cress) – 20(67)
Barbarea verna (land cress)– 26(70)
Barbed Wire Grass – see Cymbopogon refractus
Barbed-wire Vine – see Smilax australis
Barberry – see Berberis thunbergii
Barklya – see Barklya syringifolia
Barklya syringifolia - 1(59); 6(7); 11(27, 61, 78); 16(25); 23(22)
Barleria albostellata – 8(66); 14(24)
Barleria cristata – 12(71)
Barleria, Downy – see Barleria albostellata
Barrel Cactus, Golden – see Echinocactus grusonii
Barringtonia – 8(43)
Barringtonia acutangula – 6(29); 8(78)
Barringtonia asiatica – 6(30); 24(33)
Barringtonia calyptrata – 21(42)
Bartlettina sordida – 13(28); 14(19); 16(11); 19(42)
Basella (vegetable) – 8(29); 14(71); 15(69); 16(68, 69); 18(56-57)
Basella alba – 8(80); 14(53, 55, 70); 17(67); 18(56, 66); 19(66); 20(66); 21(57, 66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Basella alba var. rubra – 18(56)
Basella rubra – 14(70); 16(69)
Basella rubrum – 8(80); 14(53); should be Basella rubra
Basil, African Blue – see Ocimum kilimandscharicum x basilicum ‘Dark Opal’
Basil, Sweet – 5(69); also see Ocimum basilicum
Basket Fern – see Drynaria rigidula
Basselina gracilis – 5(16)
Bat Flower, Black – see Tacca chantrieri
Bat Flower, White - see Tacca integrifolia
Bat Plant, Native – see Tacca leontopetaloides
Bat Plant, White – see Tacca integrifolia
Batchelor’s Button – see Gomphrenia globosa
Batswing Coral Tree – see Erythrina vespertilio
Bauera capitata – 6(61)
Bauhinia – 7(44); 21(86); 26(29)
Bauhinia ‘Blakeana’ – should be Bauhinia x blakeana
Bauhinia corymbosa - 2(42); 14(95)
Bauhinia cunninghamii - see Lysiphyllum cunninghamii
Bauhinia galpinii – 26(87)
Bauhinia hookeri – 16(72); also see Lysiphyllum hookeri
Bauhinia kockiana – 8(40)
Bauhinia punctata - 2(42); 14(73); see Bauhinia galpinii
Bauhinia purpurata – should be Bauhinia purpurea
Bauhinia purpurea - 2(42); 11(83); 20(72)
Bauhinia tomentosa – 11(27)
Bauhinia variegata - 2(42); 10(66); 11(83); 16(72); 20(72)
Bauhinia variegata ‘Candida’ – 14(24); 16(20)
Bauhinia x blakeana – 15(73); 16(18, 41); 19(27); 20(71, 72, 73)
Bay Laurel – see Laurus nobilis
Bayur Tree – see Pterospermun acerfolium
Beach Almond – see Terminalia catappa
Beach Cherry – see Eugenia reinwardtiana
Beach Hibiscus – see Talipariti tiliaceum; Hibiscus tiliaceus
Beach Naupaka – see Scaevola taccada
Beach Screw Palm – see Pandanus tectorius
Bead Tree – see Melia azederach
Beallara Marfich ‘Howard’s Dream’ – 23(81)
Bean, Black – see Castanospermum australe
Bean, Broad – see Vicia faba
Bean, Butter – see Phaseolus lunatus
Bean, Fava – see Vicia faba
Bean, French – see French Bean
Bean, Guada – see Trichosanthes anguina; Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina
Bean, Jack – see Canavalia ensiformis
Bean, Lablab – see Dolichos lablab
Bean, Leichhardt – see Cassia brewsteri
Bean, Lima – see Phaseolus lunatus
