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List of flowering plant families. This list is reproduced from Heywood VH, Brummitt RK, Culham A, and Seberg O. 2007. Flowering Plant Families of the World. Firefly Books and expands upon the list at APG II system. The classification list follows APG II (Soltis et al., Phylogeny and Evolution of Angiosperms, pp. 243-248 (2005).) with some modifications. Families that are accepted by both Heywood et al. and Soltis et al. are in regular font. Families accepted by Soltis et al. but not Heywood et al. are in italic type. Likewise, families accepted by Heywood et al. but not Soltis et al. are in bold type. Names indented under another family name indicate families that are mentioned by Soltis et al. as optionally recognized as distinct from the unindented family name immediately above it. Note: Heywood et al. did not set out to present a new classification scheme for consideration.
Austrobaileyales
Ceratophyllales
Magnoliids
Canellales
Laurales
Magnoliales
Piperales
Monocots
Acorales
Alismatales
- Alismataceae
- Aponogetonaceae
- Araceae
- Butomaceae
- Cymodoceaceae
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Juncaginaceae
- Limnocharitaceae
- Najadaceae
- Posidoniaceae
- Potamogetonaceae
- Ruppiaceae
- Scheuchzeriaceae
- Tofieldiaceae
- Zosteraceae
Asparagales
- Alliaceae
- Anemarrhenaceae
- Asparagaceae
- Agavaceae
- Aphyllanthaceae
- Hesperocallidaceae (see Agavaceae)
- Hyacinthaceae
- Laxmanniaceae
- Ruscaceae
- Themidaceae
- Asteliaceae
- Behniaceae
- Blandfordiaceae
- Boryaceae
- Convallariaceae
- Dracaenaceae
- Doryanthaceae
- Eriospermaceae
- Herreriaceae
- Hostaceae
- Hypoxidaceae
- Iridaceae
- Ixioliriaceae
- Johnsoniaceae
- Lanariaceae
- Nolinaceae
- Orchidaceae
- Tecophilaeaceae
- Xanthorrhoeaceae
- Xeronemataceae
Dioscoreales
Liliales
- Alstroemeriaceae
- Campynemataceae
- Colchicaceae
- Corsiaceae
- Liliaceae
- Luzuriagaceae
- Melanthiaceae
- Petermanniaceae
- Philesiaceae
- Rhipogonaceae
- Smilacaceae
Pandanales
Commelinids
Arecales
Commelinales
Poales
- Anarthriaceae
- Bromeliaceae
- Centrolepidaceae
- Cyperaceae
- Ecdeiocoleaceae
- Eriocaulaceae
- Flagellariaceae
- Hydatellaceae (Note: moved to Nymphaeales)
- Joinvilleaceae
- Juncaceae
- Mayacaceae
- Poaceae
- Prioniaceae
- Rapateaceae
- Restionaceae
- Thurniaceae
- Typhaceae
- Xyridaceae
Zingiberales
Eudicots
Proteales
Ranunculales
- Berberidaceae
- Circaeasteraceae
- Eupteleaceae
- Glaucidiaceae
- Hydrastidaceae
- Lardizabalaceae
- Menispermaceae
- Papaveraceae
- Ranunculaceae
- Sargentodoxaceae
Core eudicots
Gunnerales
Caryophyllales
- Achatocarpaceae
- Aizoaceae
- Amaranthaceae
- Ancistrocladaceae
- Asteropeiaceae
- Barbeuiaceae
- Basellaceae
- Cactaceae
- Caryophyllaceae
- Chenopodiaceae
- Didiereaceae
- Dioncophyllaceae
- Droseraceae
- Drosophyllaceae
- Frankeniaceae
- Gisekiaceae
- Halophytaceae
- Hectorellaceae
- Limeaceae
- Molluginaceae
- Mesembryanthemaceae
- Nepenthaceae
- Nyctaginaceae
- Petiveriaceae
- Physenaceae
- Phytolaccaceae
- Plumbaginaceae
- Polygonaceae
- Portulacaceae
- Rhabdodendraceae
- Sarcobataceae
- Simmondsiaceae
- Stegnospermataceae
- Tamaricaceae
Santalales
Saxifragales
- Altingiaceae (see Hamamelidaceae)
- Aphanopetalaceae
- Cercidiphyllaceae
- Crassulaceae
- Daphniphyllaceae
- Grossulariaceae
- Haloragaceae
- Hamamelidaceae
- Iteaceae
- Paeoniaceae
- Peridiscaceae
- Saxifragaceae
Rosids
Crossosomatales
Geraniales
- Geraniaceae
- Ledocarpaceae (see Vivianiaceae)
- Melianthaceae
- Vivianiaceae
