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Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Nectarobothrium, Nothochlaena, Nuphar & Nesopanax

Nectarobothrium

A synonym of Lloydia (which see).

Nothochlaena

(from nothos, spurious, and chlaina, a cloak; some of the species appear to have involucres). Frequently, but incorrectly, spelt Nothoclaena, or

Nuphar

(from Naufar, or Nyloufar, the Arabic name of Nymphaea). ORD.

Nesopanax

Included under Plerandra (which see).

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