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Species list in alphabetic order
Family
Acanthaceae
Adiantaceae
Agavaceae
Aizoaceae
Alismataceae
Alliaceae
Aloaceae
Amaranthaceae
Amaryllidaceae
Anacardiaceae
Ancistrocladaceae
Anisophylleaceae
Annonaceae
Anthericaceae
Antoniaceae
Apiaceae
Apocynaceae
Aponogetonaceae
Aquifoliaceae
Araceae
Araliaceae
Arecaceae
Aristolochiaceae
Asclepiadaceae
Asparagaceae
Asphodelaceae
Asteraceae
Avicenniaceae
Azollaceae
Balanitaceae
Balanophoraceae
Balsaminaceae
Basellaceae
Begoniaceae
Bignoniaceae
Bixaceae
Blechnaceae
Bombacaceae
Boraginaceae
Brassicaceae
Bromeliaceae
Buddlejaceae
Burmanniaceae
Burseraceae
Butomaceae
Buxaceae
Cactaceae
Campanulaceae
Cannabaceae
Cannaceae
Capparaceae
Capparidaceae
Caprifoliaceae
Caricaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Casuarinaceae
Cecropiaceae
Celastraceae
Ceratophyllaceae
Characeae
Chenopodiaceae
Chrysobalanaceae
Clusiaceae
Cochlospermaceae
Colchicaceae
Combretaceae
Commelinaceae
Compositae (=> Asteraceae)
Connaraceae
Convallariaceae
Convolvulaceae
Costaceae
Crassulaceae
Ctenolophonaceae
Cucurbitaceae
Cupressaceae
Cuscutaceae
Cyanastraceae
Cyatheaceae
Cycadaceae
Cymodoceaceae
Cyperaceae
Davalliaceae
Dennstaedtiaceae
Dichapetalaceae
Dilleniaceae
Dioncophyllaceae
Dioscoreaceae
Dipsacaceae
Dipterocarpaceae
Dracaenaceae
Droseraceae
Dryopteridaceae
Ebenaceae
Elaeagnaceae
Elatinaceae
Empetraceae
Ericaceae
Eriocaulaceae
Eriocaulonaceae
Eriospermaceae
Erythroxylaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Fabaceae
Fabaceae - Caesalpinioideae
Fabaceae - Faboideae
Fabaceae - Mimosoideae
Flacourtiaceae
Flagellariaceae
Frankeniaceae
Fumariaceae
Geissolomataceae
Gentianaceae
Geraniaceae
Gesneriaceae
Gleicheniaceae
Gnetaceae
Goodeniaceae
Gramineae (=> Poaceae)
Haemodoraceae
Haloragaceae
Hamamelidaceae
Heliconiaceae
Hernandiaceae
Hippocrateaceae
Hoplestigmataceae
Huaceae
Humiriaceae
Hyacinthaceae
Hydnoraceae
Hydrocharitaceae
Hydrophyllaceae
Hypericaceae
Hypoxidaceae
Icacinaceae
Iridaceae
Irvingiaceae
Isoetaceae
Ixonanthaceae
Juglandaceae
Juncaceae
Lamiaceae
Lauraceae
Lecythidaceae
Leeaceae
Lemnaceae
Lentibulariaceae
Lepidobotryaceae
Liliaceae
Limnocharitaceae
Linaceae
Lobeliaceae
Loganiaceae
Lomariopsidaceae
Loranthaceae
Lycopodiaceae
Lythraceae
Malpighiaceae
Malvaceae
Marantaceae
Marchantiaceae
Marsileaceae
Medusandraceae
Melastomataceae
Meliaceae
Melianthaceae
Menispermaceae
Menyanthaceae
Molluginaceae
Monimiaceae
Moraceae
Moringaceae
Musaceae
Myristicaceae
Myrsinaceae
Myrtaceae
Najadaceae
Nephrolepidaceae
Neuradaceae
Nyctaginaceae
Nymphaeaceae
Ochnaceae
Octoknemaceae
Oedogoniaceae
Olacaceae
Oleaceae
Onagraceae
Ophioglossaceae
Opiliaceae
Orchidaceae
Orobanchaceae
Orobranchaceae
Osmundaceae
Oxalidaceae
Pandaceae
Pandanaceae
Papaveraceae
Parkeriaceae
Passifloraceae
Pedaliaceae
Penaeaceae
Phytolaccaceae
Pinaceae
Piperaceae
Pittosporaceae
Plantaginaceae
Plumbaginaceae
Poaceae
Podostemaceae
Polygalaceae
Polygonaceae
Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae
Pontederiaceae
Portulacaceae
Potamogetonaceae
Primulaceae
Proteaceae
Pteridaceae
Punicaceae
Ranunculaceae
Rapateaceae
Resedaceae
Rhamnaceae
Rhizophoraceae
Rosaceae
Rubiaceae
Ruppiaceae
Rutaceae
Salicaceae
Salvadoraceae
Salviniaceae
Santalaceae
Sapindaceae
Sapotaceae
Saxifragaceae
Schizaeaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Scytopetalaceae
Selaginellaceae
Simaroubaceae
Sladeniaceae
Smilacaceae
Solanaceae
Sphenocleaceae
Sterculiaceae
Strelitziaceae
Strychnaceae
Styracaceae
Taccaceae
Tamaricaceae
Targioniaceae
Tecophilaeaceae
Thelypteridaceae
Thelypteridaceae
Theophrastaceae
Thymelaeaceae
Tiliaceae
Trapaceae
Triuridaceae
Turneraceae
Typhaceae
Ulmaceae
Urticaceae
Vahliaceae
Velloziaceae
Verbenaceae
Violaceae
Viscaceae
Vitaceae
Vochysiaceae
Xyridaceae
Zamiaceae
Zannichelliaceae
Zingiberaceae
Zygophyllaceae
Flower
Inflorescence
cyme, dichasium etc.
fascicle
head (-like)
panicle
raceme (-like)
solitary (or few) flowers
spike (-like)
umbel-like
Symmetry
bilateral
radial
Colour
blue
brown
green
orange
pink
purple
red
white
yellow
Corolla
(partly) united
free
Petal (Tepal) number
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
>6
Stamen number
high (>10)
low (<=10)
Fruit
Type
berry
capsule
drupe
follicle
legume
nut
Pericarp
(partly) fleshy
dry
Dehiscence
dehiscent
indehiscent
Surface
glabrous
hairy
spinose
winged
Habit
Life Form
Chamaephyte
Geophyte
Helophyte
Hemicryptophyte
Hydrophyte
Phanerophyte
Therophyte
Growth form
climber or creeper
epiphyte
grasslike
herb
shrub
succulent
tree
woody
Important diagnostics
aquatic
cauliflorous
glandular dots or lines
glandular hairs
large, persistent stipels
latex
parasitic
spiny stems or leaves
stinging hairs
Leaf
Arrangement
alternate
opposite
rosulate
whorled
Structure
palmately compound
pinnately compound
simple
trifoliolate
Form
cordate
deeply lobed
oblong to linear
orbicular
ovate or elliptic etc.
Margin
entire
not entire (serrate or crenate etc.)
Venation
palmate
parallel
pinnate
triplinerve