This document provides a taxonomy of 18 different shrub species. It includes brief descriptions of each species' physical characteristics such as leaf shape and size, flower color and structure, growth habit, and origin. The shrubs described include Aunasin, Bougainvilla, Chili Pepper, Fortune Plant, Yellowbell, Santan, Gumamela, Mophead, Blushing Bromeliad, Mayana, Angel's Trumpet, Water Lily, Hidden Lily Ginger, False Birds-of-paradise, Papaya, Ti Plant, Caricature Plant, Kalachuchi, Cordyline, Duranta, Dumbcan, Tree Philodendron, Thunbergia Blue

1. SHRUB TAXONOMY
LBYHUMA NO1
Group Members:
Kim Asban
Miguel Buluran
Sofia Garcia
David Layug
Priscilla Pacifico

2. Aunasin/Ardisia pyramidalis
-Stoloniferous
-Glossy green leaves
-Red berries
-Slow growth rate

3. Bougainvilla/ Bougainvillea sp.
-Tropical/subtropical vine
-Thin leaves
-Stems are protected with
thorns
- Flowers are largely hidden
by brightly colorful bracts

4. Chili Pepper/Capsicum frutescens
-Stems are striate, glabrous
or sparsely pubescent
with simple hairs on
young growth
-leaves are simple and ovate
to lanceolate
-flowers are solitary

5. Fortune Plant/Dracaena fragrans
-sparsley branched
-clusters of flowers are
very fragrant
-leaves have a central
and marginal yellow
stripe each

6. Yellowbell/ Allamanda schottii
-glossy green leaves
-only true shrub in the
genus
-trumpet-shaped golden
yellow flowers

7. Santan/Ixora coccinea
-multi-branched evergreen
shrub
-has glossy, leathery, oblong
leaves with entire margins
and are either whorled or
opposite
-Small tubular, scarlet flowers
in dense rounded clusters
-native to asia

8. Gumamela/Albo Lacinatus
-Most widely grown and
admired of
all flowering shrubs
-Leaves are alternate, simple,
ovate to lanceolate
-a weeping form plant with
flowers that look like
butterflies
-a kind of hibiscus

9. Mophead/Hydrangea macrophylla
-small fertile flowers in the
middle of the flowerhead,
and large, sterile bract-like
flowers in a ring around the
edge of each flowerhead
-leaves are relatively thick and
crisp, somewhat shiny, and
often heart-shaped. Their
edges are coursely toothed.

10. Blushing Bromeliad/Neoregelia compacta
-grows on dry desserts
-can survive any
temperature above
freezing
-has broad and flat leaves
-reproduces through stolons

11. Mayana/Coleus Blumei
-originates from asia
-bear square stems
- leaves can be narrow or
wide, round or ovate, and
have crenate margins
-known for colorful foliage

12. Angel’s Trumpet/Brugmansia candida
-leaves are arranged
alternately and are
generally large which are
coated with fine hair.
-has
large, pendalous, trumpet
-shaped flowers which
come in a variety of colors

13. Water Lily/Nymphaea alba
-water dwelling
-leaves have radial notch
-flowers are white with
multiple small stamens
inside

14. Hidden Lily Ginger/ Curcuma petiolata
-fan like leaves, resembling
that of a banana’s
-long lasting yellow flowers
with pink coma bracts

15. False Birds-of-paradise/Heliconia psittacorum
-leaves are oblong in
shape, growing opposite
each other and on non-
woody petioles
-flowers are produced on
long, erect or drooping
panicles, and consist of
brightly colored waxy
bracts, with small true
flowers peeping out from

16. Papaya/ Carica papaya
-large tree-like plant
-spirally arranged leaves
confined at the top of the
trunk
-leaves are large, deeply
palmately lobed with 7 lobes
-flowers resemble that of the
plumeria

17. Ti Plant/Cordyline fruticosa
-thin, lance shaped leaves
clustering at the top of the
stem.
-leaves are dark green with
stains of pink and crimson
-has scented, white to muave
colored panicles

18. Caricature Plant/Graptophyllum pictum
-leaves are mid-green in color
with creamy central blotches
-has tubular purplish red
flowers

19. Kalachuchi/Plumeria acuminata
-leaves crowd at the terminal
end of the branch and are
oblong in shape
-flowers are fragrant and vary
in color but has mostly an
inner yellow color and
white/ pink outer color

20. Cordyline/Cordyline terminalis
-palm-like evergreen shrubs
-resembles dracaenas in habit
and foliage
-has small starry flowers that
are borne in large panicles

21. Duranta/Duranta erecta
-With dense, slightly
pendulous branches
-single-trunked
-Flowers are mauve-blue in
color with dark color on
lower petals and a cream
eye

22. Dumbcan/Dieffenbachia seguine
-Belonging to the Araceae
family
-Known for their
patterned leaves
-Popular houseplants
-contains calcium oxalate
crystals- raphides

23. Tree Philodendron/Philodendron bipinnatifidum
-grows as a large semi-
woody shrub
-Characterized by large,
lobed or deeply cut leaves
(usually pinnate)

24. Thunbergia Blue Glory/Thunbergia battiscombei
-heart shaped leaves that
are bright green, smooth
edged and arranged
oppositely along the stems
-trumpet shaped, purple
flowers emerge from white
buds

25. Miniature Fan Palm/Rhapis excelsa
-multi-stemmed clumps with
glossy, palmate leaves
divided into broad, ribbed
segments. Leaf edges are
toothed.
-has fleshy flowers
containing three petals
fused at the base