List of families

Welcome to the main entry page. The purpose of this part of the site is to provide detailed information about the native and naturalised vascular plant species of the British flora.

All families, genera and species which are purely cultivated in Britain are excluded. Checklists of cultivated plants are available on the List of cultivated plant families page.

There are 2 columns of information.

  1. The first column is a series of links to the families. Click on a link to enter the family pages.
  2. The purpose of the second column, which is headed 'Content', is to indicate in a simple way whether there is any content for that particular family. Specifically, it indicates whether the family description has been done and whether there is a sample image for the family.

Click on a letter below to take you to the first family whose name begins with that letter.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Links to families:


A
Family (main entry point)Content
Acanthaceae
Aceraceae Family description, Sample image
Adiantaceae
Adoxaceae
Agavaceae
Aizoaceae
Alismataceae
Amaranthaceae
Anacardiaceae
Apiaceae Family description, Sample image
Apocynaceae
Aponogetonaceae
Aquifoliaceae
Araceae
Araliaceae
Araucariaceae
Arecaceae
Aristolochiaceae
Aspleniaceae
Asteraceae
Azollaceae

B
Family (main entry point)Content
Balsaminaceae
Basellaceae
Begoniaceae
Berberidaceae
Betulaceae
Bignoniaceae
Blechnaceae
Boraginaceae
Brassicaceae
Bromeliaceae
Buddlejaceae
Butomaceae
Buxaceae

C
Family (main entry point)Content
Cabombaceae
Caesalpiniaceae
Callitrichaceae
Campanulaceae
Cannabaceae
Cannaceae
Capparaceae
Caprifoliaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Celastraceae
Cephalotaxaceae
Ceratophyllaceae
Characeae
Chenopodiaceae
Cistaceae
Clethraceae
Clusiaceae
Commelinaceae
Convolvulaceae
Cornaceae
Crassulaceae
Cucurbitaceae
Cupressaceae
Cyatheaceae
Cyperaceae

D
Family (main entry point)Content
Davalliaceae
Dennstaedtiaceae
Diapensiaceae
Dicksoniaceae
Dioscoreaceae
Dipsacaceae
Droseraceae
Dryopteridaceae

E
Family (main entry point)Content
Elaeagnaceae
Elatinaceae
Empetraceae
Equisetaceae
Ericaceae
Eriocaulaceae
Euphorbiaceae

F
Family (main entry point)Content
Fabaceae Family description, Sample image
Fagaceae
Frankeniaceae
Fumariaceae

G
Family (main entry point)Content
Garryaceae
Gentianaceae
Geraniaceae
Gesneriaceae
Ginkgoaceae
Grossulariaceae
Gunneraceae

H
Family (main entry point)Content
Haloragaceae
Hippocastanaceae
Hippuridaceae
Hydrangaceae
Hydrocharitaceae
Hydrophyllaceae
Hymenophyllaceae

I
Family (main entry point)Content
Iridaceae
Isoetaceae

J
Family (main entry point)Content
Juglandaceae
Juncaceae
Juncaginaceae

L
Family (main entry point)Content
Lamiaceae
Lardizabalaceae
Lauraceae
Lemnaceae
Lentibulariaceae
Liliaceae s.l. Family description, Sample image
Limnanthaceae
Linaceae
Loasaceae
Loganiaceae
Lycopodiaceae Family description
Lythraceae

M
Family (main entry point)Content
Magnoliaceae
Malvaceae
Marsileaceae
Menyanthaceae
Mimosaceae
Monotropaceae
Moraceae
Morinaceae
Myricaceae
Myrsinaceae
Myrtaceae

N
Family (main entry point)Content
Najadaceae
Nyctaginaceae
Nymphaeaceae

O
Family (main entry point)Content
Oleaceae
Onagraceae
Ophioglossaceae
Orchidaceae
Orobanchaceae
Osmundaceae
Oxalidaceae

P
Family (main entry point)Content
Paeoniaceae
Papaveraceae Family description
Parnassiaceae
Passifloraceae
Pedaliaceae
Phormiaceae
Phytolaccaceae
Pinaceae
Pittosporaceae
Plantaginaceae
Platanaceae
Plumbaginaceae
Poaceae Family description, Sample image
Polemoniaceae
Polygalaceae
Polygonaceae
Polypodiaceae
Pontederiaceae
Portulacaceae
Potamogetonaceae
Primulaceae
Pteridaceae
Pyrolaceae

R
Family (main entry point)Content
Ranunculaceae
Resedaceae
Rhamnaceae
Rosaceae
Rubiaceae Family description, Sample image
Ruppiaceae
Rutaceae

S
Family (main entry point)Content
Salicaceae
Santalaceae
Sapindaceae
Sarraceniaceae
Saxifragaceae
Scheuchzeriaceae
Scrophulariaceae Family description, Sample image
Selaginellaceae
Simaroubaceae
Solanaceae
Sparganiaceae
Staphyleaceae

T
Family (main entry point)Content
Tamaricaceae
Taxaceae
Taxodiaceae
Thelypteridaceae
Thymelaeaceae
Tiliaceae
Tropaeolaceae
Typhaceae

U
Family (main entry point)Content
Ulmaceae
Urticaceae

V
Family (main entry point)Content
Valerianaceae Family description, Sample image
Verbenaceae
Violaceae
Viscaceae
Vitaceae

W
Family (main entry point)Content
Woodsiaceae

Z
Family (main entry point)Content
Zannichelliaceae
Zosteraceae
Zygophyllaceae

No. of families found: 191


Copyright: Mark Hyde, 2008-24

Hyde, M.A. (2024). UK Flora: List of families.
https://www.ukflora.info/speciesdata/index.php, retrieved 14 December 2024

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