#botany description

• Amorpha canescens — The scientific name of a perennial dwarf shrub species in the genus Amorpha, popularly known as leadplant. It is native to the prairies of central North America and is distinguished by its compound leaves covered with fine, grayish-silver hairs, and dense purple-colored spiked inflorescences, being a drought and fire-resistant plant.
• Amorpha fruticosa — The scientific name of a perennial shrub species in the Fabaceae family, native to North America and popularly known in Romania as 'salcâm mic' or desert indigobush. This plant, while appreciated as a valuable honey-producing species and for soil erosion control, exhibits a highly invasive behavior, aggressively colonizing river floodplains, wetlands, and degraded riparian zones, where it displaces native flora.
• Amorphophallus bulbifer — The scientific name of a tropical herbaceous plant species in the Araceae family, native to India and adjacent regions of Southeast Asia, remarkable for its ability to produce aerial bulbils at the leaf bifurcations. This unique structural feature allows direct vegetative propagation, and the species is cultivated in botanical collections for its elegant pale-pink or cream spathe.
• Amorphophallus campanulatus — The synonymous or historical scientific name of the species 'Amorphophallus paeoniifolius' (elephant foot yam), an exotic crop cultivated in tropical Asia for its giant edible corms. The species is structurally distinguished by a massive inflorescence with a wide, ruffled, and bell-shaped (campanulate) dark-purple spathe, and a short, bulbous, and wrinkled spadix.
• Amorphophallus rivieri — The historical or synonymous scientific name of the species 'Amorphophallus konjac' (konjac / devil's tongue), an exotic herbaceous plant in the Araceae family, native to the mountainous regions of China and heavily cultivated in East Asia. The species is remarkable for its single giant, complexly divided leaf, its dark-purple spathe, and the industrial use of its underground corm rich in glucomannan for dietary products or food gels.
• Ampelopsis aconitifolia — The scientific name of a perennial, deciduous, woody climbing vine in the grape family (Vitaceae), native to northern China and Mongolia. It is structurally remarkable for its deeply divided and palmatified leaves that resemble the morphology of monkshood (Aconitum) foliage, and for its small, spherical berries that change color during ripening from yellow-orange to amber hues.
• Ampelopsis brevipedunculata — The historical or synonymous scientific name of the species 'Ampelopsis glandulosa' (specifically the brevipedunculata variety), a deciduous woody climbing vine in the grape family (Vitaceae), native to East Asia and popularly known as porcelain berry. It is widely cultivated for its spectacular, multicolored berries that transition from green and yellow to vivid shades of blue, turquoise, and purple, though it exhibits highly invasive tendencies outside its native range.
• Ampelopsis humulifolia — The scientific name of a perennial, deciduous woody climbing vine in the grape family (Vitaceae), native to the temperate regions of China. It is structurally characterized by its three-to-five-lobed leaves that strongly resemble those of hops (Humulus), featuring a cordate base and coarsely serrated margins, and by its small berries that turn yellowish-green or bluish at full maturity.
• Ampelopsis japonica — The scientific name of a perennial, deciduous woody climbing vine in the grape family (Vitaceae), native to Japan, Korea, and eastern China. It is structurally distinguished by its palmately compound or deeply dissected leaves with narrow lobes and by its tuberous roots, which are widely utilized in traditional East Asian medicine due to their anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and vulnerary properties.
• Ampelopsis megalophylla — The scientific name of a gigantic species of perennial, deciduous woody climbing vine in the grape family (Vitaceae), native to the mountainous regions of China. It is structurally remarkable for its unusually large, bipinnate leaves that can reach lengths of over fifty centimeters, and for its loose clusters of small, spherical berries that turn bluish-black at full maturity, making it a spectacular accent plant in parks.
• Ampelopsis orientalis — The scientific name of a perennial, deciduous woody climbing vine in the grape family (Vitaceae), native to the Mediterranean regions and the Near East (Turkey, Syria, Caucasus). It is structurally distinguished by its compound, glossy, deep green leaves and clusters of small, spherical berries, occasionally utilized in regional ornamental horticulture to cover support structures in dry climates.
• Amphiblemma cymosum — The scientific name of an ornamental tropical herbaceous plant species in the genus Amphiblemma, Melastomataceae family, native to the damp tropical rainforests of West Africa (such as Sierra Leone). It is distinguished by its large, velvety, cordate deep green leaves with conspicuous reddish veins, and by its branched terminal inflorescences (cymes) consisting of bright pink or purple flowers.
• Amphicome emodi — The scientific name of an ornamental perennial herbaceous plant species in the genus Amphicome, Bignoniaceae family, native to the temperate and alpine regions of the Himalayas (Kashmir, Pakistan, Nepal). Also known under the synonym 'Incarvillea emodi', it is distinguished by its green, pinnately compound leaves and magnificent, tubular bell-shaped flowers of a bright pink color with a yellow-orange throat, cultivated on rockeries or in alpine pots.