Bean, New Guinea – 16(69); 18(66); also see Lagenaria siceraria
Bean, Oriental – see Vigna umbellata
Bean, Poor Man’s – see Dolichos lablab
Bean, Rice – see Vigna umbellata
Bean, Snake – see Vigna unguiculata var. sequipedalis
Bean, Sword – see Canvallaria gladiata
Bean, vegetable – 5(91); 10(74-77, 87); 11(80-81); see Phaseolus vulgaris
Bean, Winged – see Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
Bean, Yam – see Pachyrhizus erosus
Bean, Yellow – see Ormosia ormondii
Bear’s Foot Fern – see Aglaomorpha coronans
Beaucarnea – 5(6)
Beaucarnea recurvata - 2(14); 13(48); 14(12); 18(36); 21(42)
Beaumontia grandiflora – 10(26-27); 12(40); 14(24, 95)
Beautiful Sobralia – see Sobralia decora
Beauty Leaf – see Calophyllum inophyllum
Bedding Begonia – see Begonia Semperflorens Group
Beech Cheery - Eugenia reinwardtiana
Beech, White – see Gmelina leichhardtii
Beefsteak Plant – see Acalypha wilkesiana
Beehive Ginger –see Zingiber
Beepul Tree – see Ficus religiosa
Bees – 5(68-73); 6(72-75); 23(42-45)
Beetles – 7(73); 26(55)
Beetroot (vegetable) – 14(71); 15(69); 16(69); see Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Begonia – 2(13, 18); 4(15, 18); 13(36, 37); 15 (18-25); 16(70); 17(69); 20(12); 25(44)
Begonia ‘Amber Meyer’ – 15(20, 21)
Begonia ‘Autumn Leaves’ – 15(23)
Begonia ‘Black Venus’ – 15(23)
Begonia ‘Brother Montgomery’– 15(22)
Begonia ‘Bunchii’ – 15(23)
Begonia ‘Champagne Cocktail’– 15(23)
Begonia ‘Cleopatra’ – 16(73)
Begonia ‘Crystal Brook’ – 15(20)
Begonia ‘Don Miller’ – 15 (20, 21)
Begonia ‘Dragon Wing’ – 15(23); 24(44)
Begonia ‘Eureka Bonanza’ – 15(23)
Begonia ‘Flamingo Queen’ – 15(20)
Begonia ‘Grey Ghost’ – 15(20)
Begonia ‘Latin Dancer’ – 15(19)
Begonia ‘Lowana’ – 15(23)
Begonia ‘Midnight Witch’ - 15(22)
Begonia ‘Pink Satin’ - 15(19)
Begonia ‘Satin Bow’ – 15(23)
Begonia ‘Silver Beauty’ – 15(18, 23)
Begonia ‘Sir Percy’ – 9(32)
Begonia ‘Small Change’ – 15(20, 21)
Begonia albopicta var. rosea – 15(23)
Begonia dietrichiana – 15(23)
Begonia imperialis – 9(31)
Begonia masoniana – 15(22, 24)
Begonia rex – 15(20)
Begonia schmidtiana – 15(20)
Begonia Semperflorens Group – 15(23, 73); 16(70, 73); 17(68); 18(68); 19(70); 20(68); 21(68); 22(70); 23(72); 24(70); 25(44, 49, 74); 26(72)
Begonia themei – 15(22)
Begonia venosa – 15(20, 21)
Begonia x rex ‘Sir Percy’ – 9(35)
Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum – see Begonia Semperflorens Group
Belamcanda chinensis – 20(30); also see Iris domestica
Beloperone comosa – see Justicia fulvicoma
Beloperone fulvicoma – see Justicia fulvicoma
Beloperone guttata – see Justicia brandegeeana
Beneficial insects – 14(51)
Benincasa fistulosa (tinda/Indian round gourd) – 23(68); 24(68); also see Praecitrullus fistulosus
Benincasa hispida (hairy melon)– 17(67); 18(66); 20(66); 21(57, 66); 22(66); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Bentgrass – see Agrostis sp.
