Families included in the checklist
Listed are all 151 accepted searchable families and their most recent species count. The family circumscriptions follow APG III.
Included are synonyms accepted in Brummitt (1992).
Some families listed are in different stages of review as indicated by the following table:
Key to status abbreviations & family reviewers
R = review completed. View list of reviewers
RH = review completed and hard copy published. View list of reviewers
UR = under review (partially reviewed).
NR = not yet reviewed.
LR = recently reviewed in the literature.
GR = part of a geographical review.
| Family | Status | Nr of species on 01/01/2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Acoraceae | RH | 2 |
| Aextoxicaceae | LR | 1 |
| Agapanthaceae (=Amaryllidaceae) | ||
| Agavaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Akaniaceae | LR | 2 |
| Alangiaceae (=Cornaceae) | ||
| Alismataceae | R | 108 |
| Alliaceae (=Amaryllidaceae) | ||
| Aloaceae (=Xanthorrhoeaceae) | ||
| Alstroemeriaceae | R | 252 |
| Alzateaceae | GR | 1 |
| Amaryllidaceae | R | 2098 |
| Amborellaceae | GR | 1 |
| Anarthriaceae | GR | 11 |
| Ancistrocladaceae | R | 20 |
| Anthericaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Aphyllanthaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Apocynaceae (Apocynoideae & Rauvolfioideae) | R | 1772 |
| Aponogetonaceae | UR | 54 |
| Araceae | RH | 3116 |
| Araliaceae | RH | 1431 |
| Araucariaceae | LR | 41 |
| Arecaceae | RH | 2429 |
| Asparagaceae | R | 2802 |
| Asphodelaceae (=Xanthorrhoeaceae) | ||
| Asteliaceae | UR | 37 |
| Asteropeiaceae | GR | 8 |
| Aucubaceae (=Garryaceae) | ||
| Austrobaileyaceae | LR | 1 |
| Avicenniaceae (=Acanthaceae) | ||
| Balanopaceae | GR | 9 |
| Barbeuiaceae | GR | 1 |
| Barbeyaceae | GR | 1 |
| Basellaceae | R | 19 |
| Bataceae | GR | 2 |
| Begoniaceae | R | 1524 |
| Behniaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Betulaceae | RH | 201 |
| Bixaceae | NR | 23 |
| Blandfordiaceae | UR | 4 |
| Boryaceae | UR | 12 |
| Bretschneideraceae (=Akaniaceae) | ||
| Bromeliaceae | R | 3128 |
| Brunelliaceae | GR | 60 |
| Burmanniaceae | RH | 157 |
| Butomaceae | UR | 2 |
| Byblidaceae | LR | 7 |
| Cabombaceae | NR | 6 |
| Campanulaceae | RH | 2305 |
| Campynemataceae | UR | 4 |
| Cannaceae | UR | 10 |
| Cardiopteridaceae | GR | 48 |
| Caryocaraceae | GR | 26 |
| Centrolepidaceae | LR | 35 |
| Centroplacaceae | RH | 1 |
| Cephalotaceae | GR | 1 |
| Ceratophyllaceae | R | 4 |
| Cercidiphyllaceae | GR | 2 |
| Chrysobalanaceae | RH | 531 |
| Circaeasteraceae | GR | 1 |
| Clethraceae | NR | 79 |
| Cochlospermaceae (=Bixaceae) | ||
| Colchicaceae | R | 256 |
| Columelliaceae | GR | 5 |
| Commelinaceae | R | 711 |
| Convallariaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Coriariaceae | GR | 13 |
| Cornaceae | UR | 117 |
| Corsiaceae | LR | 25 |
| Corylaceae (=Betulaceae) | ||
| Corynocarpaceae | GR | 5 |
| Costaceae | R | 138 |
| Crypteroniaceae | GR | 12 |
| Ctenolophonaceae | GR | 2 |
| Cyanastraceae (=Tecophilaeaceae) | ||
| Cyclanthaceae | R | 230 |
| Cymodoceaceae | UR | 16 |
| Cynomoriaceae | GR | 1 |
| Cyperaceae | R | 5424 |
| Daphniphyllaceae | NR | 28 |
| Dasypogonaceae | GR | 16 |
| Degeneriaceae | GR | 2 |
| Didiereaceae | NR | 22 |
| Didymelaceae (=Buxaceae) | GR | |
| Diegodendraceae (=Bixaceae) | ||
| Dioscoreaceae | RH | 649 |
| Dipentodontaceae | GR | 18 |
| Doryanthaceae | UR | 2 |
| Dracaenaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Droseraceae | R | 181 |
| Drosophyllaceae | R | 1 |
| Ecdeiocoleaceae | GR | 2 |
| Ephedraceae | NR | 64 |
| Eriocaulaceae | NR | 1223 |
| Eriospermaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Euphorbiaceae | RH | 6473 |
| Fagaceae | RH | 932 |
| Flagellariaceae | GR | 4 |
| Garryaceae | GR | 25 |
| Ginkgoaceae | LR | 1 |
| Gnetaceae | NR | 41 |
| Gramineae (=Poaceae) | ||
| Gunneraceae | NR | 68 |
| Haemodoraceae | R | 101 |
| Hanguanaceae | GR | 3 |
| Heliconiaceae | R | 197 |
| Helwingiaceae | NR | 4 |
| Hemerocallidaceae (=Xanthorrhoeaceae) | ||
| Herreriaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Hesperocallidaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Hostaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Hyacinthaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Hydatellaceae | GR | 11 |
| Hydrocharitaceae | UR | 130 |
| Hypoxidaceae | UR | 146 |
| Iridaceae (provided by iPlants) | UR | 2127 |
| Ixioliriaceae | UR | 4 |
| Johnsoniaceae (=Xanthorrhoeaceae) | ||
| Joinvilleaceae | GR | 4 |
| Juncaceae (provided by I.O.P.I.) | R | 457 |
| Juncaginaceae | UR | 28 |
| Labiatae (=Lamiaceae) | ||
| Lamiaceae | NR | 7568 |
| Lanariaceae | UR | 1 |
| Laxmanniaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Lemnaceae (=Araceae) | ||
| Liliaceae | UR | 725 |
| Lilaeaceae (=Juncaginaceae) | ||
| Limnocharitaceae (=Alismataceae) | UR | |
| Lomandraceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Lowiaceae | GR | 16 |
| Luzuriagaceae (=Alstroemeriaceae) | UR | |
| Magnoliaceae | RH | 227 |
| Marantaceae | R | 537 |
| Mayacaceae | R | 5 |
| Melanophyllaceae (=Torricelliaceae) | ||
| Melanthiaceae | UR | 173 |
| Musaceae | R | 71 |
| Myrtaceae | RH | 5674 |
| Najadaceae (=Hydrocharitaceae) | ||
| Nartheciaceae | RH | 34 |
| Nolinaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Nothofagaceae | RH | 36 |
| Nyssaceae (=Cornaceae) | ||
| Oleaceae | R | 681 |
| Orchidaceae | R | 26049 |
| Palmae (=Arecaceae) | ||
| Pandaceae | RH | 18 |
| Pandanaceae | UR | 1102 |
| Peraceae | RH | 113 |
| Petermanniaceae | 1 | |
| Petrosaviaceae | R | 4 |
| Philesiaceae | UR | 4 |
| Philydraceae | GR | 6 |
| Phormiaceae (=Xanthorrhoeaceae) | ||
| Phyllanthaceae | RH | 2100 |
| Physenaceae (provided by iPlants) | R | 2 |
| Picrodendraceae | RH | 94 |
| Poaceae (see Grasses List) | 10986 | |
| Pontederiaceae | GR | 33 |
| Posidoniaceae | UR | 9 |
| Potamogetonaceae (incomplete) | NR | 113 |
| Prioniaceae (=Thurniaceae) | ||
| Putranjivaceae | RH | 215 |
| Rapateaceae | R | 95 |
| Restionaceae | R | 461 |
| Rhipogonaceae | UR | 6 |
| Rubiaceae | R | 13443 |
| Ruppiaceae | UR | 7 |
| Ruscaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Sapotaceae | RH | 1269 |
| Sarcolaenaceae (provided by iPlants) | R | 62 |
| Scheuchzeriaceae | UR | 1 |
| Schlegeliaceae (provided by iPlants) | R | 43 |
| Smilacaceae | UR | 274 |
| Sparganiaceae (=Typhaceae) | ||
| Sphaerosepalaceae (provided by iPlants) | R | 20 |
| Stemonaceae | UR | 29 |
| Stilbaceae | GR | 28 |
| Strelitziaceae | GR | 7 |
| Taccaceae (=Dioscoreaceae) | ||
| Tecophilaeaceae | UR | 25 |
| Tetrachondraceae | GR | 2 |
| Theligonaceae (=Rubiaceae) | ||
| Themidaceae (=Asparagaceae) | ||
| Thurniaceae | NR | 4 |
| Trichopodaceae (=Dioscoreaceae) | ||
| Thismiaceae (=Burmanniaceae) | ||
| Ticodendraceae | RH | 1 |
| Tofieldiaceae | UR | 22 |
| Trilliaceae (=Melanthiaceae) | ||
| Triuridaceae | R | 54 |
| Typhaceae | GR | 51 |
| Velloziaceae | UR | 293 |
| Verbenaceae | R | 1007 |
| Welwitschiaceae | LR | 1 |
| Xanthorrhoeaceae | R | 1126 |
| Xeronemataceae | UR | 2 |
| Xyridaceae | R | 380 |
| Zannichelliaceae (=Potamogetonaceae) | ||
| Zingiberaceae | R | 1543 |
| Zosteraceae | UR | 22 |
Table last updated 1st January 2009.
