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Group
Family
Dicot
Fern + allies
Gymnosperm
Monocot
Moss
Acanthaceae
Achariaceae
Achatocarpaceae
Acoraceae
Actinidiaceae
Adiantaceae
Adoxaceae
Aextoxicaceae
Agavaceae
Aizoaceae
Akaniaceae
Alismataceae
Alliaceae
Aloaceae
Alseuosmiaceae
Alstroemeriaceae
Altingiaceae
Alzateaceae
Amaranthaceae
Amaryllidaceae
Amborellaceae
Anacampserotaceae
Anacardiaceae
Anarthriaceae
Ancistrocladaceae
Anemiaceae
Anisophylleaceae
Annonaceae
Anthericaceae
Antoniaceae
Aphanopetalaceae
Aphloiaceae
Apiaceae
Apocynaceae
Apodanthaceae
Aponogetonaceae
Aquifoliaceae
Araceae
Araliaceae
Araucariaceae
Arecaceae
Argophyllaceae
Aristolochiaceae
Asclepiadaceae
Asparagaceae
Asphodelaceae
Aspleniaceae
Asteliaceae
Asteraceae
Asteropeiaceae
Atherospermataceae
Austrobaileyaceae
Avicenniaceae
Azollaceae
Balanitaceae
Balanopaceae
Balanophoraceae
Balsaminaceae
Barbeuiaceae
Barbeyaceae
Basellaceae
Bataceae
Begoniaceae
Behniaceae
Berberidaceae
Berberidopsidaceae
Biebersteiniaceae
Bignoniaceae
Bixaceae
Blandfordiaceae
Blechnaceae
Bombacaceae
Bonnetiaceae
Boraginaceae
Boryaceae
Brassicaceae
Bromeliaceae
Brunelliaceae
Bruniaceae
Buddlejaceae
Burmanniaceae
Burseraceae
Butomaceae
Buxaceae
Byblidaceae
Cabombaceae
Cactaceae
Calceolariaceae
Callitrichaceae
Calophyllaceae
Calycanthaceae
Calyceraceae
Campanulaceae
Campynemataceae
Canellaceae
Cannabaceae
Cannaceae
Capparaceae
Capparidaceae => Capparaceae
Caprifoliaceae
Cardiopteridaceae
Caricaceae
Carlemanniaceae
Caryocaraceae
Caryophyllaceae
Casuarinaceae
Cecropiaceae
Celastraceae
Centrolepidaceae
Centroplacaceae
Cephalotaceae
Ceratophyllaceae
Cercidiphyllaceae
Characeae
Chenopodiaceae
Chloranthaceae
Chrysobalanaceae
Circaeasteraceae
Cistaceae
Cleomaceae
Clethraceae
Clusiaceae
Cneoraceae
Cochlospermaceae
Colchicaceae
Columelliaceae
Combretaceae
Commelinaceae
Compositae (=> Asteraceae)
Connaraceae
Convallariaceae
Convolvulaceae
Coriariaceae
Cornaceae
Corsiaceae
Corynocarpaceae
Costaceae
Crassulaceae
Crossosomataceae
Crypteroniaceae
Ctenolophonaceae
Cucurbitaceae
Cunoniaceae
Cupressaceae
Curtisiaceae
Cuscutaceae
Cyanastraceae
Cyatheaceae
Cycadaceae
Cyclanthaceae
Cyclocheilaceae
Cymodoceaceae
Cynomoriaceae
Cyperaceae
Cyrillaceae
Cytinaceae
Daphniphyllaceae
Dasypogonaceae
Datiscaceae
Davalliaceae
Degeneriaceae
Dennstaedtiaceae
Diapensiaceae
Dichapetalaceae
Dicksoniaceae
Didiereaceae
Dilleniaceae
Dioncophyllaceae
Dioscoreaceae
Dipentodontaceae
Dipsacaceae