Berberis thunbergii – 16(18)
Bergamot – 5(69)
Bergenia cordifolia – 13(36)
Bergera koenigii - 14(38, 40) ; 22(46, 48)
Bermuda Grass – see Cynodon dactylon
Bernie’s Tamarind – see Diploglottis berniana
BerrySaltbush – see Rhagodia spinescens
Berry, Bandicoot – see Leea indica 
Berry, Wombat – see Eustrephus latifolius
Bertholletia excelsa – 8(43)
Beschorneria yuccoides – 4(21); 25(7)
Beta vulgaris – 13(82, 83); 16(69); 17(67); 18(67);
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris (beetroot/silverbeet)– 18(66); 19(66, 67); 20(66, 67); 21(66, 67); 22(66, 67); 23(64, 68); 24(68, 69); 25(72); 26(70, 71); 26(70)
Beta vulgaris var. cicla (silverbeet) – see Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Betel Leaf –see Piper betle; Piper sarmentosum
Betula nigra – 4(9)
Bicarbonate of soda – 16(48)
Biennial – 24(24); 26(40)
Bifenaria – 3(44)
Bifenaria harrisoniae – 3(44)
Bifernaria inodora – 3(44)
Billbergia – 9(69); 17(34, 69); 21(66)
Billbergia nutans – 10(45); 26(19)
Billbergia pyramidalis - 1(10); 14(73); 17(73)
Billbergia pyramidalis ‘Foster’s Striate’ – 19(74)
Billy Buttons – see Chryocephalum ramosissimum
Billy Goat Plum - see Terminalia ferdinandiana; Planchonia careya
Binung – see Christella dentata
Biochar – 17(48)
Biodiversity – 12(81)
Bird Nest Fern - see Asplenium
Bird Nest-boxes – 18(48-51)
Bird of Paradise - see Strelitzia reginae
Bird’s Nest Fern – see Asplenium
Bird’s Nest Fern, Climbing – see Microsorum punctatum
Birdnest Fern – see Asplenium australasicum
Birds - 1(76-79); 2(72-75); 15(45-47); 17(42-47); 18(48-51); 26(46-51)
Birdsnest, Red – see Philodendron melinonii
Bishops Weed – see Amni majus
Bismarck Palm - see Bismarckia nobilis
Bismarckia nobilis - 2(18); 4(18, 45); 6(17, 31); 8(64); 14(20)
Bismarkia nobilis – should be Bismarckia nobilis
Bitter Bark – see Alstonia constricta
Bitter Gourd – see Momordica charantia
Bitter Melon (vegetable) – 16(69); also see Momordica charantia
Bitterbark – see Quassia amara
Bixa orellana – 10(66); 12(63); 15(73); 16(72); 24(78)
Black Bat Plant – see Tacca chantrieri
Black Bean – see Castanospermum australe
Black Birch – see Betula nigra
Black Booyong – see Argyrodendron actinophyllum
Black Eyed Daisy –see Osteospermum ecklonis
Black Fruited Orange Thorn – see Pittosporum viscidum
Black Leaf Taro – see Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Magic’
Black Mondo Grass – see Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’
Black Palm – see Normanbya nomanbyi
Black Persimmon – see Diospyros digyna
Black Sapote – see Diospyros digyna
Black Seeded Bean – 10(77)
Black She-oak – see Allocasuarina littoralis
Black Taro – see Colocasia esculenta
Black Thorn – see Bursaria spinosa
Black Wattles – see Acacia auriculiformis
Blackberry Jam Fruit – see Randia formosa
Blackberry Lily – see Belamcanda chinensis; Iris domestica
Black-fruited Thornbush – see Pittosporum viscidum
Black-fruited Thornbush – see Pittosporum viscidum
Bladderwort – see Utricularia
Blainvillea acmella (paracress)– 19(67); 20(67); 21(67)
Blakely’s Red Gum – see Eucalyptus blakelyi
Blandfordia – 6(60)
Blandfordia grandiflora – 13(61)
Blanket Flower – see Gaillardia x grandiflora
Blechnum brasiliense – 8(36)
Blechnum cartilagineum – 7(66, 67)
Blechnum gibbum – 22(11)
Blechnum gibbum ‘Silver Lady’ – 5(23); 6(24); 8(36); 18(18)
Blechnum nudum – should be Blechnum gibbum ‘Silver Lady’
Bleeding Heart – see Neoregelia
Bleeding Heart Vine – see Clerodendrum thomsoniae
