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Marstonia ogmorhaphe

Marstonia ogmorhaphe, common names the royal marstonia or royal springsnail, is a minute species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails.

Wolfiporia extensa

Common names include hoelen, poria, tuckahoe, China root, fu ling (茯苓, pīnyīn: fúlíng), and matsuhodo.


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Aloe aculeata

Aloe aculeata (common names include ngopanie, sekope, red hot poker aloe) is an Aloe species that is native to the Limpopo valley and Mpumalanga in South Africa along with southern and central Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Arctomecon californica

Arctomecon californica is a species of poppy known by several common names, including California bearpoppy, Las Vegas bearpoppy, golden bearpoppy, and yellow-flowered desert poppy.

Beach pea

Lathyrus japonicus, common names Sea Pea, Circumpolar Pea, and Sea Vetchling, a legume native to temperate coastal areas of Asia, Europe, North and South America

Boscia senegalensis

Other common names include: aizen (Mauritania), mukheit (Arabic), hanza (Hausa), bere (Bambara), ngigili (Fulani), and mandiarha (Berber).

Butter-and-eggs

Butter and eggs, one of the common names for Triphysaria eriantha, a species in Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family.

Campanula glomerata

Campanula glomerata, known by the common names clustered bellflower or Dane's blood, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Campanula, belonging to the family Campanulaceae.

Cenchrus biflorus

Common names include Indian sandbur, Bhurat or Bhurut in India, Haskaneet in Sudan, K 'arangiya in the Hausa language of Nigeria, and Ngibbi in the Kanuri language of Nigeria.

Chiromantis simus

Chiromantis simus (common names: Assam Asian frog, Assam tree frog, Annandale's tree frog, Annandale's pigmy tree frog) is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family found in Bangladesh and northeastern India (in Assam, Mizoram, and West Bengal states).

Chrysopogon aciculatus

Common names include amorseco (Spanish, "dry love") (not to be confused with the amor seco tree, Alchornea glandulosa), lesser spear grass, Mackie's pest, pilipiliula, and grama-amorosa (Brazilian Portuguese).

Collinsia sparsiflora

Collinsia sparsiflora is a flowering plant in the Plantaginaceae known by the common names spinster's blue-eyed Mary and few-flowered collinsia.

Crataegus mexicana

Crataegus mexicana is a species of hawthorn known by the common names tejocote, manzanita, tejocotera and Mexican hawthorn.

Crataegus sanguinea

Crataegus sanguinea (common names Redhaw Hawthorn or Siberian hawthorn) is a species of hawthorn that is native to southern Siberia, Mongolia, and the extreme north of China.

Denham's Bustard

The common names for this species refer to the English explorer, Major Dixon Denham, and the English naturalist Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby.

Dodecatheon dentatum

Dodecatheon dentatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, known by the common names white shooting star and toothed American cowslip.

Draba fladnizensis

Draba fladnizensis is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names arctic draba, Austrian draba, and white arctic whitlow-grass.

Echium wildpretii

The common names are tower of jewels, red bugloss, Tenerife bugloss or Mount Teide bugloss.

Eighty-eights

Callicore, a genus with a number of species whose common names also include "Eighty-eight"

Gilia latiflora

Gilia latiflora is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names hollyleaf gilia and broad-flowered gilia.

Heath mouse

Common names include heath mouse, heath rat, blunt-faced rat, Shortridge's native mouse, fausse souris de Shortridge (French), and ratón bastardo crestado (Spanish).

Ibom Kingdom

The words Akwa, Aqua, Kwa, Qua are common names for places, rivers, etc., etc., in both Akwa Ibom State and in Cross River State.

L. palustris

Ludwigia palustris, a flowering plant species in the evening primrose family known by the common names marsh seedbox and water purslane.

Lang Lang

Cananga odorata, a tree valued for its perfume whose common names include Ylang-ylang and ilang-ilang

Lupinus lyallii

Lupinus lyallii, common names of which are Lobb's Lupine and Lobb's tidy lupine, is a species of flowering plant from the order of Lamiales which can be found in California and everywhere else in the western North America.

Lycopus europaeus

Lycopus europaeus, common names gypsywort, gipsywort, bugleweed, European bugleweed and water horehound, is a perennial plant in the Lycopus genus, native to Europe and Asia, and naturalized in the United States.

Maackia amurensis

The species epithet and common names are from the Amur River region, where the tree originated; it occurs in northeastern China, Korea, and Russia.

Massaranduba

Manilkara bidentata - one of the common names for a species of Manilkara tree based in northern South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

Mesembryanthemum

"Pebble plant" or "Ice plant" are other but rather ambiguous common names, usually referring to other Aizoaceae.

Navarretia jaredii

Navarretia jaredii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names mitrefruit pincushionplant and Paso Robles navarretia.

Opuntia fragilis

Opuntia fragilis, known by the common names brittle prickly pear and little prickly pear, is a prickly pear cactus native to much of North America.

Pampas fox

In Portuguese-speaking Brazil, its is called by the common names of graxaim or sorro.

Papaver croceum

This plant is cultivated as an ornamental plant and erroneously sold under the name of Papaver nudicaule, that is instead a different species (Papaver nudicaule L. – common names Iceland poppy, Icelandic poppy).

Physalis pubescens

Physalis pubescens is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family known by many common names, including husk tomato and hairy groundcherry in English, and muyaca and capulí in Spanish.

Physalis viscosa

Physalis viscosa is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family known by many common names, including starhair groundcherry and grape groundcherry in English, and arrebenta-cavalo, balãozinho, and camambú in Portuguese.

Plec

species from the Loricariidae family: plec and pleco are common names which are often used in the aquarium trade

Pyrola minor

Pyrola minor, known by the common names snowline wintergreen, lesser wintergreen, and common wintergreen, is a plant species of the genus Pyrola.

Ribes cynosbati

Ribes cynosbati is a shrub native to eastern North America, with several common names including Prickly Gooseberry, Eastern Prickly Gooseberry, Dogberry, Dog Bramble, and Groseillier des Chiens (in Québec).

Saltugilia splendens

Saltugilia splendens (syn. Gilia splendens) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names Grinnell's gilia and splendid gilia.

Scrophularia californica

Scrophularia californica is a flowering plant in the figwort family which is known by the common names California figwort and California bee plant.

Selaginella bigelovii

Selaginella bigelovii is a species of spikemoss known by the common names bushy spikemoss and Bigelow's spikemoss.

Selaginella cinerascens

Selaginella cinerascens is a species of spikemoss known by the common names ashy spikemoss, gray spikemoss, and mesa spikemoss.

Sempervivum

Other common names reflect the plant's ancient association with Thor, the Norse god of thunder, and the Roman Jupiter.

Solanoa

Asclepias solanoana — a plant species, for which "solanoa" is one of several of its common names

Souverainism

Many leaders in the movement, notably René Lévesque, have preferred the terms sovereignty and sovereigntist over other common names such as separatist or independentist, although this terminology may be objected to by opponents.

Speckled Wood

Clintonia umbellulata, common names Speckled Wood Lily, White Clintonia, and Clinton's Lilly

Svensson, Svensson

The Svensson surname is one of the most common names in Sweden.

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar

Talinum paniculatum is a native plant from West Indies and Central America and has common names of Flameflower and Jewels-of-Opar.