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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

D

Daalgaal – see Podocarpus elatus
Dactyloctenium australe – 10(89); 17(71); 20(63)
Daffodil, Native – see Calostemma luteum
Daffodil, Peruvian – see Ismene narcissiflora
Daffodils – 3(90); 8(15)
Dahlia – 11(83); 12(12); 19(23)
Dahlia imperialis – 14(36); 15(73)
Daintree Fan Palm – see Licuala ramsayi
Daintree Pine – see Gymnostoma australianum
Daisy – 5(69); 7(73)
Daisy, Cut-leafed – see Brachyscome multifida
Daisy, Everlasting – see Xerochrysum bracteatum
Daisy, Mexican – see Erigeron karvinskianus
Daisy, Native – see Brachyscome multifida
Daisy, Paper – see Rhodanthe chlorocephala
Daisy, Seaside – see Erigeron karvinskianus
Dalechampia aristolochiifolia - 20(11, 12, 75)
Dalechampia dioscoreifolia – 10(67); see Dalechampia aristolochiifolia
Dampiera diversifolia – 15(34)
Dampiera spp. - 1(73)
Damselflies – 4(75)
Danaus plexippus – 13(47); 21(15)
Dancing Bones Cactus – see Hatiora salicornioides
Dancing Lady – see Oncidium
Dancing Lady Ginger – see Globba winitii
Dancing Lady Orchid – see Oncidium sphacelatum
Dandelion, French – see Taraxacum officinale
Daphne, Native – see Phaleria clerodendron; Pittosporum undulatum
Darling Lily – see Crinum flaccidum
Darlingtonia californica – 23(30)
Darooka – see Saccharum edule
Darwin Palm – see Carpentaria acuminata
Darwin Woollybutt - see Eucalyptus miniata
Date Palm, Dwarf – see Phoenix roebelinii
Date Palm, Pygmy – see Phoenix roebelinii
Datura suaveolens – see Brugmansia suaveolens
Daucus carota – 18(66); also see Daucus carota subsp. sativus
Daucus carota subsp. sativus (carrot)– 19(66); 20(66); 22(66); 23(68, 71); 24(68); 26(70)
Davallia fejeensis – 22(11)
Davidson’s Plum - see Davidsonia pruriens
Davidsonia jerseyana – 9(63-64); 12(54); 19(60)
Davidsonia johnsonii – 9(64)
Davidsonia pruriens - 1(83); 9(63-64); 19(60)
Daviesia – 17(46)
Daviesia umbellulata – 6(77)
Dawson Bluegrass – see Bothriochloa pertusa
Daylily - see Hemerocallis
Deane’s Wattle – see Acacia deanei
Decaspermum – 24(29)
Decaspermum humile – 10(72-73); 15(47)
Deciduous (term) – 26(41)
Deciduous Agave – see Manfreda maculosa
Deep Blue Native Iris – see Patersonia sericea
Deep Yellow-wood – see Rhodosphaera rhodanthema
Deeringia amaranthoides – 14(53, 70); 16(69); 18(71); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
Degarmoara Flying High ‘Hawaii’ – 22(81)
Delarbrea michieana – 14(22)
Delonix regia - 1(10, 44); 2(64); 4(68); 6(16, 17); 7(44, 45, 98); 9(98); 16(9); 19(26); 20(72, 73); 21(65)
Delonix regia ‘Flavida’ – 20(11, 12, 42)
Delphinium – 12(14); 18(68); 19(70); 22(70); 23(72)
Delphinium elatum - 26(72)
Dendrobium – 9(7); 11(45); 19(33, 34)
Dendrobium ‘Victorian Flame’ – 9(68)
Dendrobium antennatum - see Ceratobium
Dendrobium beetle - see Stethopachys formosa
Dendrobium bigibbum - 1(63)
Dendrobium bigibbum var. compactum - see Vappodes lithocola
Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbum - see Vappodes phalaenopsis
Dendrobium bronckartii – 16(81)
Dendrobium discolor - see Durabaculum undulatum
Dendrobium falcorostrum – 9(68)
