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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

R

Rabbit Meat – see Alternanthera sessilis
Rabbit’s Foot Fern – see Davallia fejeensis
Racehorse Tree – see Tipuana tipu
Raddichio – 16(68, 69); also see Cichorium intybus
Radermachera ignea – 19(78)
Radermachera sinica – 19(78)
Radiant Brazilian Plume – see Justicia carnea ‘Huntington Form’; Justicia carnea ‘Radiant’
Radish – 14(71); 15(69); 16(68, 69); see Raphanus sativus
Radish, Daikon – see Raphanus sativus
Rain Lily – see Habranthus; Zephyranthes
Rain Tree – see Samanea saman
Rainbow Plant – see Byblis
Rainbow Shower – see Cassia x nealiae ‘Rainbow Shower’
Rainfall - 1(9); 2(24)
Rainforest, Dry – 12(74-77)
Rainforest, Subtropical – 12(74-77)
Rainwater tanks - 2(24); 4(33); 12(82)
Raised garden beds – 22(57); 23(50-51)
Raja’s hedge – see Euphorbia nerifolia
Rambutan – see Nephelium lappaceum
Randia benthamiana –see Atractocarpus benthamianus
Randia fitzalanii - see Atractocarpus fitzalanii
Randia formosa – 14(27)
Randia maculata – see Rothmannia longiflora
Randia sessilis – see Atractocarpus sessilis
Rangoon Creeper – see Quisqualis indica; Combretum indicum
Ranunculus inundatus – 18(89)
Rapanea variabilis - see Myrsine variabilis
Raphanus sativus (radish) – 11(82); 16(68, 69); 17(67); 18(67); 19(67); 20(67); 21(67); 22(65, 67); 23(68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Raphia farinifera – 22(9)
Raphia ruffia – see Raphia farinifera
Raspberry, Atherton – see Rubus fraxinifolius
Raspberry, Ceylon – see Rubus niveus
Raspberry, Mysore – see Rubus niveus
Raspberry, Yellow Fruited – see Rubus ellipticus
Rat’s Tail Grass – see Sporobolus africanus
Rattlesnake Agave – see Manfreda maculosa
Rattlesnake Plant - see Calathea insignis; Calathea lancifolia
Ravenala madagascariensis – 10(26); 13(44)
Ravenea rivularis - 2(18)
Rechsteineria leucotricha - see Sinningia leucotricha
Red Alcantarea – see Alcantarea imperialis ‘Rubra’
Red Back Native Ginger – see Alpinia caerulea ‘Red Back’
Red Beech - see Dillenia alata
Red Birdsnest – see Philodendron melinonii
Red Butterfly Wing –see Christia vespertilionis
Red Christmas – see Heliconia angusta
Red Climbing Bauhinia – see Bauhinia kockiana
Red Cloak – see Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
Red Coondoo – see Mimusops elengi
Red Dombeya – see Dombeya burgessiae
Red Edge – see Pandanus utilis
Red Freshwater Mangrove – see Barringtonia actuangula
Red Fruited Saw Sedge – see Gahnia sieberiana
Red Ginger – see Alpinia purpurata
Red Holiday Heliconia – see Heliconia angusta ‘Red Christmas’
Red Hot Cat’s Tail – see Acalypha hispida
Red Ivy – see Hemigraphis colorata; Hemigraphis alternata
Red Jade Vine – see Mucuna novoguineensis
Red Kamala – see Mallotus philippensis
Red Latan Palm – see Latania lontaroides
Red Leaf Dombeya – see Dombeya ianthotricha
Red Leaf Hibiscus – see Hibiscus acetosella
Red Mukunu-wenna – see Alternanthera polygonoides
Red Olive Plum – see Elaeodendron australe
Red Orchid Bahinia – see Bauhinia galpinii
Red Paintbrush – see Scadoxus puniceus
Red Passionflower – see Passiflora quadrangularis; Passiflora coccinea
Red Penda – see Xanthostemon whitei
Red Pineapple, Variegated – see Ananas comosus var. bracteatus ‘Striatus’
Red Plume – see Pachystachys coccinea
Red Poinsettia – see Euphorbia pulcherrima
Red Powder Puff – see Calliandra haematocephala
Red Rain – see Stromanthe sanguinea
Red Rose Costus – see Costus oase
Red Shrimp Plant – see Ruellia chartacea
Red Silk Cotton Tree – see Bombax ceiba
Red Silk Floss Tree – see Bombax ceiba
Red Stinkhorn – see Phallus rubicundus
Red Tassel Flower – see Calliandra tweediei
