Plant Families
Total of 40 plant families in database.
• Agariceae
• Amanitaceae
• Apiaceae
• Apocynaceae
• Aquifoliaceae
• Araceae
• Araliaceae
• Asteraceae
• Cactaceae
• Cannabaceae
• Celastraceae
• Convolvulaceae
• Crassulaceae
• Ericaceae
• Fabaceae
• Hypericaceae
• Hypocreaceae
• Lamiaceae
• Lauraceae
• Liliaceae
• Lobelioideae
• Malpighiaceae
• Malvaceae
• Myristicaceae
• Myrtaceae
• Nymphaeaceae
• Papaveraceae
• Passifloraceae
• Piperaceae
• Plantaginaceae
• Poaceae
• Rubiaceae
• Solanaceae
• Strophariaceae
• Turneraceae
• Urticaceae
• Valerianaceae
• Zingiberaceae
• Zygophyllaceae
Acanthaceae
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Acanthaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species.
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Agariceae
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Agariceae is a family of fungi.
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Amanitaceae
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Amanitaceae is a family of fungi or mushrooms featuring [plant=Amanita Muscaria]Amanita muscaria[/plant].
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Apiaceae
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The Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (both names are allowed by the ICBN) is a family of usually aromatic plants with hollow stems, commonly known as umbellifers. It includes cumin, parsley, carrot, coriander/cilantro, dill, caraway, fennel, parsnip, celery, Queen Anne's Lace and other relatives. It is a large family with about 300 genera and more than 3,000 species.
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Apocynaceae
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The Apocynaceae or dogbane family is a family of flowering plants that includes the psychedelic shrub Iboga.
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Aquifoliaceae
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Aquifoliaceae is a family of about 400 species of primitive asterid flowering plants.
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Araceae
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Araceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe or leaf-like hood. The group also goes by the name of Arum family and species in this family are often colloquially known as aroid.
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Araliaceae
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Araliaceae is a family of flowering plants, also known as the Aralia family (after its type genus Aralia) or Ivy family. The family includes 254 species of trees, shrubs, lianas and perennial herbaceous plants into 2 subfamilies. Species usually bear pinnately or palmately compound leaves, and usually have small flowers produced in large panicles.
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Asteraceae
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The family Asteraceae or Compositae (known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family) is the second largest family of flowering plants, in terms of number of species.
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Cactaceae
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Cactaceae is the family that includes all species of cacti.
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Cannabaceae
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Cannabaceae is a small family of flowering plants that includes the Cannabis genus.
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Celastraceae
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Celastraceae is a family of about 90-100 genera and 1,300 species of vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales.
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Convolvulaceae
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Convolvulaceae aka the morning glory family, is a group of over 1,000 species of herbaceous vines including Morning Glory and Hawaiian Baby Woodrose.
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Crassulaceae
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The Crassulaceae, or orpine family, is a family of dicotyledons. They store water in their succulent leaves. They are found worldwide, but mostly occur in the Northern Hemisphere and southern Africa, typically in dry and/or cold areas where water may be scarce. The family includes about 1,400 species in 33 genera.
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Ericaceae
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ricaceae, the heath family or the heather family is a plant family, comprising mostly calcifuge (lime-hating) plants that thrive in acidic soils. Many well-known plants of the Ericaceae live in temperate climates, such as cranberry, blueberry, various heaths and heathers (Erica, Cassiope, Daboecia, Calluna vulgaris etc), huckleberry, azalea and rhododendron. However, the family also contains many tropical species.
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Fabaceae
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Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, which is commonly known as the legume family, pea family, bean family or pulse family. The name 'Fabaceae' comes from the defunct genus Faba, now included into Vicia. Leguminosae is an older name still considered valid, and refers to the typical fruit of these plants which are called legumes.
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Hypericaceae
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Hypericaceae is a plant family in the order Malpighiales.
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Hypocreaceae
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Hypocreaceae is a family within the class Sordariomycetes. Species of Hypocreaceae are usually recognized by their brightly colored, perithecial ascomata.
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Lamiaceae
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Lamiaceae also known as Labiatae, also known as the mint family, is a family of plants which includes Salvia divinorum (Diviners sage).
