University of Hawaii

Botany Department

Images and Descriptions of Flowering Plant Families

Alphabetical Listing

This is an integrated alphabetical listing of families as circumscribed by Arthur Cronquist (1981), Judd et al. (2002), and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APGII (2003). The 146 families that are circumscribed essentially the same in all three works are designated "C, J, and APGII" in the table.  Family treatments are otherwise designated "C" for Cronquist,  "J" for Judd et al., or APGII, as appropriate. Although the family circumscriptions differ in specific instances, the total number of families that accommodate the genera presented on this site is remarkably similar in all three systems of classification C = 232, J = 234, and APGII (with optional families included) = 233.  The treatment preferred by APGII (without optional families) is somewhat more conservative at 212 families (for the plants on this site).

Select a family from the tables for information and photos. 

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© Gerald D. Carr

Modified: October 30, 2005

DICOTS

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T-Z

Acanthaceae	c, J, apgii
Aceraceae	c
Achariaceae	j, apgii
Adoxaceae	j, apgii
Aizoaceae	c, J, apgii
Altingiaceae	j, apgii
Amaranthaceae	c
Amaranthaceae	j, apgii
Anacardiaceae	c, J, apgii
Annonaceae	c, J, apgii
Apiaceae	c, apgii
Apiaceae	j
Apocynaceae	c
Apocynaceae	j, apgii
Aquifoliaceae	c, J, apgii
Araliaceae	c, apgii
Aristolochiaceae	c, J, apgii
Asclepiadaceae	c
Asteraceae	c, J, apgii
Balanophoraceae	c, J, apgii
Balsaminaceae	c, J, apgii
Basellaceae	c, J, apgii
Bataceae	c, J, apgii
Begoniaceae	c, J, apgii
Berberidaceae	c, J, apgii
Betulaceae	c, J, apgii
Bignoniaceae	c, J, apgii
Bixaceae	c, J
Bixaceae	apgii
Bombacaceae	c
Boraginaceae	c
Boraginaceae	j
Boraginaceae	apgii
Brassicaceae	c
Brassicaceae	j, APGII
Buddlejaceae	c, J
Burseraceae	c, J, apgii
Buxaceae	c
Buxaceae	j, apgii
Cactaceae	c, J, apgii
Caesalpiniaceae	c
Calycanthaceae	c, J, apgii
Campanulaceae	c, J
Campanulaceae	Apgii
Cannabaceae	c, J
Cannabaceae	apgii
Capparaceae	c
Caprifoliaceae	c
Caprifoliaceae	j
Caprifoliaceae	apgii
Cardiopteridaceae	Apgii
Caricaceae	c, J, apgii
Caryophyllaceae	c, J, apgii
Casuarinaceae	c, J, apgii
Cecropiaceae	c, J
Celastraceae	c, apgii
Celastraceae	j
Celtidaceae	j
Ceratophyllaceae	c, J, APGII
Chenopodiaceae	c
Chloranthaceae	c, J, APGII
Chrysobalanaceae	c, J
Chrysobalanaceae	apgii
Cistaceae	c, J, apgii
Clusiaceae	c, J
Clusiaceae	apgii
Cneoraceae	c
Cochlospermaceae	apgii optional
Combretaceae	c, J, apgii
Connaraceae	c, J, apgii
Convolvulaceae	c
Convolvulaceae	j, apgii
Coriariaceae	c, J, apgii
Cornaceae	c, J, apgii
Corynocarpaceae	c, J, apgii
Crassulaceae	c, J, apgii
Cucurbitaceae	c, J, apgii
Cunoniaceae	c, J, apgii
Cuscutaceae	c
Dichapetalaceae	c, J, apgii optional
Didiereaceae	c, J, apgii
Dilleniaceae	c, J, apgii
Dipsacaceae	c, apgii optional
Droseraceae	c, J, apgii
Ebenaceae	c, J, apgii
Elaeagnaceae	c, J, apgii
Elaeocarpaceae	c, J, apgii
Epacridaceae	c
Ericaceae	c
Ericaceae	j, apgii
Erythroxylaceae	c, J, apgii optional
Escalloniaceae	apgii
Eucommiaceae	c, J, apgii
Euphorbiaceae	c
Euphorbiaceae	j, apgii
Fabaceae	c
Fabaceae	j, apgii
Fagaceae	c, J, apgii
Flacourtiaceae	c
Fouquieriaceae	c, J, apgii
Fumariaceae	c, apgii optional
Garryaceae	c, J, apgii
Gentianaceae	c
Gentianaceae	j, apgii