Red Torch Ginger – see Etlingera elatior
Red Tower Spiral Ginger – see Costus barbatus
Red Wax Ginger – see Tapeinochilos ananassae
Red-browed Finch (bird) – see Neochmia temporalis
Red-browed Firetail (bird) – see Neochmia temporalis
Red-fruited Kurrajong – see Sterculia quadrifida
Redfruited Sawsedge – see Gahnia sieberiana
Redleg Grass – see Bothriochloa macra
Redneck Palm – see Dypsis leptocheilos
Red-stemmed Wattle – see Acacia rubida
Reed Palm – see Chamaedorea seifrizii
Reeds – 7(69)
Reinga Lily – see Arthropodium cirrhatum
Reinwardtia indica – 15(73)
Renealmia cernua – 16(42)
Reseda odorata – 15(70); 18(68); 19(70); 22(70); 26(72)
Restio tetraphyllus – 20(42)
Resurrection Lily – see Kaempferia pulchra
Revolution Gold – see Melaleuca bracteata ‘Revolution Gold’
Rex Begonia– see Begonia x rex ‘Sir Percy’
Rhagodia spinescens – 21(42, 45)
Rhaphiolepis x delacourii – 16(72)
Rhapis excelsa - 2(18); 5(16); 7(17, 28); 8(10-11); 25(16, 32)
Rhapis Palm – see Rhapis excelsa
Rheophytic trees – 6(29)
Rhipsalis - 2(13)
Rhipsalis salicornioides – see Hatiora salicornioides
Rhizobia – 16(55); 24(62)
Rhizome – 5(87); 23(16-19)
Rhodamnia argentea – 24(29)
Rhodamnia sessiliflora – 12(54)
Rhodanthe - 1(78); 19(71)
Rhodanthe anthemoides – 10(48); 18(69); 19(71); 20(69); 22(71); 23(72); 26(72)
Rhodanthe chlorocephala – 18(69)
Rhodanthe chlorocephala subsp. rosea – 16(70); 18(68); 19(71); 20(69); 22(70, 71); 23(72); 26(72)
Rhodanthe daisies – 8(31)
Rhodanthe manglesii - 18(69); 19(71); 22(71); 26(72)
Rhodes Grass – see Chloris gayana
Rhodes Grass Mealybug – see Antonina graminis
Rhododendron – 4(19, 57); 8(57); 14(95); 16(72)
Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth Matton’ - 16(13)
Rhododendron ‘Ivory Coast’ - 5(22)
Rhododendron ‘Shiraz’ – 16(12)
Rhododendron ‘Simbu Sunset’ – 4(57)
Rhododendron ‘Sweet Wendy’ – 4(57)
Rhododendron indica cultivars – 15(73)
Rhododendron lochiae – 4(57)
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa – 13(87); 19(58)
Rhodophiala bifida – 19(24)
Rhodosphaera rhodanthema – 5(51); 11(78); 12(65, 75)
Rhoeo - see Tradescantia spathacea
Rhoeo bermudensis - see Tradescantia spathacea ‘Hawaiian Dwarf’
Rhoeo spathacea – 4(11) – see Tradescantia spathacea
Rhoeo spathacea variegata - see Tradescantia ‘Vittata’
Rhopaloblaste singaporensis – 20(42)
Rhopalostylis baueri - 2(18)
Rhynchostylis – 14(31)
Ribbon Bush – see Hypoestes aristata
Ribbonbush – see Homalocladium platycladium
Riberry – see Syzygium leuhmanii
Rice Bean – see Vigna umbellata
Riceflower – see Ozothamnus diosmifolius
Richmond Birdwing [butterfly] – 4(74); see Pararistolochia praevenosa
Ricinocarpos pinifolius – 6(61); 6(76)
Riedelia – 22(26)
Riedelia sp. 22(26)
Ristantia – 24(29)
River Cherry – see Syzygium tierneyanum
River Mint – see Mentha australis
Roaring Meg Creeper – see Tecomanthe sp. ‘Roaring Meg’
Rock Lily – see Thelychiton speciosus
Rock Orchid – see Thelychiton speciosus
Rock phosphates – 14(48)
Rock Tassel Fern – see Huperzia squarrosa
Rocket – 8(29); 14(71); 15(69); 16(69)
Rocket, Salad - see Eruca sativa; Eruca vesicaria
Rocket, Wild – see Diplotaxis muralis, Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Roly-poly Satinash – see Waterhousea unipunctata
Rondeletia – see Rondeletia amoena
Rondeletia ‘Caprice’– 16(12)
Rondeletia amoena – 12(15); 16(72); 20(21, 83); 25(87)
Rondeletia leucophylla – 10(69)
Rondeletia odorata – 25(87)
Roof gardens – 12(16-19)
Roof Iris – see Iris tectorum
Root Distortions – 23(34)
Rootspine Palm – see Cryosophila warscewiczii
Rosa ‘Lamarque’ – 5(12)
Rosa ‘Malidivian Pink’ – 16(39)
Rosa ‘Monsieur Tillier’ – 5(12)
Rosa ‘Mr. Lincoln’ - 20(21)
