The closest relatives to cyperaceae are juncaceae and thurniaceae d. The ranunculaceae is a large family, both locally and globally. The tomato lycopersicon esculentum, is also a plant of the nightshade family. Economic botany twentyfive economically important plant families b. Use the browse function to explore the taxonomic hierarchy embedded within the plant list. The number in square braces after the family name denotes the number of plants in the family. Species of the family generally have flowers that divide into four or five parts, usually with strong scents. How to compress a pdf file adobe acrobat dczelfstudies. The plants are distributed in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate zones of both the hemispheres. Known as catmint or catnip, nepeta is a truly gifted perennial that deserves a spot in any garden.
The mustard family brassicaceae or cruciferae belongs to the order brassicales and is readily distinguished from other flowering plant families by a. Right click on pdf icon to save target file to your computer. The dimorphic leaves and hypogynous followers of ranunculaceae trace the relationship with the family nymphaeaceae. A link to a photo album of members of the solanaceae can be seen a thomas elpels site below. These databases are continuously compiled by extension specialists with decades of experience. Ethnobotanical knowledge of apiaceae family in iran. The members of this family are well known as vegetables, culinary and medicinal plants. The geraniaceae is a family of herbaceous plants or small shrubs, sometimes with succulent stems the family is noted for its often palmately veined and lobed leaves, although some also have pinnately divided leaves the leaves all have pairs of stipules at their base the flowers may be regular and symmetrical or somewhat irregular. The only important point of distinction is the genus.
Note however, that some varieties have been bred to have multiple layers of petals. Images and descriptions of flowering plant families as treated by arthur cronquist select a family for information and photos. The leaves are simple, coriaceous, alternate or rarely opposite, usually entire, with or. Recently, the international panel of botanists who rule on these things decided that all plant families ought to have the same ending aceae, and be named after a plant typical of the family, so the family is now called apiaceae after the type plant, apium celery.
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Baskets, back pats, and hats are woven from the leaf. Ranunculaceae, or the buttercup family, is the largest family in the order, with 52 genera and around 1,500 species. This easytouse guide provides all the information necessary to identify the flowering plant families found in the wild or cultivated in northern temperate regions. The flowering plant family lauraceae, the laurels, includes the true laurel and its closest. There are many species and hybrids of cistus, but all need protection from cold winds and heavy frost. The drooping, clustered, yellow flowers are followed by red, scarlet, or yellow fruits, which hang from the many branches of one stem.
Fabaceae is the second largest family of medicinal plants, containing over 490 medicinal plant species, most of which have been used as traditional medicines. Plants of the geranium family if you have a geranium at home, stop and look at it. Weediness this plant may become weedy or invasive in some regions or habitats and may displace desirable vegetation if not properly managed. There is an alphabetical list of families, with the section and file where each is located, at the end of this page. Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens, along with seeds and plants. Called the nightshade family or the potato family, solanaceae has more than 90 genera and nearly 3,000 species distributed throughout the world.
Bennett encyclopedia of life support systemseolss the seed and is used to manufacture mats, brushes, twine and rope. The sapotaceae are trees or shrubs with milky sap comprising about 70 genera and 800 species that are often further characterized by the presence of reddishbrown hairs on the leaf undersides and other plant surfaces. Clicking on an individual family will produce a thumbnails display of all plants in that family. Field identification of the 50 most common plant families in. They are native in most countries of the world, especially in the tropics, where they are cultivated in every country, state, and province. The rutaceae are a family, commonly known as the rue or citrus family, of flowering plants, usually placed in the order sapindales. You can work down the taxonomic hierarchy from major group to find out which families belong to each, to. Cultural characteristics heavy feeders, need lots of n. Utah state university extension offers a variety of educational books and field guides. A list of all accepted names in arecaceae is available in csv format. List of botanical families in the database this page lists the botanical families of all the plants entered in the database. Until the page 352, available, free, on pdf files in gallica. Click on each group or family below for the pdf file. It is a north american native felter and lloyd 261 which likes to grow in rich, moist woods harding 352.
The regular, bisexual flowers have 5 separate sepals and 5 separate petals with 5, 10 or 15 stamens. They range in form and size from herbs to shrubs and large trees. Plants with 1 or more pairs opposite or whorls of involucral bracts, these leaflike or calyxlike. Coconut leaves are split longitudinally for roof thatch. Extremely attractive, its billowing foliage is topped with flower spikes in shades of white, blue, purple or even yellow. Families, students, nature enthusiasts, and professional botanists who regularly. Keys and descriptions for 286 families are accompanied by a fully illustrated discussion of floral structure and terminology. The plant list contains a working list of plants of the world. Plants of the buckwheat family the buckwheat family is as familiar as rhubarb or sorrel. Vegetable plantvegetable plant families and page f their. In this perspective, most of the genera of the plant family brassicaceae crucifereae or the mustard family are significant parts of the plants and associated microbesbased strategies adopted for the cleanup of varied contaminants from environmental compartments.