Dendrobium furcatum – 16(81)
Dendrobium gracilicaule – 7(40)
Dendrobium gracilicaule var. gracilicaule – see Dendrobium gracilicaule
Dendrobium Hiroshi Tokanuga – 19(33)
Dendrobium kingianum – 9(68)
Dendrobium macropus subsp. gracilicaule – see Dendrobium gracilicaule
Dendrobium Mousmee– 16(81)
Dendrobium nobile – 9(68); 11(45); 16(41)
Dendrobium nobile ‘Fortune’ – 10(98)
Dendrobium shroederianum - see Vappodes striaenopsis
Dendrobium speciosum - 1(12, 64); 4(77); also see Thelychiton speciosus
Dendrobium speciosum ssp. capricornicum – see Thelychiton capricornicus
Dendrobium speciosum ssp. curvicaule – see Thelychiton curvicaulis
Dendrobium speciosum ssp. grandiflorum – see Thelychiton rex
Dendrobium speciosum ssp. pedunculatum – see Thelychiton pedunculatus
Dendrobium speciosum var. hillii – see Thelychiton tarberi
Dendrobium Thonchai Gold – 19(35)
Dendrobium thyrsiforum – 16(81)
Dendrobium x albertine - 1(65)
Dendrobium x superbiens - 1(65)
Dendrocalamus ‘Green Ghost’ – 5(33)
Dendrocalamus minor amoenus – 6(63)
Dendrochilum tenellum – 20(81)
Dendrocnide excelsa – 20(88)
Deplanchea tetraphylla – 5(42); 6(31); 7(13)
Desert Cassia – see Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia
Desert Lime – see Citrus glauca
Desert Rose - see Adenium obesum; Gossypium sturtianum
Desmodium triflorum – 24(63)
Detergents, grey water – 13(65)
Deutzia cultivars – 20(11)
Devil’s Apple – 7(56-61)
Devil’s Backbone – see Euphorbia tithymaloides
Devil’s Ivy – see Epipremnum aureum
Devil’s Tongue – see Amorphophallus bulbifer
Dewberry Plant – see Duranta erecta
Diamond Finch (bird) – see Stagonopleura guttata
Diamond Firetail (bird) – see Stagonopleura guttata
Diamond-leaved Pittosporum – see Auranticarpa rhombifolia
Dianella – 5(89); 6(24); 6(60); 7(13, 62); 11(73); 16(70); 17(69); 25(35)
Dianella atraxis – 4(32, 53)
Dianella caerulea – 17(12); 22(53) ; 26(46)
Dianella congesta - 22(53)
Dianella ensifolia ‘Border Silver’ – 17(31, 33)
Dianella ensifolia ‘Gold Streak’ – 17(33)
Dianella ensifolia ‘Marginata’ – 12(30); 13(16, 17); 18(30, 31, 32)
Dianella revoluta – 12(75)
Dianthera nodosa – see Justicia nodosa
Dianthus chinensis – 18(68); 19(70); 22(70); 26(72)
Dianthus spp. – 11(82); 23(72)
Diasperus lamprophyllus – see Phyllanthus lamprophyllus
Diatomaceous earth – 16(53)
Diatomite – 16(53)
Dichanthium sericeum – 17(45)
Dichondra argentea – 8(68); 13(54, 58); 21(28, 29)
Dichorisandra – 16(70); 17(69)
Dichorisandra thrysiflora - 2(18); 3(42); 13(29); 14(12, 73); 17(73); 23(17)
Dicksonia antarctica – 8(36)
Dicotyledon – 19(26-27); also see Oppositifoliae
Dictospermum album - should be Dictyosperma album
Dictyosperma alba – should be Dictyosperma album
Dictyosperma album – 1(74); 6(31); 8(47)
Dieback disease – see Phytophthera
Dieffenbachia – 1(35); 5(15); 25(20)
Dietes – 16(70); 17(69); 25(35)
Dietes bicolor – 13(16); 20(29)
Dietes grandiflora – 20(29); 24(26)
Dietes iridioides – 20(29)
Dietes iridioides ‘White Tiger’ – 20(29)
Digitaria – 5(82)
Digitaria brownii – 17(45)
Digitaria didactyla - 3(82); 4(82); 5(82); 7(82); 8(84); 10(89); 12(89); 15(64); 20(63)
