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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

T

Tabebuia– 15(12); 16(9)
Tabebuia argentea – 11(54); 16(72); also see Tabebuia caraiba
Tabebuia aurea – 8(68)
Tabebuia caraiba – 11(29)
Tabebuia chrysantha – see Handroanthus chrysanthus subsp. chrysanthus
Tabebuia heterophylla – 10(69)
Tabebuia impetiginosa – see Handroanthus impetiginosus
Tabebuia palmeri – 12(14); 13(33, 35); see Handroanthus impetiginosus
Tabebuia rosea – 14(22); 15(73)
Tabernaemontana – 18(7); 23(22)
Tabernaemontana divaricata – 4(56)
Tabernaemontana holstii – see Tabernaemontana pachysiphon
Tabernaemontana pachysiphon – 18(42, 47)
Tabernaemontana pandacaqui – 11(78)
Table-top Wattle – see Acacia nuperrima
Tacca chantrieri – 5(16); 7(98); 15(9); 16(7); 20(14)
Tacca integrifolia – 5(16); 6(35); 8(63); 16(7); 20(15)
Tacca leontopetaloides – 20(17); 23(19); 25(44, 48
Tacca palmata – 20(16)
Taeniopygia bichenovii – 17(44, 45, 46)
Taeniopygia guttata – 17(44, 45, 46)
Taffeta Plant – see Hoffmannia refulgens
Tagetes erecta – 5(91); 11(83); 15(70); 16(70); 17(68); 18(68); 19(70); 20(68); 21(68); 22(70); 23(72); 24(70); 25(74); 26(72)
Tagetes lemmonii – 16(42, 43)
Tagetes lucida – 22(46, 49); 24(34, 39)
Tagetes patula – 15(70); 17(68); 18(68); 19(70); 20(68); 21(68); 22(35, 37, 70); 23(73); 24(70); 25(74); 26(72)
Tahitian Lime – see Citrus aurantifolia
Tahitian spinach – 4(10)
Tail Grape – see Artabotrys hexapetalus
Talinum fruticosum – 19(73); 20(70); 21(71)
Talinum triangulare – 9(79); 16(68, 69); also see Talinum fruticosum
Talipariti tiliaceum – 6(30); 20(79)
Talipariti tiliaceum ‘Hilo Rainbow’ – 6(30)
Talipariti tiliaceum ‘populneum’ – 6(30)
Talipariti tiliaceum ‘Tricolor’ – 20(79)
Tall Fescue – see Festuca arundinacea
Tallandsia jalisco-monticola – 7(19)
Tallowwood – 7(46)
Tamarillo – see Cyphomandra betacea; Solanum betaceum
Tamarind, Asian – see Tamarindus indica
Tamarind, Corduroy – see Misharytera lautereriana
Tamarind, Native – seeDiploglottis
Tamarind, Small-leaved – see Diploglottis campbellii
Tamarind, Smith – see Diploglottis smithii
Tamarindus indica – 13(70)
Tamarindus indica – 5(80); 6(30); 23(58-59)
Tamarix chinesis – 20(42)
Tanacetum cinerariifolium - 2(68)
Tanacetum parthenium - 2(68); 17(51)
Tanacetum vulgare – 15(41); 17(51)
Tangelo – 25(56-57)
Tangerine-scented Marigold – see Tagetes lemmonii
Tanichthys albonudes – 7(69); 11(65)
Tanjong Tree – see Mimusops elengi
Tansy – see Tanacetum vulgare
Tapeinochilos – 16(70); 17(69); 22(27)
Tapeinochilos ananassae – 16(80); 17(12); 18(42)
Tapeinochilos densum – 22(26)
Tapeworm Plant - see Homalocladium platycladium
Tapioca – see Manihot esculenta
Taraxacum officinale – 16(68); 17(50, 51); 25(72); 26(70)
Tarenaya hassleriana – 23(24, 65, 72); 24(70); 25(74); 26(72)
Taro – see Colocasia esculenta
Taro, Celery Stem – see Colocasia gigantea ‘Bac Ha’
Taro, Giant Swamp – see Cyrtosperma merkusii
Tarragon, French – see Artemisia dracunculus
Tarragon, Mexican – see Tagetes lucida
Tarragon, Winter – see Tagetes lucida
Tasmania insipida – should be Tasmannia insipida
