Copyright 2004 by Michael E. Grost
| Story | Tree | Scientific Name | Family |
| A Detective Is Born | Ylang-Ylang | Cananga odorata | Annonaceae |
| A Detective Is Born | Australian Tea Tree | Leptospermum | Myrtaceae |
| A Detective Is Born | Escallonia | Escallonia rubra | Escalloniaceae |
| Murder Makes a Sequel | Canary Island Date Palm | Phoenix canariensis | Arecaceae |
| Extra! Extra! | Xylopia | Xylopia buxifolia, Xylopia humblotiana | Annonaceae |
| A Mystery Shot in One Long Take | Monkey Puzzle | Araucaria araucana | Araucariaceae |
| Horror at the High School | Pandanus | Pandanus | Pandanaceae |
| Hell’s Hacks | Rain Tree | Samanea saman | Mimosaceae |
| Trial by Fire | Coral Bean | Erythrina | Fabaceae |
| The Hollywood Toy Express | Bamboo | Gigantochloa verticillata | Poaceae |
| The One Dollar Mail Robbery of Buzzard's Corners | Joshua Tree | Yucca brevifolia | Agavaceae |
| Banning the Blues | Cannonball Tree | Couroupita guianensis | Lecythidaceae |
| The Big Box | Austrobaileya | Austrobaileya scandens | Austrobaileyaceae |
| The Big Box | Bougainvillea | Bougainvillea spectabilis | Nyctaginaceae |
| It Came Out of Nowhere | Ombú and Pokeweed | Phytolacca dioica, Phytolacca americana | Phytolaccaceae |
| It Came Out of Nowhere | Mesquite | Prosopis | Mimosaceae |
| The Dream Factory | Mango | Mangifera indica | Anacardiaceae |
| The Villain who Vanished | Fish Tail Palm | Caryota | Arecaceae |
| The Tree of Life | Cunonia | Cunonia capensis | Cunoniaceae |
| The Tree of Life | Amborella | Amborella trichopoda | Amborellaceae |
| The Tree of Life | Eastern Arborvitae | Platycladus orientalis | Cupressaceae |
| A Long Evening | Teak | Tectona grandis | Verbenaceae |
| A Long Evening | Catalpa | Catalpa speciosa | Bignoniaceae |
| Gorilla with a Pearl Earring | Pink Banana | Musa velutina | Musaceae |
| The Hunt for Fred October | Tamarind | Tamarindus indica | Caesalpiniaceae |
Most plant pictures on the web are organized by plant families. The links take you to the family as a whole. From there, you can find the individual tree.
The two links to Annonaceae take you to two different web pages, in two different sites. The two Arecaceae pages are also different.
The scientific names are much less ambiguous than the English ones. They are good for Internet searches.