Bletilla hyacinthina – see Bletilla striata
Bletilla striata – 19(24); 24(81)
Blood and Bone – 15(49)
Blood Leaf – see Alternanthera brasiliana
Blood Lily – see Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. katherinae; Haemodorum coccineum
Bloodhorn – see Ochrosia elliptica
Bloodleaf – see Iresine diffusa forma lindenii
Bloodwood, Swamp – see Corymbia ptychocarpa
Bloomfield Penda – see Xanthostemon verticillatus
Blossom end rot – 14(49)
Blue Amaryllis – see Worsleya procera
Blue Bamboo – see Drepanostachyum falcatum
Blue Boys -see Pycnostachys urticifolia
Blue Butterfly Bush – see Rotheca myricoides
Blue Butterfly Pea – see Clitoria ternatea
Blue Butterfly Tree – see Melicope elleryana
Blue Cane Palm – see Dypsis cabadae
Blue Cone Flower - see Pycnostachys urticifolia
Blue Couch – see Digitaria didactyla
Blue Daze – see Evolvulus glomeratus ‘Blue Daze’
Blue Eyes – see Evolvulus glomeratus ‘Blue Daze’
Blue Eyes [fish] – see Pseudomugil siginfer
Blue Fescue – see Festuca glauca
Blue Flag Iris – see Iris virginica
Blue Flax Lily – see Dianella atraxis; Dianella caerulea
Blue Ginger - see Dichorisandra thrysiflora
Blue Grape – see Myrciaria vexator
Blue Heaven – see Pseuderanthemum graciflorum; Pseuderanthemum andersonii
Blue Hedgehog Sage – see Pycnostachys urticifolia
Blue Hibiscus – see Alyogyne ‘Blue Moon’
Blue Hippeastrum – see Worsleya procera
Blue Lagoon Rosemary – see Rosmarinus ‘Blue Lagoon’
Blue Mist Flower – see Bartlettina sordida; Eupatorium magalophyllum
Blue Orchid – see Vanda coerulea
Blue Potato Bush – see Lycianthes rantonnetii; Solanum rantonnetii
Blue Quandong – see Elaeocarpus grandis, Elaeocarpus angustifolius
Blue Sage – see Eranthemum pulchellum
Blue Sapphire - see Evolvulus glomeratus ‘Blue Daze’
Blue Tassel Fern – see Huperzia dalhousieana
Blue Witches Hat -see Pycnostachys urticifolia
Bluebell, Native – see Wahlenbergia communis
Blueberry Ash – see Elaeocarpus reticulatus
Blue-leaved Lilly Pilly – see Acmena hemilampra
Blue-leaved Paperbark – see Melaleuca dealbata
Bluish Bulbine Lily – see Bulbine glauca
Blush Satinash - see Acmena hemilampra
Bo Tree – see Ficus religiosa
Boab – see Adansonia gregorii
Boat Lily - see Tradescantia spathacea
Bodhi Tree – see Ficus religiosa
Boerlagiodendron lineare – see Osmoxylon lineare
Boesenbergia – 22(27)
Bog Sage – see Salvia uliginosa
Bok Choy – see Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
Bolusanthus speciosus - 1(59); 12(61); 13(28); 20(72)
Bolwarra – see Eupomatia bennettii; Eupomatia laurina
Bombax ceiba – 11(83); 20(72); 21(42, 47)
Bombax ellipticum – 16(72)
Bombax malabaricum – 8(29)
Bonfire Salvia – see Salvia splendens
Bonyi-bonyi (Turrbal) – see Araucaria bidwillii
Boobialla – see Myoporum acuminatum; Myoporum montanum
Boodflower – see Asclepias curassavica
Bookleaf Mallee – see Eucalyptus kruseana
Boombil – see Ficus hispida
Borage – see Borago officinalis
Borago officinalis – 11(82); 14(55); 17(50, 51)
Borassus flabellifer – 13(16)
Borax – 15(49)
Bores – 4(33)
Boron – 15(49)
Boronia falcifolia – 6(76, 77)
Boronia keysii – 6(77); 13(62); 25(44)
Boston Fern – see Nephrolepis exaltata
Botanical names – 21(40)
Bothriochloa macra – 17(43, 45)
Bothriochloa pertusa – 7(82)
Bottle gourd (vegetable) – 14(71); 16(69); also see Lagenaria siceraria
Bottle Palm - see Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
Bottle Tree – see Brachychiton rupestris
Bottle Tree, Whitsunday – see Brachychiton compactus
Bottlebrushes – 7(9)