Geraniaceae	c, J, apgii
Gesneriaceae	c, J, apgii
Globulariaceae	c, J
Goodeniaceae	c, J, apgii
Gratiolaceae	Recently proposed
Grossulariaceae	c
Grossulariaceae	j, apgii
Gunneraceae	c, J, apgii
Haloragaceae	c, J, apgii
Hamamelidaceae	c
Hamamelidaceae	j, apgii
Hernandiaceae	c, J, apgii
Hippocastanaceae	c
Hippuridaceae	c
Hydrangeaceae	c, J, apgii
Hydroleaceae	J, APGII
Hydrophyllaceae	c
Hypericaceae	apgii
Icacinaceae	C, J
Illiciaceae	c, J, apgii optional
Juglandaceae	c, J, apgii
Lamiaceae	c
Lamiaceae	j, apgii
Lauraceae	c, J, apgii
Lecythidaceae	c, J, apgii
Leeaceae	c, J
Lennoaceae	c, J
Lentibulariaceae	c, J, apgii
Limnanthaceae	c, J, apgii
Linaceae	c, J,apgii
Linderniaceae	Recently proposed
Linnaeaceae	apgii optional
Loasaceae	c, J, apgii
Lobeliaceae	apgii
Loganiaceae	c
Loganiaceae	j, APGii
Loranthaceae	c, J, apgii
Lythraceae	c
Lythraceae	j, apgii
Maesaceae	recently proposed
Magnoliaceae	c, J, apgii
Malpighiaceae	c, J, apgii
Malvaceae	c
Malvaceae	j, apgii
Marcgraviaceae	c, J, apgii
Melastomataceae	c, J, apgii
Meliaceae	c, J, apgii
Melianthaceae	C, J, apgii
Menispermaceae	c, J, apgii
Menyanthaceae	c, J, apgii
Mimosaceae	c
Molluginaceae	c, J, apgii
Monotropaceae	c
Moraceae	c, J, apgii
Moringaceae	c, J, apgii
Muntingiaceae	J, apgii
Myoporaceae	c, J
Myricaceae	c, J, apgii
Myristicaceae	c, J, apgii
Myrsinaceae	c, J, apgii
Myrtaceae	c, J, apgii
Nelumbonaceae	c, J, apgII
Nepenthaceae	c, J, apgii
Nyctaginaceae	c, J, apgii
Nymphaeaceae	c, J, apgii
Ochnaceae	c, J, apgii
Olacaceae	c
"Olacaceae"	j, apgii
Oleaceae	c, J, apgii
Onagraceae	c, J, apgii
Orobanchaceae	c
Orobanchaceae	j, apgii
Oxalidaceae	c, J, apgii
Paeoniaceae	c, J, apgii
Papaveraceae	c
Papaveraceae	J
Papaveraceae	apgii
Passifloraceae	c, J
Passifloraceae	apgii
Pedaliaceae	c, J, apgii
Petiveriaceae	J
Phrymaceae	apgii
Phyllanthaceae	j, apgii
Phytolaccaceae	c, apgii
Phytolaccaceae	J
Piperaceae	c, J, apgii
Pittosporaceae	c, J, apgii
Plantaginaceae	c
Plantaginaceae	j
Plantaginaceae	apgii
Platanaceae	c, J, apgii optional
Plumbaginaceae	c, J, apgii
Polemoniaceae	c, J, apgii
Polygalaceae	c, J, apgii
Polygonaceae	c, J, apgii
Portulacaceae	c
"Portulacaceae"	j, apgii
Primulaceae	c, J, apgii
Proteaceae	c, J
Proteaceae	apgii
Punicaceae	c
Pyrolaceae	c
Rafflesiaceae	c, J, apgii
Ranunculaceae	c, J, apgii
Resedaceae	c, J, apgii
Rhamnaceae	c, J, apgii
Rhizophoraceae	c, J
Rhizophoraceae	apgii
Rosaceae	c, J, apgii
Rubiaceae	c, J, apgii
Rutaceae	c, apgii
Rutaceae	j
Salicaceae	c
Salicaceae	j, apgii
Santalaceae	c
"Santalaceae"	j
Santalaceae	apgII
Sapindaceae	c
Sapindaceae	j, apgii
Sapotaceae	c, J, apgii
Sarcolaenaceae	c, J, apgii
Sarraceniaceae	c, J, apgii
Saururaceae	c, J, apgii
Saxifragaceae	c, J, apgii
Schisandraceae	APGII
Scrophulariaceae	c
Scrophulariaceae	j
Scrophulariaceae	apgii
Simaroubaceae	c, J, apgii
Simmondsiaceae	j, apgii
Solanaceae	c, J, apgii
Sonneratiaceae	c
Sterculiaceae	c
Strasburgeriaceae	j
Stylidiaceae	c, J, apgii
Styracaceae	c, J, apgii
Surianaceae	c, J, apgii
Tamaricaceae	c, J, apgii
Theaceae	c, J, apgii
Theophrastaceae	c, J, apgii
Thymelaeaceae	c, J, apgii
Tiliaceae	c
Tropaeolaceae	c, J, apgii
Turneraceae	c, J, apgii optional
Ulmaceae	c
Ulmaceae	j, apgii
Urticaceae	c, J
Urticaceae	apgii
Valerianaceae	c, apgii optional
Verbenaceae	c
Verbenaceae	j, apgii
Violaceae	c, J, apgii
Viscaceae	c, J
Vitaceae	c, J
Vitaceae	apgii
Winteraceae	c, J, apgii
Zygophyllaceae	c, J, apgii

