Below is a brief list of some excellent house plants with their common and latin names.
Acalypha - Copperleaf
Aechmea - Living Vase
Agave - Century Plant
Aglonaema - Chinese Evergreen
Aloe - Aloe or Medicine Plant
Ananas - Pineapple
Aspidistra - Cast Iron Plant
Asplenium - Birdsnest Fern
Aucuba - Goldust Plant
Beaucarnea - Pony Tail Palm or Elephant Foot
Begonia - Begonia, Rex, Iron Cross
Brassaia - Umbrella Tree or Schefflera
Caladium - Caladium
Chamaedorea - Bambo Parlor Palm or Neanthe Bella Palm
Chlorophytum - Airplane or Spider Plant
Cissus - Grape Ivy or Kangaroo Vine
Codiaeum - Croton
Cordyline - Hawaiian Ti
Crassula - Jade Plant
Cryptanthus - Starlite or Earth Stars
Dieffenbachia - Dieffenbachia or Dumbcane
Episcia - Episcia or Flame Violet
Erica - Heather
Fatsia - Aralia
Ficus - Figs
Fittonia - Nerve Plant
Gynura - Velvet Plant
Hedera - Ivy
Hippeastrum - Amaryllis
Hoya - Wax Plant
Maranta - Prayer Plant
Nephrolepis - Boston or Fluffy Ruffles
Pelargonium - Geranium
Persea - Avocado
Pilea - Artillery Plant
Pittosporum - Pittosporum or Variegated Mock Orange
Plectranthus - Swedish Ivy
Sedum - Donkey’s Tail, Stone Crop
Senecio - Parlor or German Ivy
Zebrina - Wandering Jew
