University of Hawaii

Botany Department

Flowering Vascular Plant Families

The sequence of families on this page follows the phylogenetic outline of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG II (Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141: 399-436 - 2003) which is an updated refinement of APG I (1998) .  In basic outline it is very similar to the sequence adopted by Judd et al. (2002) yet the tabular form differs conspicuously in that orders and families are presented alphabetically within the major clades.  Families distinguished by an asterisk have not been assigned to an order, pending further resolution of relationships. Families enclosed in brackets with a plus sign, [+family], are considered acceptable, monophyletic alternatives to the broader family cicumscription (favored by APGII) that immediately precedes them in the list. Select a family for information and photos. This site was originally created for Botany 461, a plant systematics course offered by the Botany Department, University of Hawaii.  The full-sized images linked to thumbnail images on the subsequent pages are generally 600x400, 400x600, 400x400 pixels or larger. File sizes are mostly in the range of 50-350 kb (JPEG). If you are not familiar with this classification system, use the find or search feature of your browser to locate the family of choice on this page (or go to the alphabetical listing of families)

^@Rafflesiaceae, listed with "taxa of uncertain position" by APGII is here included in the Malpighiales, in line with recent findings.

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© Gerald D. Carr

Last Addition: September 19, 2004

"ROOT OF THE ANGIOSPERM TREE"

MAGNOLIIDS

MONOCOTS

EUDICOTS (TRICOLPATES)

"BASAL EUDICOTS"

CORE EUDICOTS

"Basal Core Eudicots"

Rosids

"Unresolved Rosids"

Eurosids I

Eurosids II

Asterids

"Basal Asterids"

Euasterids I

Euasterids II

FAMILIES OF UNCERTAIN POSITION

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