Bougainvillea - 1(10, 74); 2(15); 3(25); 4(89, 91); 6(16); 8(13); 11(83), 12(18, 71); 13(17); 15(34, 73); 16(73); 17(21, 34, 35); 18(24, 31); 19(40)
Bougainvillea ‘Bambino’ – 3(55); 14(12)
Bougainvillea ‘Carmencita’ - 1(10)
Bougainvillea ‘Temple Fire’ – 4(28); 5(58); 8(63)
Bougainvillea braziliensis – 11(83)
Bougainvillea glabra – 8(9)
Bougainvillea glabra ‘Magnifica’ – 4(68)
Bowenia - 1(61)
Bowenia spectabilis – 5(41); 12(35); 18(18)
Bower of Beauty – see Pandorea jasminoides
Bower Vine – see Pandorea jasminoides
Boxfruit – see Barringtonia asiatica
Boy Blue – see Otacanthus caeruleus
Brachychiton – 2(76); 5(69); 12(61)
Brachychiton acerifolius – 2(76-78); 5(69); 8(32); 20(72); 23(22, 48); 26(46, 47)
Brachychiton australis – 11(74)
Brachychiton bidwillii – 2(76-78); 7(12); 13(54)
Brachychiton compactus – 23(48)
Brachychiton discolor – 2(76-78); 11(76-78); 18(89); 26(46)
Brachychiton paradoxum - 2(73, 74)
Brachychiton populneus – 2(76-78)
Brachychiton rupestris – 2(76-78); 7(44, 54); 11(54, 75, 78); 12(74); 16(88); 21(42, 43, 86)
Brachychiton spectabilis – 2(78); 7(11)
Brachycome – should be Brachyscome
Brachyscome - 1(73)
Brachyscome iberidifolia – 15(70); 18(67); 19(71); 22(71); 26(72)
Brachyscome multifida – 3(57); 13(28); 15(73); 16(73)
Bracteantha bracteata - see Xerochrysum bracteatum
Brahmi – see Bacopa monnieri
Brain Plant – see Calathea makoyana
Branched Wiregrass – see Aristida ramosa
Brasilian Jasmine – see Mandevilla scanderi
Brassavola - 2(48); 14(30)
Brassavola nodosa – 21(79)
Brassia – 9(68); 23(81)
Brassica carinata (Ethiopian cabbage/African cabbage) – 17(65-67); 18(66); 19(66); 20(66); 21(66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Brassica hirta (mustard greens) – 17(67); 18(67); 19(66); 20(67); 21(66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Brassica juncea (mustard)– 14(55)
Brassica juncea var. japonica (mizuna) – 14(71)
Brassica napus var. napobrassica (swede) – 18(67); 19(67); 20(67); 22(67); 23(68); 26(70)

Brassica narinosa (tatsoi)– 14(55; seeBrassica rapa subsp. chinensis

Brassica oleracea (ornamental cabbage) - 26(72)

Brassica oleracea Alboglabra Group (kailan) – 14(55); 17(67); also refer to Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra
Brassica oleracea var. acephala (ornamental cabbage) – 15(70)
Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra (kailan/Chinese broccoli) - 18(67); 19(66); 20(66); 21(66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis (cauliflower) – 18(66); 19(66); 20(66); 22(66); 23(68); 26(70)
Brassica oleracea var. capitata (cabbage)– 13(82); 15(67); 18(66); 19(66); 20(66); 22(66); 23(68); 26(70)
Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes (kohlrabi) – 18(67); 19(66); 20(66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 26(70)
Brassica oleracea var. italica (broccoli)– 18(66); 19(66); 20(66); 22(66); 23(68, 69); 24(68); 26(70)
Brassica oleracea var. sabellica – 13(54, 59, 82); 18(68); 19(71); 20(68); 22(70); 23(72)
Brassica oleracea var. viridis (collard/kale)– 17(67); 18(64, 66, 67); 19(66); 20(66); 21(66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis (pak choi/bok choy/tatsoi/Chinese white cabbage) – 19(67); 20(67); 21(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica (mibuna/mitzuna)– 14(71); 17(67); 18(67); 19(66); 20(67); 21(66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis (Chinese cabbage/wom bok/lombok) – 18(67); 19(67); 20(67); 22(67); 23(68); 26(70)