Digitaria didactyla ‘Aussieblue’ – 4(82)
Dill – see Anethum graveolens
Dillenia alata - 2(73); 17(36); 21(88)
Dillenia indica – 26(9)
Dimerocostus – 22(25)
Dimerocostus strobilaceus – 22(24)
Dimocarpus longan – 25(58-59)
Dionaea muscipula – 22(40); 23(31)
Dioon - 1(61); 3(16)
Dioon mejiae - 1(62)
Dioon spinulosum - 1(62); 4(39); 21(42)
Dioscorea alata – 16(69); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
Dioscorea polystachya – 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
Dioscorea sp. – 14(53)
Diospyros digyna – 9(80-83); 14(22)
Diospyros digyna ‘Bernicker’ – 9(80)
Diospyros digyna ‘Maher’ – 9(80)
Diospyros digyna ‘Mossman’ – 9(80)
Diospyros digyna ‘Superb’ – 9(80)
Diospyros digyna ‘Tahiti’ – 9(80)
Dipladenia - see Mandevilla splendens, Mandevilla boliviensis
Diplazium esculentum – 18(71); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
Diploglottis – 7(13)
Diploglottis australis – 12(54, 56); 13(70, 71); 20(88)
Diploglottis berniana – 5(17)
Diploglottis campbellii – 3(84, 86); 11(54); 13(70, 71)
Diploglottis diphyllostegia – 13(70, 71)
Diploglottis smithii – 13(70)
Diplotaxis muralis (wild rocket) – 26(58-59, 70)
Diplotaxis tenuifolia (wild rocket) – 7(75); 14(55); 18(67); 19(67); 20(67); 21(67); 22(67); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(58-59, 70)
Dipodium variegatum – 22(8)
Dissotis rotundifolia – 26(69)
Dividing Onion – see Allium fistulatum
Divorce Vine – see Solanum wendlandii
Dizygotheca elegantissima – see Schefflera elegantissima
Dockrilla – 9(68)
Dockrilla striolata ‘Corvilles’ x Dockrilla fulignosa ‘Black Palm’ – 9(68)
Dodonea – 21(17)
Dodonaea rupicola – 26(81)
Dog Bane – see Plectranthus neochilus
Dolichos lablab – see Lablab purpureus
Dolomite, soil additive – 13(77); 15(48); 16(52, 53)
Dombeya – 20(11)
Dombeya burgessiae – 15(73)
Dombeya cacuminum – 5(10, 12); 20(72, 73)
Dombeya calantha – 10(67)
Dombeya ianthotricha – 24(8)
Dombeya wallichii – 14(22); 26(19)
Dombeya, Red Leaf – see Dombeya ianthotricha
Donkey Tail Succulent – see Sedum morganianum
Doodia aspera – 7(67); 8(36)
Doodia caudata – 7(67)
Doodia media – 8(36)
Doodia spp. – 8(36)
Dooja – see Citrus australis
Dorotheanthus bellidiformis – 18(68); 19(70); 22(70); 26(72)
Doryanthes excelsa – 7(11)
Doryanthes palmeri - 1(13); 12(35); 15(89); 16(9, 72, 73); 22(54)
Doryophora sassafras – 11(75)
Doryphyra – 17(46)
Dovyalis caffra – 17(34, 35); 19(59)
Down & Dirty with…

• Alan Chenoweth - 11(60)
• Annette Irish – 5(60)
• Arno King – 7(62)
• Colin Campbell — 1(38)
• Darryl South – 3(58)
• David Hockings – 6(60)
• Don Ellison – 12(60)
• John Sullivan – 8(62)
• Kim Morris – 4(60)
• Linda Brennan – 10(54)
• Paul Hoffmann - 9(60)
• Rod Hultgren – 13(90)
• Tom Wyatt - 2(61)

Downy Barleria – see Barleria albostellata
Downy Jasmine – see Jasminum multiflorum
Dracaena - 2(13); 5(50); 21(66)
Dracaena aubryana ‘Lucky Gold’ – 22(33)
Dracaena deremensis – 7(28)
Dracaena draco - 1(32); 6(17); 14(22, 23); 19(27)
Dracaena fragrans ‘Aurea’ – 22(33)
Dracaena fragrans ‘Limelight’ – 22(33)
Dracaena fragrans ‘Massangeana’ – 7(28)
Dracaena goldieana – 3(24); 9(31); 23(36); 24(34, 36)
