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Species list in alphabetic order

Group	Family	Genus
Dicot Fern + allies Gymnosperm Monocot Moss	Acoraceae Agavaceae Alismataceae Alliaceae Aloaceae Alstroemeriaceae Amaryllidaceae Anarthriaceae Anthericaceae Aponogetonaceae Araceae Arecaceae Asparagaceae Asphodelaceae Asteliaceae Behniaceae Blandfordiaceae Boryaceae Bromeliaceae Burmanniaceae Butomaceae Campynemataceae Cannaceae Centrolepidaceae Colchicaceae Commelinaceae Convallariaceae Corsiaceae Costaceae Cyanastraceae Cyclanthaceae Cymodoceaceae Cyperaceae Dasypogonaceae Dioscoreaceae Doryanthaceae Dracaenaceae Ecdeiocoleaceae Eriocaulaceae Eriospermaceae Flagellariaceae Gramineae (=> Poaceae) Haemodoraceae Hanguanaceae Heliconiaceae Hyacinthaceae Hydrocharitaceae Hypoxidaceae Iridaceae Ixiolirionaceae Joinvilleaceae Juncaceae Juncaginaceae Lanariaceae Lemnaceae Liliaceae Limnocharitaceae Lowiaceae Marantaceae Mayacaceae Melanthiaceae Musaceae Najadaceae Nartheciaceae Orchidaceae Pandanaceae Petermanniaceae Petrosaviaceae Philesiaceae Philydraceae Poaceae Pontederiaceae Posidoniaceae Potamogetonaceae Prioniaceae Rapateaceae Restionaceae Rhipogonaceae Ruppiaceae Ruscaceae Scheuchzeriaceae Smilacaceae Stemonaceae Strelitziaceae Taccaceae Tecophilaeaceae Thurniaceae Tofieldiaceae Triuridaceae Typhaceae Velloziaceae Xanthorrhoeaceae Xeronemataceae Xyridaceae Zannichelliaceae Zingiberaceae Zosteraceae	Acampe Acrolophia Aerangis Anacamptis Ancistrochilus Ancistrorhynchus Angraecopsis Angraecum Ansellia Arethusa Auxopus Barlia Bartholina Benthamia Bolusiella Bonatea Brachycorythis Brownleea Bulbophyllum Calanthe Calyptrochilum Centrostigma Ceratandra Chamaeangis Chauliodon Cheirostylis Corycium Corymborkis Cymbidiella Cynorkis Cyrtorchis Dactylorhiza Diaphananthe Dinklageella Disa Disperis Dracomonticola Eggelingia Encheiridion Epipactis Epipogium Eulophia Eulophidium Eulophiella Eurychone Evotella Gennaria Genyorchis Grammangis Graphorchis Habenaria Herschelia Herschelianthe Hetaeria Himantoglossum Holothrix Huttonea Limodorum Liparis Lissochilus Listrostachys Malaxis Manniella Microcoelia Mystacidium Neobolusia Neotinea Nephrangis Nervilia Oberonia Oeceoclades Oeonia Ophrys Orchis Orthochilus Pachites Phaius Platanthera Platycoryne Platylepis Plectrelminthus Podangis Pogonia Polystachya Pteroglossaspis Pterygodium Rangaeris Rhipidoglossum Roeperocharis Satyrium Schizochilus Schizodium Schwartzkopffia Serapias Sobennikoffia Solenangis Stenoglottis Stolzia Taeniophyllum Triceratorhynchus Tridactyle Vanilla Ypsilopus Zeuxine

Flower

Colour

blue brown green orange pink purple red white yellow

Symmetry

bilateral radial

Inflorescence

cyme, dichasium etc. fascicle head (-like) panicle raceme (-like) solitary (or few) flowers spike (-like) umbel-like

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 Epiphyte Geophyte Helophyte Hemicryptophyte Hydrophyte Phanerophyte Therophyte

Growth form

climber or creeper 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