Plant Families


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Latin names for plants are very important because it distinctly identifies the plant.  Plants have many common names which can give rise to much confusion dealing with plant identification.  Each plant name (i.e. Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light') generally consist of a genus, species, and 'cultivar' name.   Each genus belongs to a family of plants.  In our example, Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' belongs to the family Poaceae (formally Gramineae).  Each family may have hundreds of genera like the family Poaceae.  These genera can be found by clicking here.

Families of plants that this web-site deals with primarily are the following:

  • Cyperaceae - Sedges
  • Gramineae - Grasses
  • Hostaceae - Hostas
  • Juncaceae - Rushes
  • Typhaceae - Cat-tails

For further extensive information regarding the genera listed below, please refer to the following excellent scientific web-site: 

                http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/index.htm

Acanthaceae Aceraceae Achariaceae Achatocarpaceae Acoraceae Actinidiaceae Adoxaceae Aegicerataceae Aextoxicaceae Agavaceae Agdestidaceae Aitoniaceae Aizoaceae Akaniaceae Alangiaceae Alismataceae Alliaceae Alseuosmiaceae Alstroemeriaceae Altingiaceae Alzateaceae Amaranthaceae Amaryllidaceae Amborellaceae Anacardiaceae Anarthriaceae Ancistrocladaceae Androstachydaceae Anisophylleaceae Annonaceae Anthericaceae Antoniaceae Aphyllanthaceae Apocynaceae Aponogetonaceae Apostasiaceae Aquifoliaceae Aquilariaceae Araceae Araliaceae Aralidiaceae Aristolochiaceae Asclepiadaceae Asparagaceae Asphodelaceae Asteliaceae Asteranthaceae Asteropeiaceae Atherospermataceae Aucubaceae Austrobaileyaceae Averrhoaceae Avicenniaceae

Balanitaceae Balanopaceae Balanophoraceae Balsaminaceae Barbeuiaceae Barbeyaceae Barclayaceae Barringtoniaceae Basellaceae Batidaceae Baueraceae Begoniaceae Berberidaceae Betulaceae Biebersteiniaceae Bignoniaceae Bischofiaceae Bixaceae Blandfordiaceae Blepharocaryaceae Boerlagellaceae Bombacaceae Bonnetiaceae Boraginaceae Bretschneideraceae Brexiaceae Bromeliaceae Brunelliaceae Bruniaceae Brunoniaceae Buddlejaceae Burmanniaceae Burseraceae Butomaceae Buxaceae Byblidaceae

Cabombaceae Cactaceae Calectasiaceae Callitrichaceae Calochortaceae Calycanthaceae Calyceraceae Campanulaceae Campynemataceae Canellaceae Cannabidaceae Cannaceae Canotiaceae Capparidaceae Caprifoliaceae Cardiopterigaceae Caricaceae Carlemanniaceae Carpinaceae Cartonemataceae Caryocaraceae Caryophyllaceae Casuarinaceae Cecropiaceae Celastraceae Centrolepidaceae Cephalotaceae Ceratophyllaceae Cercidiphyllaceae Chenopodiaceae Chloranthaceae Chrysobalanaceae Circaeasteraceae Cistaceae Cleomaceae Clethraceae Cneoraceae Cobaeaceae Cochlospermaceae Colchicaceae Columelliaceae Combretaceae Commelinaceae Compositae Connaraceae Convallariaceae Convolvulaceae Coriariaceae Coridaceae Cornaceae Corsiaceae Corylaceae Corynocarpaceae Costaceae Crassulaceae Crossosomataceae Cruciferae Crypteroniaceae Ctenolophaceae Cucurbitaceae Cunoniaceae Curtisiaceae Cuscutaceae Cyanastraceae Cyclanthaceae Cymodoceaceae Cynomoriaceae Cyperaceae Cypripediaceae Cyrillaceae