Brassica rapa subsp. rapa (turnip) – 18(67); 19(67); 20(67); 22(67); 23(68)
Brassica rapa var. rosularis (tatsoi) – 14(55); 16(69); 17(67); 18(67); 19(67); 20(67); 21(67); 22(67); 23(68); 24(68); renamed Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
Brassocattleya – 14(30)
Brassolaeliocattleya - 2(48); 14(29, 30)
Brassophronitis Yellow Bird – 21(79)
Brazil Nut – see Bertholletia excelsa
Brazilian Cherry – see Eugenia uniflora
Brazilian Coral Tree – see Erythrina speciosa
Brazilian Edelweiss – see Sinningia leucotricha
Brazilian Fern Tree – see Schizolobium parahyba
Brazilian Fireworks, Maracas – see Porphyrocoma pohliana
Brazilian Flag - see Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
Brazilian Jasmine – see Mandevilla sanderi
Brazilian Plume – see Justicia carnea
Brazilian Plume, Radiant – see Justicia carnea ‘Radiant’
Brazilian Plume, White – Justicia carnea ‘Alba’
Brazilian Red Cloak - see Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
Brazilian Spinach – see Alternanthera sissoo
Brazilian Tower Tree – see Schizolobium parahyba
Brazilian Tree Fern – see Blechum brasilense
Brazilian Walking Iris – see Neomarica gracilis
Breynia cernua - 2(73)
Breynia disticha – 20(42, 46)
Breynia disticha ‘Compacta’ – 12(71)
Breynia nivosa ‘Pacific Snow’- 16(12)
Breynia oblongifolia – 23(47); 26(46)
Breynia sp. – 11(90)
Breynia sp. ‘Iron Range’ – 12(54)
Bribie Island Pine – see Callitris columellaris
Bridal Bouquet Frangipani – see Plumeria pudica
Bridal Bush – see Pavetta natalensis
Bridal Veil – see Clerodendrum wallichii
Brigalow – see Acacia harpophylla
Brillantaisia ulugurica – 25(8); 26(13)
Brillantaisia lamium – 26(13)
Brilliantaisia – see Brilliantaisia subulugurica
Brilliantaisia subulugurica – 13(28); 23(22); considered now as Brillantaisia ulugurica
Brionne - see Sechium edule
Brisbane Buttercup – see Corchorus cunninghamii
Brisbane Lily – see Proiphys cunninghamii; Crinum pedunculatum
Brisbane Wattle – see Acacia fimbriata
Broad Beans (vegetable) – 15(69); also see Vicia faba
Broadleaf Carpet Grass – see Axonopus compressus
Broad-leaf Paperbark – see Melaleuca viridiflora
Broad-leaved Lilly Pilly – see Syzygium hemilamprum subsp. hemilamprum
Broccoli – 10(87); 14(71); 15(69); also see Brassica oleracea var. italica
Broccoli, Chinese – see Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra
Bromelia balansae – 21(42, 47)
Bromelia sylvicola – 21(47)
Bromeliads – 1(38, 40); 4(21); 5(15, 16, 17, 50, 61); 6(11); 6(50); 7(23, 29, 32, 71, 91); 8(38, 52, 72-75); 9(38, 69); 10(26, 32, 45); 11(38); 13(27); 14(71); 18(72-73); 19(74); 20(74); 21(72); 22(74); 23(74); 24(74); 25(20, 76)
Bromeliads - also see Aechmea; Alcantarea; Billbergia;  Canistrum; Cryptanthus; Fosterella; Guzmania; Neoregelia; Nidularium; Orthophytum; Pitcairnia; Puya; Tillandsia; Vriesea
Bronze Foxtail Grass – see Pennisetum advena
Bronze Foxtail Grass, Dwarf – see Pennisetum advena ‘Dwarf’
Broughtonia – 14(30)
Browallia jamesonii – see Streptosolen jamesonii
Browallia viscosa – 15(70); 18(68); 19(70); 20(68); 22(70); 23(72); 26(72)
Brown Gardenia – see Atractocarpus fitzalanii
Brown Pine – see Podocarpus elatus
Brown Randia – see Atractocarpus sessilis
Brown Seeded Bean – 10(77)
Brownea – 3(40); 21(34)
Brownea dispala – 3(40)
Brownea grandiceps - 1(57), 3(40); 21(34)
Brownea macrophylla – 3(40); 18(42)
Browneopsis – 21(34)
Browneopsis ucayalina – 21(34)
Brugmansia – 7(56-61); 16(11, 41); 20(11); 23(22)
Brugmansia sanguinea – 7(59)
