Gad is another ordinary common noun in Hebrew. It means 'good luck'. We all want as much of it as we can get. So it is not surprising that it became a proper noun, the name of some people, a tribe of Israel, and a god. The god Gad was not ordinarily identified with Baal.
There currently are five recognized species in the Series Hexagonae, as the Louisiana iris group within the Genus Iris is called. They are: I. brevicaulis, I. fulva, I. hexagona, I. giganticaerulea and I. nelsonii.
The Aesculus genus (Buckeyes and Horse Chestnuts), comprises of nineteen species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere. Six species are native to North America and the rest are native to Eurasia. There are eight hybrids in the Aesculus genus.