Daphniphyllaceae Dasypogonaceae Datiscaceae Davidiaceae Davidsoniaceae Degeneriaceae Desfontainiaceae Dialypetalanthaceae Diapensiaceae Dichapetalaceae Dicrastylidaceae Didiereaceae Didymelaceae Diegodendraceae Dilleniaceae Dioncophyllaceae Dioscoreaceae Dipentodontaceae Dipsacaceae Dipterocarpaceae Dirachmaceae Donatiaceae Doryanthaceae Dracaenaceae Droseraceae Duckeodendraceae Dulongiaceae Dysphaniaceae

Ebenaceae Ecdeiocoleaceae Ehretiaceae Elaeagnaceae Elaeocarpaceae Elatinaceae Ellisiophyllaceae Emblingiaceae Empetraceae Epacridaceae Eremolepidaceae Eremosynaceae Ericaceae Eriocaulaceae Eriospermaceae Erythropalaceae Erythroxylaceae Escalloniaceae Eucommiaceae Eucryphiaceae Euphorbiaceae Eupomatiaceae Eupteleaceae Euryalaceae

Fagaceae Flacourtiaceae Flagellariaceae Flindersiaceae Foetidiaceae Fouquieriaceae Francoaceae Frankeniaceae Fumariaceae

Garryaceae Geissolomataceae Gelsemiaceae Geniostomaceae Gentianaceae Geosiridaceae Geraniaceae Gesneriaceae Glaucidiaceae Globulariaceae Goetzeaceae Gomortegaceae Gonystylaceae Goodeniaceae Goupiaceae (Gramineae renamed to Poaceae) Greyiaceae Griseliniaceae Grossulariaceae Grubbiaceae Gunneraceae Guttiferae Gyrocarpaceae Gyrostemonaceae

Haemodoraceae Halophytaceae Haloragidaceae Hamamelidaceae Hanguanaceae Hectorellaceae Heliconiaceae Helwingiaceae Hemerocallidaceae Henriqueziaceae Hernandiaceae Herreriaceae Heteropyxidaceae Himantandraceae Hippocastanaceae Hippuridaceae Hoplestigmataceae Hostaceae Huaceae Hugoniaceae Humbertiaceae Humiriaceae Hyacinthaceae Hydatellaceae Hydnoraceae Hydrangeaceae Hydrastidaceae Hydrocharitaceae Hydrophyllaceae Hydrostachydaceae Hymenocardiaceae Hypecoaceae Hypoxidaceae Hypseocharitaceae

Icacinaceae Idiospermaceae Illiciaceae Iridaceae Irvingiaceae Iteaceae Ixioliriaceae Ixonanthaceae

Joinvilleaceae Juglandaceae Julianaceae Juncaceae Juncaginaceae

Kingdoniaceae Kirkiaceae Koeberliniaceae Krameriaceae

Labiatae Lacandoniaceae Lacistemataceae Lactoridaceae Lardizabalaceae Lauraceae Lecythidaceae Ledocarpaceae Leeaceae Leguminosae Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae Leguminosae-Mimosoideae Leguminosae-Papilionoideae Leitneriaceae Lemnaceae Lennoaceae Lentibulariaceae Leonticaceae Lepidobotryaceae Lepuropetalaceae Liliaceae Limnanthaceae Limnocharitaceae Linaceae Lissocarpaceae Loasaceae Loganiaceae Lophopyxidaceae Loranthaceae Lowiaceae Luzuriagaceae Lythraceae

Magnoliaceae Malesherbiaceae Malpighiaceae Malvaceae Marantaceae Marcgraviaceae Martyniaceae Mastixiaceae Mayacaceae Medusagynaceae Medusandraceae Melanophyllaceae Melanthiaceae Melastomataceae Meliaceae Melianthaceae Meliosmaceae Memecylaceae Mendonciaceae Menispermaceae Menyanthaceae Misodendraceae Mitreolaceae Molluginaceae Monimiaceae Monotropaceae Montiniaceae Moraceae Morinaceae Moringaceae Muntingiaceae Musaceae Myoporaceae Myricaceae Myristicaceae Myrothamnaceae Myrsinaceae Myrtaceae

