Floriculture Plant Identification
Final Exam
1. African Violet / Saintpaulia ionantha
2. Aglaonema / Aglaonema cv
3. Aluminum Plant / Pileas cadierei
4. Amaryllis / Hippeastrum hybrids
5. Anthurium / Anthurium cv.s
6. Benjamin Fig / Ficus benjamina “Exotica”
7. Boston fern / Nephrolepis exaltata
8. Cabbage / Brassica oleracea ‘Capitata group’
9. Coleus / Coleus x hybridus
10. Corn Plant Dracaena / Dracaena fragrans ‘Massangeana’
11. Croton / Codiaeum variegatum pictum cv.
12. Dumbcane / Dieffenbachia cv
13. Dusty Miller / Senecio cinerareia
14. English Ivy / Hedera helix
15. Florist’s Chrysanthemum / Chrysanthemum x morifolium
16. Geranium / Pelargonium x hortorum
17. Heartleaf Philodendron / Philodendron oxycardium
18. Impatients / Impatiens hybrids
19. Jade Plant / Crassula argentea
20. Kalanchoe / Kalanchoe x blossfeldiana
21. Marigold / Tagetes species
22. Nephthytis / Syngonium podophyllum
23. Pansy / Viola x wittrockiana
24. Peperomia / Peperomia obtusifolia
25. Petunia / Petunia x hybrida
26. Poinsettia / Euphorbia pulcherrima cv
27. Pothos / Epipremnum aurens
28. Prayer Plant / Maranta leuconeura kerchoviana
29. Red Edge Dracaena / Dracaena cincta
30. Rubber Plant / Ficus elastica
31. Snake Plant / Sansevieria trifasciata
32. Snapdragon / Antirrhimum majus
33. Spathiphyllum / Spathiphyllum species
34. Spider Plant / Chlorophytum commosum
35. Swedish Ivy / Plectranthus mummularis
36. Thanksgiving Cactus / Schlumbergia truncate
37. Verbena / Verbena spp.
38. Vinca (periwinkle) / Catharanthus roseus
39. Wandering Jew / Zebrina pendula
40. Wax Begonia / Begonia x seperflorens
1. LD50- amount of poison that kills 50% of a population.
2. Apical Dominance- terminal bud secretes chemicals that inhibit growth.
3. Nitrogen- essential element that provides green color.
4. Propagation- the reproduction of plants
5. Thorax- one of the three body regions of an insect, where the legs are attached.
6. Mealybugs- white, wooly masses like a ball of cotton.
7. Scale- looks like small white, gray or brown lumps.
8. Whiteflies- small white, winged, sucking insect.
9. Aphids- small green insects that suck juices from plants; plant lice.
10. Pythium- a fungal pathogen common with turf grasses.
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