Horticulture 232

List 4 - INTERIOR PLANTS

Phoenix roebelenii in use in a shopping mall


# Scientific Name Common Name Family Origin
1 Schefflera actinophylla Schefflera Araliaceae Australia, New Guinea, Java
2 Schefflera arboricola Dwarf schefflera Araliaceae Taiwan
3 Chamaedorea elegans Neanthe bella Arecaceae Mexico and Central America
4 Chamaedorea seifrizii Bamboo palm Arecaceae Central America 
5 Howea forsteriana Kentia palm Arecaceae  Australia 
6 Phoenix roebelenii  Dwarf date palm Arecaceae Vietnam and Laos
7
Begonia sp.
Rhizomatous begonia
Begoniaceae
Tropics
8
Radermachera sinica China doll Bignoniaceae China
9
Cycas revoluta
Sago palm
Cycadaceae
China and Japan
10
Cyrtomium falcatum
Holly fern
Dryopteridaceae
So. Asia
11 Ficus benjamina Weeping fig Moraceae India
12 Nephrolepis exaltata  Boston fern  Polypodiaceae Tropics 
13 Phlebodium aureum Rabbit's foot fern Polypodiaceae  So. America, West Indies, Australia 
14 Tolmiea menziesii
Piggyback plant Saxifragaceae Western N. Am, WA
15
Asgn 2a choice from:
 a. Cyperus alternifolius
 b. Codiaeum variegatum
 c. Platycerium bifurcatum

a. Umbrella plant
b. Croton

c. Staghorn fern

a. Cyperaceae
b. Euphorbiaceae

c. Polypodiaceae

a. Southern Africa
b. Southern Asia

c. Australia

Plants repeated from Hort 231:

R1
Viburnum ×burkwoodii
Burkwood viburnum
Adoxaceae
hybrid
R2
Viburnum farreri Fragrant viburnum Adoxaceae China



Hort 232 Plant Lists:

#1 #2 #3 #4
#5
#6 #7 #8 #9 #10



Virginia Lohr , Professor, E-mail: lohr@wsu.edu
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164-6414 U.S.A.
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