Najadaceae Nandinaceae Napoleonaeaceae Naucleaceae Nelsoniaceae Nelumbonaceae Nepenthaceae Neumanniaceae Neuradaceae Nitrariaceae Nolanaceae Nolinaceae Nyctaginaceae Nymphaeaceae Nyssaceae

Ochnaceae Octoknemaceae Olacaceae Oleaceae Oliniaceae Onagraceae Oncothecaceae Opiliaceae Orchidaceae Orobanchaceae Oxalidaceae

Paeoniaceae Palmae Pandaceae Pandanaceae Papaveraceae Paracryphiaceae Parnassiaceae Passifloraceae Pedaliaceae Peganaceae Pelliceriaceae Penaeaceae Pentadiplandraceae Pentaphragmataceae Pentaphylacaceae Pentastemonaceae Penthoraceae Peperomiaceae Peraceae Peridiscaceae Periplocaceae Petermanniaceae Phellinaceae Philadelphaceae Philesiaceae Philydraceae Phormiaceae Phrymataceae Physenaceae Phytolaccaceae Picramniaceae Picrodendraceae Piperaceae Pistaciaceae Pittosporaceae Plagiopteraceae Plantaginaceae Platanaceae Plocospermataceae Plumbaginaceae Poaceae Podoaceae Podophyllaceae Podostemaceae Polemoniaceae Polygalaceae Polygonaceae Polypremaceae Pontederiaceae Portulacaceae Posidoniaceae Potaliaceae Potamogetonaceae Primulaceae Proteaceae Psiloxylaceae Ptaeroxylaceae Pteridophyllaceae Pterostemonaceae Punicaceae Pyrolaceae

Quiinaceae

Rafflesiaceae Ranunculaceae Rapateaceae Resedaceae Restionaceae Retziaceae Rhabdodendraceae Rhamnaceae Rhizophoraceae Rhodoleiaceae Rhoipteleaceae Rhynchocalycaceae Ripogonaceae Roridulaceae Rosaceae Rubiaceae Ruscaceae Rutaceae

Sabiaceae Saccifoliaceae Salicaceae Salvadoraceae Sambucaceae Santalaceae Sapindaceae Sapotaceae Sarcobataceae Sarcolaenaceae Sarcospermataceae Sargentodoxaceae Sarraceniaceae Saururaceae Saxifragaceae Scheuchzeriaceae Schisandraceae Scrophulariaceae Scyphostegiaceae Scytopetalaceae Simaroubaceae Simmondsiaceae Siparunaceae Siphonodontaceae Sladeniaceae Smilacaceae Solanaceae Sonneratiaceae Sparganiaceae Sphaerosepalaceae Sphenocleaceae Sphenostemonaceae Spigeliaceae Stachyuraceae Stackhousiaceae Staphyleaceae Stegnospermataceae Stemonaceae Sterculiaceae Stilaginaceae Stilbaceae Strasburgeriaceae Strelitziaceae Strychnaceae Stylidiaceae Stylobasiaceae Stylocerataceae Styracaceae Surianaceae Symphoremataceae Symplocaceae

Taccaceae Tamaricaceae Tecophilaeaceae Tepuianthaceae Tetracarpaeaceae Tetracentraceae Tetrachondraceae Tetragoniaceae Tetramelaceae Tetrameristaceae Theaceae Theligonaceae Theophrastaceae Thismiaceae Thunbergiaceae Thurniaceae Thymelaeaceae Ticodendraceae Tiliaceae Toricelliaceae Tovariaceae Trapaceae Trapellaceae Tremandraceae Tribelaceae Trichopodaceae Trigoniaceae Trilliaceae Trimeniaceae Triplostegiaceae Triuridaceae Trochodendraceae Tropaeolaceae Turneraceae Typhaceae

Uapacaceae Ulmaceae Umbelliferae Urticaceae Uvulariaceae

Vahliaceae Valerianaceae Velloziaceae Verbenaceae Violaceae Viscaceae Vitidaceae Vivianiaceae Vochysiaceae

Wellstediaceae Winteraceae

Xanthophyllaceae Xanthorrhoeaceae Xyridaceae

Zannichelliaceae Zingiberaceae Zosteraceae Zygophyllaceae


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