 

MONOCOTS

A, B, C, D, E, F, H, I, J, L, M-Z

 

Agapanthaceae	j, apgii optional
Agavaceae	c
Agavaceae	j, apgii optional
Alismataceae	c, J, apgii
Alliaceae	j
Alliaceae	apgii
Aloeaceae	c
Alstroemeriaceae	j, apgii
Amaryllidaceae	j, apgii optional
Anthericaceae	j
Araceae	c
Araceae	j, apgii
Arecaceae	c, J apgii
Asparagaceae	j
Asparagaceae	apgii
Asphodelaceae	j, apgii optional
Asteliaceae	j, apgii
Bromeliaceae	c, J, apgii
Burmanniaceae	c, J, apgii
Calochortaceae	j
Cannaceae	c, J, apgii
Colchicaceae	j
Colchicaceae	apgii
Commelinaceae	c, J, apgii
Costaceae	c, J, apgii
Cyanastraceae	c
Cyclanthaceae	c, J, apgii
Cyperaceae	c, J, apgii
Dioscoreaceae	c, J, apgii
Eriocaulaceae	c, J, apgii
Flagellariaceae	c, J, apgii
Haemodoraceae	c, J, apgii
Hanguanaceae	c, J, apgii
Heliconiaceae	c, J, apgii
Hemerocallidaceae	j, Apgii optional
Hesperocallidaceae	j, apgii optional
Hyacinthaceae	j, apgii optional
Hydrocharitaceae	c, J, apgii
Hypoxidaceae	j, apgii
Iridaceae	c, J, apgii
Joinvilleaceae	c, J, apgii
Juncaceae	c, J, apgii
Juncaginaceae	c, J, apgii
Laxmanniaceae	j, apgii optional
Lemnaceae	c
Liliaceae	c
Liliaceae	j
Liliaceae	apgii
Marantaceae	c, J, apgii
Melanthiaceae	j
Melanthiaceae	apgii
Musaceae	c, J, apgii
Orchidaceae	c, J, apgii
Pandanaceae	c, J, apgii
Poaceae	c, J, apgii
Pontederiaceae	c, J, apgii
Potamogetonaceae	c, J, apgii
Restionaceae	c, J, apgii
Ruscaceae	j, apgii optional
Smilacaceae	c, J, apgii
Strelitziaceae	c, J, apgii
Taccaceae	c, J, apgii
Tecophilaeaceae	j, apgii
Themidaceae	j, apgII optional
Trilliaceae	j
Typhaceae	c, J, apgii
"Uvulariaceae"	j
Xanthorrhoeaceae	c, J
Xanthorrhoeaceae	apgii
Zingiberaceae	c, J, apgii

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