Dracaena marginata - 2(18); 24(34)
Dracaena reflexa – 4(41)
Dracaena reflexa ‘Song of India’ – 11(Cover, 27); 13(27)
Dracaena reflexa ‘Song of Jamaica’ – 4(41); 13(27); 25(32)
Dracaena surculose – 8(63)
Dracaena thalioides – see Dracaena aubryana
Dracontium – 3(25)
Dragon Fruit – see Hylocereus undatus
Dragon Tree - see Dracaena draco
Dragon’s Tears – see Scuttellaria costaricana
Dragonflies – 4(75); 26(52)
Dragontree - see Dracaena draco
Drainage – 12(17); 22(57)
Drepanostachyum falcatum – 13(54, 57)
Drepanostachyum khasianum – 6(65)
Drimiopsis kirkii – 9(31)
Drimiopsis maculata – see Ledebouria petiolata
Drosera – 22(38, 41); 23(30)
Drosera adelae – 22(41)
Drosera binata – 22(41)
Drosera burmanii – 22(41)
Drosera capensis – 22(41)
Drosera filiformis – 22(41)
Drosera peltata – 22(41)
Drosera pygmaea – 22(41)
Drosera spatulata – 22(41)
Drought tolerant – 12(74-77)
Drought-proof plants – 2(12); 7(78-81)
Drumstick Plant – see Moringa oleifera
Drumsticks – see Isopogon anemonifolius
Drunkard’s Dream – see Hatiora salicornioides
Drunken Parrot Tree – see Schotia brachypetala
Dry rainforest – 12(74-77)
Drynaria rigidula – 7(52); 13(16); 22(11)
Drypetes deplanchei – 11(78)
Dubouzetia saxatilis – 26(56)
Duck Potato – see Sagittaria sagittifolia
Ducks (bird) – 19(62)
Dune Couch – see Zoysia macrantha
Durabaculum undulatum - 1(65); 18(81)
Duranta – 4(7, 91); 7(62); 23(46-47)
Duranta ‘Mini Sheena’s Gold’ – 12(68)
Duranta erecta – 11(35); 12(68); 23(46)
Duranta erecta ‘Geisha Girl’ – 12(61); 13(29); 20(10); 23(46)
Duranta erecta ‘Mini Gold’ – 22(33)
Duranta erecta ‘Sheena’s Gold’ – 12(68); 22(29)
Duranta plumeri – see Duranta erecta
Durban Grass – see Dactyloctenium australe
Dutch Iris – see Iris x hollandica
Dutchman’s Pipe – see Aristolochia elegans; Aristolochia praevenosa; Aristolochia tagala
Dwarf Costus – see Costus productus
Dwarf Date Palm - see Phoenix roebelinii
Dwarf Duranta – see Duranta erecta ‘Mini Gold’
Dwarf Gardenia – see Gardenia jasminoides ‘Radicans’
Dwarf Golden Flag – see Acorus gramineus ‘Minimus Aureus’
Dwarf Harpullia – see Harpullia frutescens            
Dwarf Jamaican – see Heliconia stricta
Dwarf Meyer Lemon – 9(61)
Dwarf Mock Orange – see Murraya paniculata ‘Min-A-Min’
Dwarf Mondo Grass – see Ophiopogon japonicus ‘Kyoto Dwarf’
Dwarf Pandanus Variegated – see Pandanus pygmaeus
Dwarf Pineapple – see Ananas comosus var. ananassoides
Dwarf Poinciana – see Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Dwarf Pomegranate – see Punica granatum ‘Nana’
Dwarf Rhoeo – see Tradescantia spathacea ‘Hawaiian Dwarf’
Dwarf Snow Bush – see Breynia disticha ‘Compacta’
Dyckia - 2(14); 5(36, 87)
Dyckia ‘Silver Sheen’ – 8(66)
Dypsis – 5(50, 87);
Dypsis ‘Bef’ – 5(15)
Dypsis ‘Pink Crownshaft’ – 5(15)
Dypsis ambositrae – 5(15)
Dypsis baronii – 7(25); 13(46)
Dypsis cabadae – 5(16, 47); 7(25)
Dypsis decaryi - 2(18, 49); 5(15)
Dypsis leptocheilos - 2(18); 5(16); 16(41)
Dypsis leptocheilos x decaryi – 5(16)
Dypsis lutescens – 4(10, 18); 5(47); 13(45); 16(41); 20(12)
Dypsis madagascariensis – 7(25)
Dypsis onilahensis – 5(16)
Dypsis oreophila – 5(15)
Dypsis pinnatifrons – 5(15); 7(25)