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Lauraceae
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The Lauraceae or Laurel family comprises a group of flowering plants included in the order Laurales. The family contains about 55 genera and over 2000 (perhaps as many as 4000) species world-wide, mostly from warm or tropical regions, especially Southeast Asia and Brazil. Most are aromatic evergreen trees or shrubs, but Sassafras and one or two other genera are deciduous, and Cassytha is a genus of parasitic vines.
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Liliaceae
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The Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of monocotyledons in the order Liliales. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins but with several having net venation (e.g., Cardiocrinum, Clintonia, Medeola, Prosartes, Scoliopus, Tricyrtis), and flower arranged in threes. Several have bulbs, while others have rhizomes. Shade-dwelling genera usually have broad, net-veined leaves, fleshy fruits with animal-dispersed seeds, rhizomes, and small, inconspicuous flowers; genera native to sunny habitats usually have narrow, parallel-veined leaves, capsular fruits with wind-dispersed seeds, bulbs, and large, visually conspicuous flowers.
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Lobelioideae
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Lobelioideae is a subfamily of the plant family Campanulaceae. It contains 29 genera, totalling about 1200 species. Some of the larger genera are Lobelia, Siphocampylus, Centropogon, Burmeistera and Cyanea.
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Malpighiaceae
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The Malpighiaceae, a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales, comprises approximately 75 genera and 1300 species of the tropics and subtropics.
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Malvaceae
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Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species.
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Myristicaceae
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Myristicaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. The family has been recognised by most taxonomists; it is sometimes called the "nutmeg family", after its most famous member, Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans).
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Myrtaceae
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The Myrtaceae or Myrtle family are a family of dicotyledon plants, placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, clove, guava, feijoa, allspice, and eucalyptus belong here. All species are woody, with essential oils, and flower parts in multiples of four or five. One notable character of the family is that the phloem is located on both sides of the xylem, not just outside as in most other plants.
The family Myrtaceae has at least 3000 species, possibly more than 5000 species, and is distributed in 130-150 genera. They have a wide distribution in tropical and warm-temperate regions of the world, and are typically common in many of the world's biodiversity hotspots.
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Nymphaeaceae
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Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called water lilies and live in freshwater areas in temperate and tropical climates around the world.
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Papaveraceae
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Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants. The family has been universally recognized by taxonomists, and is also known as the "poppy family". It is a cosmopolitan family occurring in temperate and subtropical climates. Most are herbaceous plants, but a few are shrubs and small trees.
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Passifloraceae
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Passifloraceae is a family of flowering plants, containing about 530 species classified in around 18 genera. They include trees, shrubs, lianas and climbing plants, and are mostly found in tropical regions .
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Piperaceae
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Piperaceae is a large family of flowering plants featuring [plant=Piper Methysticum]Piper methysticum (Kava)[/plant]
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Plantaginaceae
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The Plantaginaceae Juss. or plantain family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales.
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Poaceae
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Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida (the monocots) of the flowering plants. Plants of this family are usually called grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo (there are also herbaceous, non-woody bamboos). There are about 600 genera and some 9,000–10,000 or more species of grasses (Kew Index of World Grass Species).
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Rubiaceae
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Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the madder family, bedstraw family or coffee family.
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Solanaceae
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Solanaceae aka The Nightshade Family is a family of flowering plants that contains a number of important agricultural plants as well as many toxic plants such as tobacco and datura.
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Strophariaceae
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The Strophariaceae is a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. The species of Strophariaceae have a red-brown to dark brown spore print, while the spores themselves are smooth and have an apical germ pore. These agarics are also characterized by having a cutis-type pileipellis. Ecologically, all species in this group are saprotrophs, growing on various kinds of decaying organic matter.
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Turneraceae
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Turneraceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 120 species in 10 genera. The Cronquist system placed the Turneracids in the order Violales, but under the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification, it belongs to the order Malpighiales.
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Urticaceae
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Urticaceae, or the nettle family, is a family of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica (nettles).
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Valerianaceae
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The Valerianaceae, or valerian family, of the order Dipsacales contains about 350 species in 7 genera. Plants are generally herbaceous and foliage often has a strong, disagreeable odor. They are found native in most regions of the world except for Australia. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals or used in herbal medicine for inducing relaxation and sleep.
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Zingiberaceae
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Zingiberaceae, or the Ginger family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes, comprising ca. 52 genera and more than 1300 species, distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
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Zygophyllaceae
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The Zygophyllaceae, of about 250 species, are a family of flowering plants, also known as the bean-caper or caltrop family.
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