Brugmansia suaveolens – 4(57); 10(26)
Brugmansia suaveolens ‘Aztec Gold’ – 7(60)
Brugmansia suaveolens ‘Bengal Tiger’ – 7(60)
Brugmansia suaveolens ‘Brilliant Orange’ – 7 (60)
Brugmansia suaveolens ‘Equador Pink’ – 10(67)
Brugmansia suaveolens ‘Giant Yellow Bell’ – 7(61)
Brugmansia suaveolens ‘Golden Lion’ – 7(60)
Brugmansia suaveolens ‘Hot Pink’ – 7(60)
Brugmansia suaveolens ‘Pink Panther’ – 7(61)
Brugmansia suaveolens ‘Red Hot Pink: - 7(60)
Brugmansia suaveolens ‘Sacred Garden Sunset’ – 7(60)
Brugmansia suaveolens ‘Salmon Apricot’ – 7(61)
Brugmansia x candida – 14(95); 17(31, 32)
Brugmansia x candida ‘Flora Plena’– 16(13)
Brugmansia x candida ‘Flora Plena’ ‘Tutu’ – 7(60)
Brunfelsia americana – 14(95); 17(83)
Brunfelsia australis – 4(58); 14(95); 20(73)
Brunfelsia grandiflora – 14(95)
Brunfelsia latifolia – 11(35); 14(12); 12(11); 16(71, 72)
Brunfelsia nitida – 14(95); 17(83)
Brunfelsia pauciflora – 13(29); 14(95)
Brunfelsia plicata – 14(95)
Brush Box – see Lophostemon confertus
Brush Cherry – see Syzygium australe
Brush Wilga – see Geijera salicifolia
Buckinghamia celsissima – 1(56); 3(74); 7(80); 8(33); 14(25); 16(9); 18(42, 45); 20(72, 73); 26(80)
Buddha Belly Bamboo – see Bambusa bulgaris
Buddha’s Hand Fruit -see Sechium edule
Buddleja ‘Morning Mist’ – 10(21)
Buddleja ‘Silver Anniversary’ – 10(21)
Buddleja davidii – 18(42)
Buffalo Grass - see Stenotaphrum secundatum
Buffalo Grass, Variegated - see Stenotaphrum secundatum ‘Variegatum’
Bufo marinus – 7(69)
Bugle – see Ajuga reptans
Bulbils – 10(90)
Bulbine alata – 13(39)
Bulbine bulbosa – 13(39); 15(73); 19(25)
Bulbine frutescens – 11(27); 16(73); 24(24)
Bulbine glauca – 13(39)
Bulbine Lily – see Bulbine bulbosa, Bulbine frutescens
Bulbine Lily, Bluish – see Bulbine glauca
Bulbine vagans – 13(39); 20(88)
Bulbs - 2(13, 39); 19(22-25) ; 23(16-19)
Bull Bay – see Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’
Bunching Onion – see Allium fistulosum
Bunchosia argenta - 3(67)
Bunya Bunya – see Araucaria bidwillii
Bunya Pine – see Araucaria bidwillii
Bunyi (Kabi Kabi) – see Araucaria bidwillii
Burbidgea – 22(25)
Burbidgea schizocheila – 22(23)
Burchardia umbellata – 17(36)
Burdock (vegetable) – 14(71); 15(69); 16(69); also see Arctium lappa
Burgandy Giant – see Pennisetum macrostachys
Burr Medic – see Medicago polymorpha
Burrawong Palm – see Macrozamia moorei
Bursaria incana – 11(78); 17(47)
Bursaria spinosa – 17(35, 47)
Bush Allamanda – see Allamanda schottii
Bush Aloe – see Aloe arborescens
Bush Bean – 10(76)
Bush Berry Herb – see Eucalyptus olinda
Bush food – Issues 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25
Bush Lily – see Tripladenia cunninghamii
Bush Pea Flowers – 8(87)
Bush Tomato – see Solanum centrale
Bush-house Paperbark – see Melaleaca irbyana
Busy Lizzie – see Impatiens walleriana
Butia capitata – 21(80)
Butter Beans – see Phaseolus lunatus
Buttercup, Native – see Ranunculus inundatus
Butterflies – 4(74-75); 21(12-17)
Butterflies, Whirling – see Gaura lindheimeri
Butterfly Amaryllis – see Hippeastrum papilio
Butterfly Bauhinia – see Bauhinia corymbosa
Butterfly Bush – see Gaura lindheimeri; Rotheca myricoides; Clerodendrum ugandense; Buddleja davidii
Butterfly Ginger – see Hedychium coronarium
Butterfly Pea – see Clitoria ternatea
Butterfly, Wanderer (insect) – Danaus plexippus
Butterwort – see Punguicula
Buxus – 4(48)
Buying a Tree – 23(34-35)
Buying Plants User Guide – 21(38-39); 26(38-39)
Byblis – 23(30)
Byfield Fern – see Bowenia spectabilis