World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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This Checklist gives information on the accepted scientific names and synonyms of selected plant families. It allows you to search for all the scientific names of a particular plant, or the areas of the world in which it grows (distribution).

The checklist includes 151 Seed Plant families (View list of included families or reviewers). Different families are in different stages of review as indicated in the family list.

Search for a family, genus, or genus plus species e.g. Amalia acuminata

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(enter family names in full and use the wildcard character (*) for partial matches on genus and species.)

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The currency of science is citation so if you find this website useful and use it for your publications, please cite us. For more information about the checklist please contact Rafaël Govaerts.

World Checklist