Rosa ‘Mrs B R Cant’ – 5(12)
Rosa ‘Rose Edouard’ – 16(39)
Rosa ‘Seduction’ - 16(12)
Rosa banksiae – 17(21)
Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’ – 10(10); 16(12)
Rosa chinensis ‘Cecile Brunner’ – 16(12); 17(21)
Rosa cultivars – 11(82); 12(65)
Rose - 1(12, 66-69); 3(90); 5(90); 7(44); 16(34-39); 20(10)

• Calendar – 16(38)
• Floribunda – 16(35)
• Hybrid teas – 16(35)
• In the subtropics – 16(34-39)
• Miniatures – 16(35)
• Modern roses – 16(35)

Roscoea – 22(23)
Rose Allamanda – see Strophanthus gratus
Rose Apple – see Owenia venosa
Rose arbour – 8(50)
Rose Cactus – see Pereskia aculeata ‘Godseffiana’
Rose Costus, Red – see Costus oase
Rose Ginger – see Siphonochilus kirkii
Rose Glory Bower – see Clerodendrum bungei
Rose Leaf Sage – see Salvia involucrata
Rose Myrtle – see Archirhodomyrtus beckleri
Rose of Sharon – see Hibiscus mutabilis; Hibiscus syriacus
Rose of Venezuela - see Brownea grandiceps
Rosebud Sage – see Salvia involucrata
Rosella – see Hibiscus sabdariffa; see 15(52-55)
Rosella recipes – 15(55)
Rosella, native – see Hibiscus heterophyllus
Rosemary - see Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosewood – see Pterocarpus indica
Rosewood Ironbark – see Acacia fasciculifera
Rosmarinus ‘Blue Lagoon’ – 8(56)
Rosmarinus officinalis - 1(73); 3(16); 4(10); 5(69); 16(11); 17(51, 72); 19(13); 22(46)
Rosy Rain Lily – see Zephyranthes rosea
Rotala rotundifolia – 26(37)
Rotheca myricoides – 13(cover, 3, 31); 14(73); 18(42)
Rothmannia globosa – 15(83)
Rothmannia longiflora – 15(83)
Rothmannia manganjae – 14(27, 94); 15(83)
Rough Bluegrass – see Poa trivialis
Rough Guinea Flower – see Hibbertia aspera
Rough Leaved Elm – see Aphananthe philippinensis
Rough Tree Fern – see Cyathea australis
Round Lime, Native – see Citrus australis
Roupellia grata – see Strophanthus gratu
Royal Dwarf Poinciana – see Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Royal Palm - see Roystonea
Royenia lucida – 12(71)
Roystonea elata – see Roystonea regia 
Roystonea regia - 1(32); 2(18); 6(31); 23(82)
Rubber Plant, Variegated Baby – see Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Variegata’
Rubus ellipticus – 13(87); 14(58)
Rubus fraxinifolius – 14(58)
Rubus moluccanus – 25(60-61)
Rubus neveus – should be Rubus niveus
Rubus niveus – 13(87); 14(58)
Rubus parvifolius – 25(60)
Rubus probus – 25(60-61)
Rubus rosifolius – 25(60-61)
Rudbeckia bicolor – 15(70); renamed Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima – 18(68); 19(70); 20(68); 22(70); 23(72); 26(72)
Rudbeckia laciniata ‘Hortensia’ – 24(25)
Rue – see Ruta graveolens
Ruellia – 16(70); 17(69)
Ruellia chartacea – 15(71, 73)
Ruellia devosiana – 22(12)
Ruellia makoyana – see Ruellia devosiana
Ruffled Fan Palm – see Licuala grandis
Rulingia salviifolia – 13(54, 56)
Rumberry – see Myrciaria floribunda
Rumex acetosa – 14(53); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
Rumex acetosella – 21(14)
Rumex scutatus – 14(53); 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
Rumohra adiantiformis – 8(36); 22(11)
Rungia klossii – 14(53)
Runner Bean – see Phaseolus coccineus
Ruscus aculeatus – 19(9)
Ruscus hypoglossum – 19(9)
Ruscus hypophyllum – 18(77); 19(9)
Russelia equisetiformis - 2(74); 19(41), 20(42); 25(14); see also Russelia juncea
Russelia juncea - 1(74); 4(38); 6(16, 17); 14(73); 15(73); also see Russelia equisetiformis
Russell River Lime – see Citrus inodora
Russian Garlic – see Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum
Rust – 4(64)
Rusty Carabeen – see Aceratium ferrugineum
Rusty Fig – see Ficus rubiginosa
Ruta graveolens – 15(41)
Ruttya fruticosa – 11(49); 16(18)
Ruttya fruticosa ‘Scholesei’ – 11(49)