Flora of Rwanda: Utilities: List of genus vernacular names

The use of English names for genera is a new feature of the site and at present content is somewhat limited.

Click on a letter below to take you to the first genus whose name begins with that letter.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
Aloe
Angel's trumpets

B
Basket grasses
Bedstraws
Bog clubmosses
Brambles
Bristle grasses
Bristle grasses
Buckwheats
Buffalo beans

C
Catchflies
Clovers
Coral-vines
Crowfoots

D
Dandelions
DC.
Docks
Dodder-laurels
Dodders

E
Everlasting flowers

F
False thorns
Fescues
Figs
Finger-grasses

f
firmosses or fir clubmosses

F
Fleabanes
Fleabanes
Floating hearts
Flossflowers
Fumitories

G
Gallant-soldiers
Gladioluses
Goosefoots
Ground pines or creeping cedar
Guavas
Gums

H
Heart-seeds
Hollies
Horsetails

J
Jasmines

K
Knotweeds

L
L.
Lady's mantles
Larkspurs
Leadworts
Lineleaf ferns
Lucky-bean trees

M
Maidenhair fern
Mallows
Marigolds
Mints
Mistletoes
Mulberries

N
Naiads
Nasturtiums
Nettles
Nightshades

O
Oil palms (Cultivated genus)
Orchid trees

P
Pennyworts
Pondweeds

Q
Quillworts

R
Radishes (Cultivated genus)
Raffia palms
Red-hot pokers
Rhodes grasses

S
Shoelace fern
Speedwells
Squashes and gourds (Cultivated genus)
Starburs
Strawberries (Cultivated genus)
Sundews

T
Tapegrasses
Thatching-grasses
Thorn trees
Tobaccos

V
Vetches
Vlei-lilies

W
Water clover or clover fern.
Water-plantains
Willowherbs
Witchweeds

Y
Yams
Yellow-woods

84 names found

Copyright: The Rwanda flora team, 2024-26

The Rwanda flora team (2026). Flora of Rwanda: Utilities: List of genus vernacular names.
https://www.rwandaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-vernac-genus.php, retrieved 1 August 2026

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