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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

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Lablab Bean – see Dolichos lablab, Lablab purpureus
Lablab purpureus (lablab/poor man’s bean)– 8(29, 80); 11(82); 14(55); 16(68, 69); 17(65, 67); 18(67); 19(67); 20(67); 21(56, 66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Laburnum, Indian – see Cassia fistula
Laburnum, Sea-coast – see Sophora tomentosa
Lace Bark – see Brachychiton discolor
Lacewings – 7(73); 26(53)
Lactuca sativa (lettuce)– 14(55); 16(67); 17(67); 19(66); 20(66); 21(66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Lacy Evodia – see Melicope denhamii
Lady Bank’s Rose – see Rosa banksiae
Lady beetles – 7(73); 26(55)
Ladybird beetles – 26(55)
Lady of the Night – see Cestrum nocturnum; Brunfelsia Americana; Hylocerues sp.
Lady Palm - see Rhapis excelsa
Lady Slipper Vine – see Thunbergia mysorensis
Lady’s Fingers – see Abelmoschus esculentus
Lady’s Purse – see Calceolaria
Laelia - 2(48); 9(68); 14(30)
Laelia purpurata – 10(45)
Laeliocattleya - 14(30)
Lagenaria siceraria (New Guinea bean/bottle gourd) – 17(67); 18(66); 20(67); 21(57, 66); 22(66); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Lagerstroemia – 4(89)
Lagerstroemia floribunda – 13(42); 18(11)
Lagerstroemia indica - 2(60); 3(16); 5(69); 10(68); 12(14); 19(40); 20(46); 20(72); 22(18)
Lagerstroemia speciosa - 2(60); 11(54); 20(72)
Lagos Spinach – see Celosia argentea var. argentea
Lagunaria patersonia – 16(18)
Laksa Plant – see Persicaria odorata; Polygonum odoratum
Lamb’s Ears – see Stachys byzantina
Lampranthus aurantiacus – 9(90); 11(41)
Lampranthus aureus – 21(42, 43)
Land Cress – see Barbarea verna
Lantana – 6(98)
Lapeirousia laxa - see Freesia laxa
Large Butcher’s Broom – see Ruscus hypophyllum
Large Mock Olive – see Notolaea longifolia
Large-fruited Orange-thorn – see Pittosporum spinescens
Large-leafed Glory-bush – see Tibouchina heteromalla
Large-leaved Palm Lily – see Cordyline petiolaris
Larkspur – see Delphinium
Larsenaikia ochreata – 23(49)
Lasiandra, Native – see Melastoma affine
Lasseter’s Gold Philodendron – see Philodendron ‘Lasseter’s Gold’
Latania lontaroides – 12(54, 57)
Late Crepe-Myrtle – see Lagerstroemia floribunda
Lathyrus odoratus – 18(69); 19(71); 20(69); 22(71); 23(72); 26(72)
Laurentia – see Isotoma axillaris
Laurus nobilis - 17(50, 51)
Lavandula – 11(82); 17(32)
Lavandula dentata – 8(67); 12(13); 16(72)
Lavandula stoechas ‘Avonview’ – 16(12)
Lavandula x allardii – 11(10)
Lavandula x allardii x dentata ‘Derwent Grey’ – 12(9)
Lavender – 4(48); 5(69); 11(10); 20(10)
Lavender Star – see Grewia occidentalis
Lavender, French – see Lavandula dentata
Lavender, Italian – see Lavandula stoechas
Lawn bettle larvae – 11(86-88)
Lawn Chamomile – see Chamaemelum nobile; Anthemis nobilis
Lawn Indigo – see Indigofera spicata
Lawn seed – 7(82-83)
Lawn traffic damage – 20(60-63)
Lawn, drought management – 3(82)
Lawn, grey mould – 15(64)
Lawns – 21(69)
Lawsonia enermis – 8(60), 12(69)
Lawsonia inerme – should be Lawsonia enermis
Leaf Cactus – see Pereskia aculeata
Leaf Ginseng – see Talinum triangulare
Leaf Mustard – see Brassica juncea
Leaf rust – 10(60)
Leather Fern – see Rumohra adiantiformis
Lebanese Cress – see Aethionema cordifolium 
Lebanese Cucumber – 10(87)
Ledebouria petiolata – 10(33); 19(24)
Ledebouria revoluta – 10(33)
Ledebouria socialis – 10(33)
Ledebouria violacea – 10(33)
Leea indica - 12(54, 58)
Leea rubra - 2(73)
Leek (vegetable) – 14(71); 15(69); also see Allium porrum
Leek Lily – see Bulbine alata
Legumes – 15(49)
Leichhardt Bean – see Cassia brewsteri
Leichhardt Bean – see Cassia brewsteri
Leichhardt Tree – see Nauclea orientalis
Leionema – 6(60)
Lemon and Lime – see Philodendron hederaceum ‘Lemon Lime’
Lemon Aspen – see Acronychia acidula
Lemon Balm – 5(69); see Melissa officinalis
Lemon Grass – see Cymbopogon citratus
Lemon Grass, Native – see Cymbopogon ambiguous; Cymbogogon bombycinus
Lemon Ironbark – see Eucalyptus staigeriana
Lemon Ironwood – see Backhousia citriodora
Lemon Migrant Butterfly – see Catopsilia pomona
Lemon Myrtle – see Backhousia citriodora
Lemon Scented Gum - see Corymbia citriodora
Lemon Scented Myrtle - see Backhousia citriodora
Lemon Verbena – see Aloysia citriodora
Lemon Wardnee - see Eucalyptus staigeriana
Lemongrass – see Cymbopogon citratus
Lemongrass, East Indian – see Cymbopogon flexuosus
Lemon-scented Plectranthus – see Plectranthus sp.
