List of minor planets named after animals and plants
Plants

List of minor planets named after animals and plants

Section Title: Plants
Table Section Text: None

Minor planet	Name Meaning	Common names	CrossRefs

935 Clivia	Clivia (genus)	natal lily or bush lily	MoMP · LoMP

943 Begonia	Begonia (genus)	begonia	MoMP · LoMP

957 Camelia	Camellia (genus)	cháhuā (茶花) in Chinese, meaning tea flower tsubaki (椿) in Japanese dongbaek-kkot (동백꽃) in Korean hoa trà or hoa chè in Vietnamese	MoMP · LoMP

968 Petunia	Petunia (genus)	—	MoMP · LoMP

970 Primula	Primula (genus)	primrose	MoMP · LoMP

973 Aralia	Aralia (genus)	spikenard	MoMP · LoMP

1054 Forsytia	Forsythia (genus)	forsythia	MoMP · LoMP

1056 Azalea	Azalea	azalea, flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron	MoMP · LoMP

1060 Magnolia	Magnolia (genus)	magnolia	MoMP · LoMP

1061 Paeonia	Paeonia (genus)	peony	MoMP · LoMP

1063 Aquilegia	Aquilegia (genus)	granny's bonnet or columbine	MoMP · LoMP

1064 Aethusa	Aethusa (genus)	fool's parsley fool's cicely poison parsley	MoMP · LoMP

1066 Lobelia	Lobelia (genus)	lobelia	MoMP · LoMP

1067 Lunaria	Lunaria (genus)	honesty	MoMP · LoMP

1070 Tunica	Tunica or Petrorhagia (genus)	—	MoMP · LoMP

1072 Malva	Malva (genus)	mallow	MoMP · LoMP

1076 Viola	Viola (genus)	violets pansies violas	MoMP · LoMP

1077 Campanula	Campanula (genus)	bellflower	MoMP · LoMP

1078 Mentha	Mentha (genus)	mint	MoMP · LoMP

1079 Mimosa	Mimosa (genus)	mimosa	MoMP · LoMP

1080 Orchis	Orchis (genus)	genus in the orchid family	MoMP · LoMP

1081 Reseda	Reseda (genus)	mignonette weld dyer's rocket (for R. luteola) bastard rocket	MoMP · LoMP

1082 Pirola	Pirola or Pyrola (genus)	wintergreen	MoMP · LoMP

1083 Salvia	Salvia (genus)	sage	MoMP · LoMP

1085 Amaryllis	Amaryllis (genus)	amaryllis	MoMP · LoMP

1087 Arabis	Arabis (genus)	rockcress	MoMP · LoMP

1091 Spiraea	Spiraea (genus)	—	MoMP · LoMP

1092 Lilium	Lilium (genus)	lily	MoMP · LoMP

1095 Tulipa	Tulipa (genus)	tulip	MoMP · LoMP

1097 Vicia	Vicia (genus)	vetches	MoMP · LoMP

1100 Arnica	Arnica (genus)	—	MoMP · LoMP

1101 Clematis	Clematis (genus)	clematis in English, traveller's joy for C. vitalba, by the herbalist John Gerard virgin's bower for C.	MoMP · LoMP

1104 Syringa	Syringa (genus)	lilac	MoMP · LoMP

1105 Fragaria	Fragaria (genus)	strawberry	MoMP · LoMP

1106 Cydonia	Cydonia (genus)	quince	MoMP · LoMP

1218 Aster	Aster (genus)	aster	MoMP · LoMP

1220 Crocus	Crocus (genus)	crocus	MoMP · LoMP

1227 Geranium	Geranium (genus)	cranesbills	MoMP · LoMP

1228 Scabiosa	Scabiosa (genus)	scabious pincushion flowers	MoMP · LoMP

1231 Auricula	Primula auricula	auricula mountain cowslip bear's ear	MoMP · LoMP

1232 Cortusa	Cortusa (genus)	—	MoMP · LoMP

1233 Kobresia	Kobresia (genus)	bog sedges	MoMP · LoMP

1234 Elyna	Elyna (genus)	—	MoMP · LoMP

1250 Galanthus	Galanthus (genus)	snowdrop	MoMP · LoMP

1251 Hedera	Hedera (genus)	ivy	MoMP · LoMP

1270 Datura	Datura (genus)	devil's trumpets moonflowers jimsonweed devil's weed hell's bells thorn-apple	MoMP · LoMP

1318 Nerina	Nerine (genus)	nerine	MoMP · LoMP

1319 Disa	Disa (genus)	the orchid genus	MoMP · LoMP

6786 Doudantsutsuji	doudan-tsutsuji, the Japanese name for Enkianthus perulatus, an ericaceous deciduous shrub	MoMP · LoMP