Dipterocarpaceae
Dirachmaceae
Doryanthaceae
Dracaenaceae
Droseraceae
Drosophyllaceae
Dryopteridaceae
Ebenaceae
Ecdeiocoleaceae
Elaeagnaceae
Elaeocarpaceae
Elatinaceae
Emblingiaceae
Empetraceae
Ephedraceae
Equisetaceae
Ericaceae
Eriocaulaceae
Eriocaulonaceae
Eriospermaceae
Erythroxylaceae
Escalloniaceae
Eucommiaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Euphroniaceae
Eupomatiaceae
Eupteleaceae
Fabaceae - Caesalpinioideae
Fabaceae - Faboideae
Fabaceae - Mimosoideae
Flacourtiaceae
Flagellariaceae
Fouquieriaceae
Frankeniaceae
Fumariaceae
Garryaceae
Geissolomataceae
Gelsemiaceae
Gentianaceae
Geraniaceae
Gerrardinaceae
Gesneriaceae
Gisekiaceae
Gleicheniaceae
Gnetaceae
Gomortegaceae
Goodeniaceae
Goupiaceae
Gramineae (=> Poaceae)
Grammitidaceae
Greyiaceae
Griseliniaceae
Grossulariaceae
Grubbiaceae
Guamatelaceae
Gunneraceae
Gyrostemonaceae
Haemodoraceae
Halophytaceae
Haloragaceae
Hamamelidaceae
Hanguanaceae
Haptanthaceae
Heliconiaceae
Helwingiaceae
Hernandiaceae
Himantandraceae
Hippocrateaceae
Hoplestigmataceae
Huaceae
Humiriaceae
Hyacinthaceae
Hydatellaceae
Hydnoraceae
Hydrangeaceae
Hydrocharitaceae
Hydroleaceae
Hydrophyllaceae
Hydrostachyaceae
Hymenophyllaceae
Hypericaceae
Hypoxidaceae
Icacinaceae
Illecebraceae
Iridaceae
Irvingiaceae
Isoetaceae
Iteaceae
Ixiolirionaceae
Ixonanthaceae
Joinvilleaceae
Juglandaceae
Juncaceae
Juncaginaceae
Kirkiaceae
Koeberliniaceae
Krameriaceae
Lacistemataceae
Lactoridaceae
Lamiaceae
Lanariaceae
Lardizabalaceae
Lauraceae
Lecythidaceae
Leeaceae
Lemnaceae
Lentibulariaceae
Lepidobotryaceae
Liliaceae
Limeaceae
Limnanthaceae
Limnocharitaceae
Linaceae
Linderniaceae
Lindsaeaceae
Loasaceae
Lobeliaceae
Loganiaceae
Lomariopsidaceae
Lophopyxidaceae
Loranthaceae
Lowiaceae
Lycopodiaceae
Lygodiaceae
Lythraceae
Magnoliaceae
Malpighiaceae
Malvaceae
Marantaceae
Marattiaceae
Marcgraviaceae
Marchantiaceae
Marsileaceae
Martyniaceae
Mayacaceae
Medusandraceae
Melanthiaceae
Melastomataceae
Meliaceae
Melianthaceae
Menispermaceae
Menyanthaceae
Metteniusaceae
Misodendraceae
Mitrastemonaceae
Molluginaceae
Monimiaceae
Montiaceae
Montiniaceae
Moraceae
Moringaceae
Muntingiaceae
Musaceae
Myodocarpaceae
Myoporaceae
Myristicaceae
Myrothamnaceae
Myrsinaceae
Myrtaceae
Najadaceae
Nartheciaceae
Nelumbonaceae
Nepenthaceae
Nephrolepidaceae
Neuradaceae
Nitrariaceae
Nothofagaceae
Nyctaginaceae
Nymphaeaceae
Ochnaceae
Octoknemaceae
Oedogoniaceae
Olacaceae
Oleaceae
Oleandraceae
Oliniaceae
Onagraceae
Oncothecaceae
Ophioglossaceae