Lemon-scented Tea Tree – see Leptospermum petersonii
Lenwebbia – 24(29)
Leonotis leonorus – see 12(13, 15); 16(13, 16)
Leopard Lily – see Belamcanda chinensis; Iris domestica
Leopard Tree – see Caesalpinia ferrea
Lepiderema pulchella - 1(57); 12(54, 56)
Lepidozamia - 1(61)
Lepidozamia hopei – 17(12)
Lepidozamia peroffskyana – 9(42); 18(18, 20)
Lepironia articulata – 12(54); 17(13, 36, 38)
Leptocneria reducta – 11(47); 22(83)
Leptospermum – 13(12)
Leptospermum brachyandrum – 3(49); also refer to Leptospermum madidum subsp. sativum
Leptospermum laevigatum - 1(74); 8(52)
Leptospermum longifolium – see Leptospermum madidum subsp. madidum
Leptospermum madidum - 2(73, 74); 6(29); 8(78-79); 20(42, 46)
Leptospermum madidum subsp. madidum – 20(46)
Leptospermum madidum subsp. sativum – 12(35); 20(46)
Leptospermum petersonii – 14(38)
Leptospermum polygalifolium ‘Cardwell’ – 5(69); 6(77); 14(26)
Leptospermum scroparium – 16(72)
Leptospermum semibaccatum – 6(77)
Leptospernum liversidgei – 6(77)
Lettuce – 10(87); 14(71); 15(69); 16(69); see Lactuca sativa
Lettuce Tree – see Pisonia grandis var. alba; Pisonia grandis ‘Alba’
Leucadendrons – 8(88)
Leucanthemum x superbum – 14(35)
Leucojum aestivum – 19(24)
Leucophyllum frutescens – 16(16)
Levisticum officinale – 17(51)
Licorice Plant – see Helichrysum petiolare
Licuala elegans – 25(14)
Licuala grandis – 4(12); 13(16); 14(89)
Licuala ramsayi – 11(46); 12(35, 54); 17(12); 18(42)
Ligustrum sinense ‘Lemon & Lime’ – 22(33)
Lilac Elegance – see Leucophyllum frutescens
Lilac Flame Violet – see Episcia x wilsonii ‘Pinkiscia’
Lilacs – see Syringa vulgaris
Lilies, True – see Lilium
Lilium formosanum – 11(83)
Lilium spp. - 19(23)
Lilliums – 3(90)
Lily caterpillar - see Spodoptera picta
Lily of the Nile – see Agapanthus praecox
Lilypilly – see Syzygium
Lima Bean (vegetable) – 14(71); 15(69); 16(69); also see Phaseolus lunatus
Lime Light Fern – see Microlepia speluncae
Lime, builders – 16(52)
Lime, Desert – see Citrus glauca
Lime, Finger – see Citrus australasica
Lime, hydrated – 16(52)
Lime, Kaffir– see Citrus hystrix
Lime, Mount White – see Citrus garawayi
Lime, Round – see Citrus australis
Lime, Russel River – see Citrus inodora
Lime, soil additive – 13(77); 15(48); 16(52, 53)
Lime, Tahitian – 12(72)
Limelight – see Dracaena fragrans ‘Limelight’
Limes, Native – 12(72-73)
Limestone – 15(49); 16(52, 53); also see Calcium carbonate
Limnodynasts peronii – 7(70)
Limonium sinuatum - 1(73)
Linaria – see Linaria maroccana
Linaria maroccana – 18(68); 19(70); 20(68); 22(70); 23(72); 26(72)
Linospadix monostachya - 2(18)
Lion’s Ear – see Leonotis leonorus
Lion’s Tail – see Leonotis leonorus
Lipstick Palm – see Cyrtostachys renda
Lipstick Plant – see Aeschynanthus
Lipstick Tree – see Bixa orellana
Liquidamber – 4(24); 12(14)
Liquidamber styraciflua – 12(14)
Liquorice Plant – see Helichrysum petiolare
Liriope – 4(11); 5(89, 90); 8(29); 16(70); 25(35)
Liriope muscari - 2(59); 6(24)
Liriope muscari ‘Evergreen Giant’– 14(12); 17(73)
Liriope muscari ‘Variegata’ – 10(26)
Litchi chinensis – 25(59)
Lithophyte - 1(25); 7(65)
Lithops – 12(48)
Lithops herrei – 12(48)
Lithops olivacea var. olivacea – 12(48)
Litoria caerulea – 7(70)
Litoria fallax – 7(70)
Litoria rothii – 15(7)
Little Boy Blue – see Otacanthus coeruleus
Little Euodia – see Melicope rubra
Little Kurrajong – see Brachychiton bidwillii
Living Stones – see Lithops
Livingstone Daisy – see Dorotheanthus bellidiformis
Livistona australis – 8(31); 11(73)
Livistona benthami – 9(51)
Livistona decipiens – 6(31); 17(12)