Tasmannia insipida – 13(71); 17(61)
Tasmannia lanceolata – 9(62-63)
Tasmannia stipitata – 9(63)
Tasminan Tree Fern – see Dicksonia antarctica
Tassel Cord Rush – see Restio tetraphyllus
Tassel Ferns – 8(36); see Huperzia
Tassel Flower – see Emilia javanica; Emilia sonchifolia var. javanica
Tatsoi – 14(71); 15(69); 16(69); see also Brassica rapa var. rosularis; Brassica narinosa; Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
Taxodium distichum – 11(61)
Tea Tree – see Leptospermum
Tea Tree, Lemon-scented – see Leptospermum petersonii
Tecoma capensis – 12(71)
Tecoma hillii – 9(40)
Tecoma ricasoliana – see Podranea ricasoliana
Tecomanthe dendrophylla ‘Shannon’ – 20(11)
Tecomanthe hillii – 4(46); 7(13); 9(40)
Tecomanthe sp. ‘Roaring Meg’ – 17(21)
Tecomaria capensis – see Tecoma capensis
Teddy Bear Palm - see Dypsis leptocheilos
Teepees – 21(54)
Telopea speciosissima – 20(39)
Telosma cordata – 11(83)
Temple Bush – see Wrightia religiosa
Temple Grass – see Zoysia tenuifolia; Zoysia matrella
Tenella Palm – see Chamaedorea tenella
Terminalia catappa – 6(16, 17); 26(46, 50)
Terminalia ferdinandiana - 2(73); 8(79); 9(62)
Terminalia sericocarpa – 9(51)
Terra Preta do Indio – 17(48)
Terrestrial - 1(25)
Tetanus – 13(63); see Clostridium tetani
Tetradenia riparia – 14(38); 23(83)
Tetragonia tetragonoides (New Zealand spinach) – 8(80); 13(71); 14(53, 70, 71); 15(69); 16(69); 17(60-61, 67); 18(67); 18(71); 19(67, 73); 20(67, 70); 21(66, 71); 22(66); 23(61, 68); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Thai Azalea – see Euphorbia Poysean cultivars
Thai Cassia Tree – see Senna siamea; Cassia siamea
Thai Elephant Palm – see Kerriodoxa elegans
Thai Euphorbia – see Euphorbia milii ‘Poysean’
Thai Monastery Bamboo – see Thyrsostachys siamensis
Thai Pandan – see Pandanus amaryllifolius
Thai Tulip – see Curcuma alimatifolia
Thaleropia queenslandica – 11(29)
Thalia – 3(12-13); 14(73)
Thalia dealbata – 3(13)
Thalia geniculata – 3(12-13); 6(34); 9(29)
Thelychiton capricornicus – 8(46)
Thelychiton curvicaulis – 8(46)
Thelychiton pedunculatus – 8(46)
Thelychiton rex – 8(46)
Thelychiton speciosus - 8(46); 12(74); 19(34); 20(88)
Thelychiton tarberi – 8(46)
Themeda triandra – 12(81); 21(16); 22(53); 25(36, 38)
Theobroma cacao – 11(50)
Thespesia populnea – 11(83)
Thread-barked Myrtle – see Gossia inophloi
Three-veined Cyptocarya – see Cryptocarya triplinervis
Thrinax – 6(31)
Thuja occidentalis – 21(31)
Thuja orientalis – 21(31)
Thuja orientalis ‘Laureli’ – 21(30)
Thunbergia mysorensis – 3(64); 5(55); 13(40); 15(73)
Thyme - see Thymus
Thyme Honey Myrtle – see Melaleuca thymifolia
Thyme, Spanish – see Plectranthus amboinicus
Thymus - 1(73); 4(10)
Thyrsacanthus strictus – see Odontonema cuspidatum
Thyrsostachys siamensis – 14(13)
Thysanolaena maxima – 7(16); 25(15, 37, 39)
Ti - see Cordyline fruticosa
Tibouchina – 6(59)
Tibouchina ‘Jazzie’ – 4(10); 12(61)
Tibouchina grandifolia – see Tibouchina heteromalla
Tibouchina heteromalla – 13(31); 18(85)
Tibouchina lepidota ‘Alstonville’ – 4(68); 12(61); 14(73); 15(73); 16(11); 21(15)
Tibouchina lepidota ‘Carol Lyn’ – 12(61)
