Plant-emblem

A plant-emblem is a Végétal chosen by a community like its Emblème because of its representativeness, either because it is characteristic of the territory considered (as the maple with the Canada), or for its virtues or supposed or real properties, or still for its symbolic system. It is generally of a Arbre or a Fleur, sometimes of a Fruit.

Some examples of plant-emblems:

  • South Africa,
    • national flower: Protée royal, protea cynaroides , Protéacée S
    • national tree: Podocarpus latifolius , Podocarpacée S
  • Germany: oak stalk, Quercus robur ,
  • Australia, national flower: Mimosa gilded, Acacia pycnantha , Fabacée S
  • Bhutan,
    • national flower: blue Poppy, Meconopsis grown , Papavéracée S
    • national tree: Cypress of the Cashmere, Cupressus cashmeriana , Cupressacée S
  • Belgium
  • Brazil, national tree: the Pernambouc, Caesalpinia echinata , Fabacée S
  • Canada: Maple, Acer saccharinum L., Acéracée S since the April 25th 1996.
  • Colombia,
    • national flower: Cattleya Trianae , Orchidacée S
    • national tree: the Palm tree with wax, Ceroxylon alpinum , Arécacée S
  • South Korea, national flower: the Hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis , Malavacée S
  • Costa Rica, national tree: Guanacaste, Enterolobium cyclocarpum , Fabacée S, since the August 31st 1959.
  • Cuba,
    • national flower: white Longose ( Mariposa blanca ), Hedychium coronarium , Zingibéracée S
    • national tree: royal Palm tree of Cuba, Roystonea regia , Arécacée S
  • Scotland: thistle, and more precisely Thistle with the asses ( Onopordum acanthium L.).
  • Estonia: Cornflower, Centaurea cyanus , Astéracée S
  • the United States, national flower: the pink , Rosa spp. , Rosacée S.
    • Louisiana: tree emblem, the Cypress bald person Taxodium distichum (Cupressacée S).
    • the Mississippi: tree emblem, the Magnolia with large flowers Magnolia will grandiflora (Magnoliacée S).
    • Ohio: tree emblem, the Pavier of Ohio Aesculus will glabra (Sapindacée S).
  • Finland, national flower: the Lily of the valley of May, Convallaria majalis , Convallariacée S.
  • France, national flower:
    • (kingdom of France): the Lily, lilium , Liliaceous S.
    • (French Republic): the Cornflower, Centaurea cyanus , Astéracée S.
  • Guatemala, national tree: the Kapokier, Ceiba will pentendra , Malvacée S.
  • Honduras, flower national: the Cattleya, Cattleya skinnerii , Orchidacée S.
  • Island of Man: Sénéçon jacobée, Senecio jacobaea , Astéracée S
  • India,
    • national flower: the Lotus, Nelumbo will nucifera Gaertn., Nymphaéacée S
    • national tree: the Fig tree of Banyans, Ficus benghalensis L., Moracée S
    • national fruit: the Mango, Mangifera indica L., Anacardiacée S
  • Ireland or Eire: the clover, Trifolium sp.
  • Japan
    • national flower: Cherry tree, Rosacée S
    • national tree: Cedar of Japan, Cryptomeria japonica Cupressacée S
    • Hiroshima (Japan):
      • Rose laurel, Nerium oleander (Apocynacée S), official flower of the city (since 1973), the first shrub which flowers there after the explosion of the atomic bomb, as of the following year.
      • Camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphorum (Lauraceous S), official tree of the city for the same reasons.
    • Prefecture of Chiba (Japan): tree-emblem, the Podocarpus macrophyllus or Kusamaki (Podocarpacée S).
  • Latvia
    • national flower: Marguerite, Leucanthemum vulgare (Asteracées),
    • national tree: Lime, Tilia cordata (Malvacée S).
  • Lebanon: Cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani L., Pinacée S
  • Madagascar, national tree: Tree of the traveller, Ravenala madagascariensis , Strelitziacée S
  • Maurice, national flower: Trochetia boutaniana , Malvacée S.
  • Netherlands, national flower: the Liliaceous Tulip, S
  • Puerto Rico, national tree: the Kapokier, Ceiba will centandra (Malvacée S)
  • the United Kingdom
  • Senegal: African Baobab tree, Adansonia digitata L., Malvacée S
  • Tahiti,
    • national flower: Tiara Tahiti, Gardenia Tahitensis , Rubiacée S
    • national tree: Polynesian Hibiscus, Hibiscus sp , Malvacée S
  • Venezuela, national tree: the Araguaney, Tabebuia chrysantha , Bignoniacée S.

See too

  • List of the official trees of the United States of America

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