Livistona drudei – 17(12)
Livistona muelleri – 6(31); 17(36, 40)
Livistonia – 17(11)
Lloyd’s Native Olive – see Noteleya lloydii
Lobelia erinus – 15(70); 16(70); 17(68); 18(28, 68); 19(70); 20(68); 21(68); 22(70); 23(72); 24(70); 25(74); 26(72)
Lobelia membranacea – 15(73); 16(73); 24(34)
Lobelia taccada – see Scaevola taccada
Lobelia trigonocaulis – 15(34); 16(24, 25); 25(44, 48)
Lobelia, Forest – see Lobelia trigonocaulis
Lobelia, Native Blue – see Lobelia membranacea
Lobster Claw – see Heliconia bihai
Lobster Flower – see Plectranthus neochilus
Lobularia maritima – 11(83); 16(70); 17(68); 18(28, 69); 19(71); 20(69); 21(68); 22(71); 23(72); 24(70); 25(74); 26(72)
Lockjaw, human disease – seeTetanus
Lolium multiflorum – 7(83)
Lolium perenne – 7(83)
Lolly Bush – see Clerodendron floribundum
Lomandra - 1(78); 6(55); 7(13, 62); 8(32); 10(71); 14(35); 16(70)
Lomandra confertifolia – 3(56); 8(32); 12(54, 58); 13(54); 20(81)
Lomandra hystrix – 7(20); 12(54); 17(68)
Lomandra longifolia – 3(56); 4(11); 17(12)
Lomandra multiflora – 22(53)
Lomatia silaifolia – 6(77); 16(24)
Lombok – see Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
Lonicera hildebrandiana – 26(85)
Lonchura castaneothorax – 17(44, 45, 46)
Long Bean – see Vigna unguicula var. sequipedalis
Long John – see Triplaris surinamennsis, Triplaris weigeltiana, Triplaris cumingiana
Long Leaf Fig – see Ficus bennendijkii ‘Alii’
Longans – see Dimocarpus longan
Long-leaved Bitter Bark – see Petalostigma triloculare
Lonicera cultivars – 17(31, 32)
Lonicera japonica – 11(12, 28)
Loofah – see Luffa aegyptiaca
Loofah, Angled – see Luffa acutangula
Lophanthera lactescens – 11(28); 15(73); 20(73); 25(80)
Lophostemon confertus – 4(19); 5(69)
Lophostemon lactifluus - 2(74)
Lopsidedness – 23(35)
Loquat – see Eriobotrya japonica
Loropetalum chinense – 16(72)
Loropetalum chinense ‘Rassleberry’ – 12(69)
Loropetalum chinense ‘Rubrum’ – 10(68); should be Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum
Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum – 13(13)
Lotus - see Nelumbo nucifera
Louisiana Iris – 7(69); 8(12); 18(38)
Lovage – see Levisticum officinale
Love Grass – see Miscanthus sinensis
Lovegrass, Indonesian – see Pogonatherum paniceum
Love-in-a-mist – see Nigella damascena
Lovejoy – see Episcia x wilsonii ‘Pinkiscia’
Love-lies-bleeding – see Amaranthus caudatus
Lowland Pitpit – see Saccharum edule
Lucabensis Palm – see Dypsis madagascariensis
Lucerne – see Medicago sativa
Ludisia discolor – see Haemaria discolor
Ludwigia arcuata – 26(36)
Luffa – see Luffa aegyptiaca
Luffa acutangula – 20(67); 21(66); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Luffa aegyptiaca (luffa) – 11(82); 14(71); 15(69); 16(67, 69); 17 (65, 67); 18(67); 19(66); 20(67); 21(56, 66); 22(66); 23(68); 24(67, 68); 25(72, 73); 26(70)
Luffa cylindrica – see Luffa aegyptiaca
Luffa, Angled – see Luffa acutangula
Lychee – 5(68); see Litchi chinensis
Lycianthes rantonnetii – 13(30); 14(73)
Lycopersicon esculentum – 19(56, 67)
Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme – 19(56-57, 67); see Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme
Lycopersicon lycopersicum – 7(75); 8(29); refer to Solanum lycopersicum
Lycopersicon pimpellifolium – 19(56)
Lycopodiella – 10(38)
Lycopodium – 10(38)
Lycoris aurea – 15(68); 19(24)
Lygodium microphyllum – 23(75)
Lygodium scandens – see Lygodium microphyllum
Lysimachia congestiflora ‘Gold Clusters’ – 22(11, 33)
Lysiphyllum cunninghamii - 2(74)
Lysiphyllum hookeri – 16(72)
Lytocaryum weddellianum - 2(18); 15(82)