8644 Betulapendula	betula pendula	silver birch	MoMP · LoMP

8647 Populus	Populus (genus)	poplar, aspen, and cottonwood	MoMP · LoMP

8648 Salix	Salix (genus)	willow	MoMP · LoMP

8649 Juglans	Juglans (genus)	walnut trees	MoMP · LoMP

8652 Acacia	Acacia (genus)	mimosa	MoMP · LoMP

8656 Cupressus	Cupressus (genus)	cypress	MoMP · LoMP

8657 Cedrus	Cedrus (genus)	cedar	MoMP · LoMP

8833 Acer	Aceraceae (family)	maple family, now Sapindaceae family	MoMP · LoMP

8834 Anacardium	Anacardiaceae (family)	cashew family	MoMP · LoMP

8835 Annona	Annonaceae (family)	custard apple family	MoMP · LoMP

8836 Aquifolium	Aquifoliaceae (family)	ilex or holly family	MoMP · LoMP

8850 Bignonia	Bignoniaceae (family)	catalpa or bignonia family	MoMP · LoMP

8852 Buxus	Buxaceae (family)	box family	MoMP · LoMP

8856 Celastrus	Celastraceae (family)	staff vine or bittersweet family	MoMP · LoMP

8857 Cercidiphyllum	Cercidiphyllaceae (family)	katsura family	MoMP · LoMP

8858 Cornus	Cornaceae (family)	—	MoMP · LoMP

8872 Ebenum	Ebenaceae (family)	ebony and persimmon family	MoMP · LoMP

8886 Elaeagnus	Elaeagnaceae (family)	oleaster family	MoMP · LoMP

9019 Eucommia	Eucommiaceae (family)	hard rubber tree, Gutta-percha tree or Chinese rubber tree family	MoMP · LoMP

9020 Eucryphia	Eucryphiaceae or Cunoniaceae (family)	—	MoMP · LoMP

9021 Fagus	Fagaceae (family)	beeches and oaks family	MoMP · LoMP

9040 Flacourtia	Flacourtiaceae (family)	—	MoMP · LoMP

9053 Hamamelis	Hamamelidaceae (family)	witch-hazel family	MoMP · LoMP

9054 Hippocastanum	Hippocastanaceae (family)	—	MoMP · LoMP

9203 Myrtus	Myrtaceae (family)	myrtle family	MoMP · LoMP

9306 Pittosporum	Pittosporaceae (family)	—	MoMP · LoMP

9309 Platanus	Platanaceae (family)	—	MoMP · LoMP

9313 Protea	Proteaceae (family)	—	MoMP · LoMP

9316 Rhamnus	Rhamnaceae (family)	buckthorn family	MoMP · LoMP

9326 Ruta	Rutaceae (family)	rue or citrus family	MoMP · LoMP

16598 Brugmansia	Brugmansia (genus)	angel's trumpets	MoMP · LoMP

22494 Trillium	trillium grandiflorum	white trillium	MoMP · LoMP

22280 Mandragora	Mandragora (genus)	mandrake	MoMP · LoMP

66583 Nicandra	Nicandra (genus)	apple-of-Peru shoo-fly plant	MoMP · LoMP

85197 Ginkgo	ginkgo biloba	ginkgo tree maidenhair tree	MoMP · LoMP

151997 Bauhinia	bauhinia × blakeana	Hong Kong Orchid Tree	MoMP · LoMP

255587 Gardenia	Gardenia (genus)	—	MoMP · LoMP

Sentence(s)

The 1079 Mimosa minor planet was named after the plant Mimosa (genus).

final_sentence: The 1079 Mimosa minor planet was named after the plant Mimosa (genus).