Myrtales
- Alzateaceae
- Combretaceae
- Crypteroniaceae
- Heteropyxidaceae (see Myrtaceae)
- Lythraceae
- Melastomataceae
- Myrtaceae
- Oliniaceae
- Onagraceae
- Penaeaceae
- Psiloxylaceae (see Myrtaceae)
- Rhynchocalycaceae
- Vochysiaceae
Eurosids I (Fabids)
Celastrales
Cucurbitales
- Anisophylleaceae
- Begoniaceae
- Coriariaceae
- Corynocarpaceae
- Cucurbitaceae
- Datiscaceae
- Tetramelaceae (see Datiscaceae)
Fabales
Fagales
Malpighiales
- Achariaceae
- Balanopaceae
- Bonnetiaceae
- Caryocaraceae
- Chrysobalanaceae
- Clusiaceae
- Ctenolophonaceae
- Elatinaceae
- Euphorbiaceae
- Flacourtiaceae
- Groupiaceae
- Hugoniaceae
- Humiriaceae
- Hypericaceae (see Clusiaceae)
- Irvingiaceae
- Ixonanthaceae
- Lacistemataceae
- Linaceae
- Lophopyxidaceae
- Malpighiaceae
- Ochnaceae
- Pandaceae
- Passifloraceae
- Phyllanthaceae
- Picrodendraceae
- Podostemaceae
- Putranjivaceae
- Rhizophoraceae
- Salicaceae
- Scyphostegiaceae
- Violaceae
Oxalidales
Rosales
- Barbeyaceae
- Cannabaceae
- Cecropiaceae
- Dirachmaceae
- Elaeagnaceae
- Moraceae
- Rhamnaceae
- Rosaceae
- Ulmaceae
- Urticaceae
Eurosids II (Malvids)
Brassicales
- Akaniaceae
- Bataceae
- Brassicaceae
- Capparaceae
- Caricaceae
- Cleomaceae
- Emblingiaceae
- Gyrostemonaceae
- Koeberliniaceae
- Limnanthaceae
- Moringaceae
- Pentadiplandraceae
- Resedaceae
- Salvadoraceae
- Setchellanthaceae
- Tovariaceae
- Tropaeolaceae
Malvales
- Bixaceae
- Bombacaceae
- Brownlowiaceae
- Byttneriaceae
- Cistaceae
- Dipterocarpaceae
- Durionaceae
- Helicteraceae
- Malvaceae
- Muntingiaceae
- Neuradaceae
- Pentapetaceae
- Sarcolaenaceae
- Sparrmanniaceae
- Sphaerosepalaceae
- Sterculiaceae
- Tepuianthaceae
- Thymelaeaceae
- Tiliaceae
Sapindales
- Anacardiaceae
- Biebersteiniaceae
- Burseraceae
- Cneoraceae
- Kirkiaceae
- Leitneriaceae
- Meliaceae
- Nitrariaceae
- Ptaeroxylaceae
- Rutaceae
- Sapindaceae
- Simaroubaceae
Asterids
Cornales
Ericales
- Actinidiaceae
- Balsaminaceae
- Clethraceae
- Coridaceae
- Cyrillaceae
- Diapensiaceae
- Ebenaceae
- Ericaceae
- Fouquieriaceae
- Lecythidaceae
- Lissocarpaceae
- Maesaceae
- Marcgraviaceae
- Myrsinaceae
- Pentaphylacaceae
- Polemoniaceae
- Primulaceae
- Roridulaceae
- Samolaceae
- Sapotaceae
- Sarraceniaceae
- Styracaceae
- Symplocaceae
- Ternstroemiaceae (see Pentaphylacaceae)
- Tetrameristaceae
- Theaceae
- Theophrastaceae
Euasterids I (Lamiids)
Garryales
Gentianales
Lamiales
- Acanthaceae
- Avicenniaceae
- Bignoniaceae
- Buddlejaceae
- Byblidaceae
- Calceolariaceae (see Scrophulariaceae)
- Callitrichaceae
- Carlemanniaceae
- Cyclocheilaceae
- Gesneriaceae
- Globulariaceae
- Hippuridaceae
- Lamiaceae
- Lentibulariaceae
- Martyniaceae
- Myoporaceae
- Nesogenaceae
- Orobanchaceae (see Scrophulariaceae)
- Oleaceae
- Pedaliaceae
- Phrymaceae
- Plantaginaceae
- Plocospermataceae
- Schlegeliaceae
- Scrophulariaceae
- Stilbaceae
- Symphoremataceae
- Tetrachondraceae
- Thomandersiaceae
- Trapellaceae
- Verbenaceae
Solanales
Euasterids II (Campanulids)
- Bruniaceae
- Columelliaceae
- Escalloniaceae
- Paracryphiaceae
- Polyosmaceae
- Quintiniaceae
- Sphenostemonaceae
- Tribelaceae
Apiales
- Apiaceae
- Araliaceae
- Aralidiaceae (see Torricelliaceae)
- Griseliniaceae
- Mackinlayaceae (see Apiaceae)
- Melanophyllaceae
- Myodocarpaceae
- Pennantiaceae
- Pittosporaceae
- Torricelliaceae
Aquifoliales
Asterales
- Alseuosmiaceae
- Argophyllaceae
- Asteraceae
- Calyceraceae
- Campanulaceae
- Goodeniaceae
- Menyanthaceae
- Pentaphragmataceae
- Phellinaceae
- Rousseaceae
- Stylidiaceae