Tibouchina urvilleana – 18(85)
Tiger Grass – see Thysanolaena maxima
Tillandsia — 1(26-27); 7(90)
Tillandsia cyanea – 8(75); 13(31)
Tillandsia cyanea ‘Paradise’ – 7(32)
Tillandsia filifolia – 20(42, 47)
Tillandsia ionantha - 2(38)
Tillandsia multicaulis – 3(16)
Tillandsia secunda – 15(74)
Timor Black Bamboo – see Bambusa lako
Tinder – see Praecitrullus fistulosus; Citrullus marmelon var. fastulosum; Benincasa fistulosa
Tipuana tipu – 16(18)
Tissue culture – 7(88-89)
Titan Arum – see Amorphophallus titanum
Tithonia rotundifolia – 17(68); 18(68); 19(70); 20(68); 21(68); 22(70); 23(72); 24(70); 25(74); 26(72)
Toadflax – see Linaria maroccana
Tobacco, Flowering – see Nicotiana alata
Tobacco, Night Flowering – see Nicotiana sylvestris
Toddy Palm – see Borassus flabellifer
Tomatillo – see Physalis philadephica; Physalis ixocarpa
Tomato – 10(87); 14(48-49, 55, 71); 15(69); 16(68); 69); 19(56); also see Solanum lycopersicum; Lycopersicon esculentum
Tomato, Cherry – Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme; Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme
Tomato, Current – see Lycopersicon pimpellifolium; Solanum pimpellifolium
Tongan Bean – see Poor Man’s Bean
Tonningia foecunda – see Cyanotis foecunda
Toothache Plant – see Acmella paniculata; Spilanthes acmella; Acmella oleracea; Blainvillea acmella
Torch Ginger - see Etlingera elatior
Torenia fournieri – 15(34, 36, 70); 16(70); 17(68); 18(69); 19(71); 20(69); 21(68); 22(71); 23(72); 24(70); 25(74); 26(72)
Tournefortia argentea – 21(42, 44)
Townsville Wattle – see Acacia leptostachya
Trachelospermum  asiaticum – 25(78)
Trachelospermum  asiaticum ‘Variegatum’ – 25(78)
Trachelospermum jasminoides – 3(16, 56, 61); 4(26); 5(61); 6(89); 13(9); 14(27, 95); 17(20); 20(11, 12); 25(78); 26(31)
Trachelospermum jasminoides ‘Mandianum’ – 20(11); 26(32)
Trachelospermum jasminoides ‘Tricolor’ – 3(56), 6(24); 10(69); 12(54); 21(31); 24(32)
Tradescantia - 1(35); 5(90); 16(70)
Tradescantia pallida ‘Purpurea’ – 6(39); 10(26); 12(31)
Tradescantia sillamontana – 8(68)
Tradescantia spathacea - 1(35, 42); 5(6); 6(39); 8(10, 13); 10(26, 48-49); 12(91); 17(69); 18(31); 25(13)
Tradescantia spathacea ‘Emerald Sword’ – 8(20)
Tradescantia spathacea ‘Hawaiian Dwarf’ - 1(42); 2(14); 3(16); 26(69)
Tradescantia spathacea ‘Vittata’ - 1(42)
Tradescantia zanonia – 14(27)
Trailing Acalypha – see Acalypha reptans var. pygmaea
Trailing Jade – see Senecio jacobsenii
Trailing Velvet Plant – see Ruellia makoyana; Ruellia devosiana
Tranes internatus – 9(42)
Traveller’s Palm – see Ravenala madagascariensis
Treasure Fern – see Zamioculcas zamiifolia
Tree Aloe – see Aloe barberae
Tree Bird of Paradise – see Strelitzia nicolai
Tree Dahlia – see Dahlia imperialis
Tree Fern - see Cyathea cooperi
Tree Fern, Miniature – see Blechnum gibbum
Tree Fern, Norfolk Island – see Cyathea brownie
Tree Grape – see Myrciaria cauliflora
Tree Heliotrope – see Argusia argentea, Tournefortia argentea
Tree Jasmine – see Radermachera ignea
Tree of Life – see Ficus religiosa
Tree Wisteria - see Bolusanthus speciosus
Trees

• buying a tree – 23(34-35)