Opiliaceae
Orchidaceae
Orobanchaceae
Osmundaceae
Oxalidaceae
Paeoniaceae
Pandaceae
Pandanaceae
Papaveraceae
Paracryphiaceae
Parkeriaceae
Passifloraceae
Paulowniaceae
Pedaliaceae
Penaeaceae
Pennantiaceae
Pentadiplandraceae
Pentaphragmataceae
Pentaphylacaceae
Penthoraceae
Peridiscaceae
Petenaeaceae
Petermanniaceae
Petrosaviaceae
Phellinaceae
Philesiaceae
Philydraceae
Phrymaceae
Phyllanthaceae
Phyllonomaceae
Physenaceae
Phytolaccaceae
Picramniaceae
Picrodendraceae
Pinaceae
Piperaceae
Pittosporaceae
Plantaginaceae
Platanaceae
Plocospermataceae
Plumbaginaceae
Poaceae
Podocarpaceae
Podostemaceae
Polemoniaceae
Polygalaceae
Polygonaceae
Polypodiaceae
Pontederiaceae
Portulacaceae
Posidoniaceae
Potamogetonaceae
Primulaceae
Prioniaceae
Proteaceae
Psilotaceae
Ptaeroxylaceae
Pteridaceae
Punicaceae
Putranjivaceae
Quillajaceae
Rafflesiaceae
Ranunculaceae
Rapateaceae
Resedaceae
Restionaceae
Rhabdodendraceae
Rhamnaceae
Rhipogonaceae
Rhizophoraceae
Ricciaceae
Roridulaceae
Rosaceae
Rousseaceae
Rubiaceae
Ruppiaceae
Ruscaceae
Rutaceae
Sabiaceae
Salicaceae
Salvadoraceae
Salviniaceae
Santalaceae
Sapindaceae
Sapotaceae
Sarcobataceae
Sarcolaenaceae
Sarraceniaceae
Saururaceae
Saxifragaceae
Scheuchzeriaceae
Schisandraceae
Schizaeaceae
Schlegeliaceae
Schoepfiaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Scytopetalaceae
Selaginellaceae
Setchellanthaceae
Simaroubaceae
Simmondsiaceae
Sinopteridaceae
Siparunaceae
Sladeniaceae
Smilacaceae
Solanaceae
Sonneratiaceae
Sphaerosepalaceae
Sphenocleaceae
Stachyuraceae
Staphyleaceae
Stegnospermataceae
Stemonaceae
Stemonuraceae
Sterculiaceae
Stilbaceae
Strasburgeriaceae
Strelitziaceae
Strychnaceae
Stylidiaceae
Styracaceae
Surianaceae
Symplocaceae
Taccaceae
Talinaceae
Tamaricaceae
Tapisciaceae
Targioniaceae
Tecophilaeaceae
Tectariaceae
Tetracarpaeaceae
Tetrachondraceae
Tetramelaceae
Tetrameristaceae
Theaceae
Thelypteridaceae
Theophrastaceae
Thomandersiaceae
Thurniaceae
Thymelaeaceae
Ticodendraceae
Tiliaceae
Tofieldiaceae
Torricelliaceae
Tovariaceae
Trapaceae
Trigoniaceae
Trimeniaceae
Triuridaceae
Trochodendraceae
Tropaeolaceae
Turneraceae
Typhaceae
Ulmaceae
Urticaceae
Vahliaceae
Valerianaceae
Velloziaceae
Verbenaceae
Violaceae
Viscaceae
Vitaceae
Vittariaceae
Vivianiaceae
Vochysiaceae
Welwitschiaceae
Winteraceae
Woodsiaceae
Xanthorrhoeaceae
Xeronemataceae
Xyridaceae
Zamiaceae
Zannichelliaceae
Zingiberaceae
Zosteraceae
Zygophyllaceae
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