• flowering – 20(71-73)
• lopping & topping - 2(64)
• problematic - 1(70-71)

Trellis – 21(54)
Trevesia palmata ‘Micholitzii’ – 21(77)
Triangle Palm - see Dypsis decaryi
Triangle-stemmed Rush – see Schoenoplectus mucronatus
Trichodiadema bulbosum – 8(15)
Trichosanthes anguina (guada bean/snake gourd)– 16(69); 17(67); 18(66); 20(66); also see Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina
Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina – 21(57, 66); 24(68); 25(72); 26(70)
Trifolium – 17(51)
Trifolium repens – 24(63)
Trigona - 5(71); 24(41)
Trigona carbonaria – 5(71); 6(72); 24(41)
Trigona hockingsi – 5(71); 6(72)
Trimezia martinicensis – 20(29); 23(19)
Triostar – see Stromanthe sanguinea ‘Tricolor’
Tripladenia cunninghamii – 3(71); 6(20); 10(48, 50); 25(44)
Triplaris cumingiana – 21(76)
Triplaris surinamensis - 1(10); see Triplaris weigeltiana
Triplaris weigeltiana – 20(72); 21(76)
Tristania – 24(29)
Tristania neriifolia – 6(61); 11(29)
Tristaniopsis exiliflora – 6(29)
Tropaeolum majus – 10(35, 87); 11(83); 12(14); 14(55); 15(70); 16(55, 70); 17(51); 18(68); 19(71); 20(68); 22(70, 72); 23(72); 24(70); 26(72)
Tropical cordyline – see Cordyline fruticosa
Tropical Hydrangea – see Dombeya wallichii
Tropical Pitcher Plants – see Nepenthes
Tropical rhododendron – 8(57)
Tropical Smoke Bush - see Euphorbia cotinifolia
Tropical Trumpet Tree – see Tabebuia
Trumpet Creeper – see Campsis x tagliabuana
Trumpet Ginger – see Siphonochilus
Trumpet Pitcher Plants – see Sarracenia
Trumpet Tree, Pink – see Tabebuia rosea
Trumpet Tree, Yellow – see Tabebuia argentea, Tabebuia chrysantha, Handroanthus chrysanthus subsp. chrysanthus
Trumpet Vine, Pink – see Podranea ricasoliana
Tuberose – see Polianthes tuberosa
Tubers, bulbous – 23(16-19)
Tucker Weed – see Alternanthera denticulata
Tuckeroo – see Cupaniosis anarcardioides
Tulbaghia – 16(70)
Tulbaghia fragrans - see Tulbaghia simmleri
Tulbaghia simmleri – 13(31); 14(73); 19(24)
Tulbaghia violacea - 1(73); 2(47); 10(48, 52, 90); 11(83); 14(72, 73); 15(73); 17(73); 24(24)
Tulbaghia violacea ‘Silver Stripe’ – 10(52)
Tulip Satin Wood – see Rhodosphaera rhodanthema
Tulip, yellow – see Drypetes deplanchei
Tulipwood – see Harpullia pendula
Tumeric – 4(10); also see Curcuma longa
Tumeric, Native – see Curcuma australasica
Tuna Cactus – see Opuntia ficus-indica
Tung Oil Tree – see Aleurites montana
Turf - 1(88)

• How to lay – 14(64-67)
• Leguminous weeds – 24(62-64)
• Natural benefits – 21(62-63)
• Soil depth – 9(84-85)
• Turf cover – 23(62-63)
• Wear on lawns – 20(60-63)
• Weeds – 24(62-64); 25(66-68)

Turfgrass – 6(82-83)
Turk’s Cap Mallow – see Malvaviscus penduliflorus
Turkey (bird) – 18(62)
Turkey Bush – see Leptospermum madidum
Turkey Iris – see Iris orientalis var. alba
Turkey, scrub/brush – 15(63)
Turnera subulata – 8(41), 12(18); 16(18)
Turnip (vegetable) – 15(69); 16(69); also see Brassica rapa subsp. rapa
Turpentine – see Syncarpia glomulifera
Tussock Grass – see Poa labillardieri
Twiggy Baeckea – see Babingtonia virgata
Typha – 17(46)
Typhonodorum – 9(29)
Typhonodorum lindleyanum – 25(40)