Note however, that some varieties have been bred to have multiple layers of. This classification relies heavily on characters of fruit morphology and anatomy, many of which are subject to convergent evolution e. The family can be linked with rosaceae on account of free and numerous stamens and carpels. Plants of this family have many medicinal and nutritional benefits. A tiny piece is enough to kill a human, contains large amounts of cicutoxin conium maculatum hemlock, also extremely deadly and is said to be the plant that killed socrates heracleum mantegazzianum. Getting to know plant families, rutaceae phebalium squamulosum harold reid reserve, middle cove, sydney another significant plant family in australia and around sydney is rutaceae. Fabaceae, pea family of flowering plants angiosperms, within the order fabales. Usda nrcs national plant data center alternate names riverlocust, false indigo, indigobush amorpha, indigobush uses ethnobotanic.
Plant files begonia species begonia masoniana iron cross was a big surprise success outdoors as a. The species included are grouped into 16167 genera, 620 families and 4 major groups. The cucurbitaceae family commonly known as the gourd family is an excellent example of a plant family with many economically useful species. File sizes are mostly in the range of 50250 kb jpeg. Species of polygonaceae contained within the plant list belong to 56 plant genera.
Rutaceae medicinal plants medicinal plants archive. Resinous pustules on the plant contain amorpha, a contact and stomachic insecticide that also acts as an insect repellant huxley 1992. The plant list includes 7,321 scientific plant names of species rank for the family arecaceae. Please consult with your local nrcs field office, cooperative. There are 31 species of medicinal plants belonging to 20 genera in the family fabaceae that have been described in the chinese pharmacopoeia chinese pharmacopoeia commission, 2005, as. The following dichotomous key reflects the traditional classification of the genera of the apiaceae into subfamilies, tribes, and subtribes. Many wellknown and economically important plant taxa such as bananas, cocoa, coffee, and yam are of tropical origin.
The plant list includes 5,109 scientific plant names of species rank for the family polygonaceae. Phylogenomics of the major tropical plant family annonaceae. Palmae is a monocotyledonous plant family containing species of tropical climbers, shrubs and trees commonly known as palm trees or simply palms figs. Solanaceae are known for possessing a diverse range of alkaloids. Its members are characterized by flowers with five petals, sepals, and stamens and typically bear alternate leaves. None of todays species were around 100 million years ago, but the buttercups and other primitive groups like the magnolias have retained the most ancestral characteristics over time. Botany 115 economic plant families palomar college. The plant list a working list for all plant species.
Plants add organic matter to soil via fibrous roots. The largest genera are ranunculus 600 species, delphinium 365, thalictrum 330, clematis 325, and aconitum 300. Species of arecaceae contained within the plant list belong to 187 plant genera. Plants of the buttercup family the buttercup family is like a window back in time. A number of these plants, notably members of the genus citrus, are important food. The foliage may be coated with a perfumed resin cistus ladanifer or covered with gray wool. The family consists of 45 genera and 700 species according to pax and hoffman. Read this summary of the major world food crop plant families and the value of knowing what family plants are in, the organic way acrobat pdf. Field identification of the 50 most common plant families. The buckwheats have simple, toothless leaves and often swollen joints, or nodes, on the stems, plus lots of small flowers in clusters or spikes. The plants of the family are collectively known as cucurbits. Tomato, eggplant, bell pepper, chili pepper, tobacco, and potato. The number in square braces after the family name denotes the number of plants in. Zingiberaceae family is an important natural resource that provides many useful products for food, spices, medicines, dyes, perfume and aesthetics.
Most species in the family are herbs, some are aquatic, and a few are low shrubs or vines clematis. If you grow either of these plants in your garden, then be sure to look at the flowers and seeds. Getting to know plant families, rutaceae photographs. Desert false indigo also contains some indigo pigment that. Wikimedia commons has media related to plantae by family this category should contain only articles about the families of plants, when the articles are at the scientific name, or redirects from the scientific name in the case of monotypic taxa or articles at the english name. Apiaceae umbelliferae family is one of the biggest plant families on the earth. Ranunculaceae in ornamental plants from russia and. Fabaceae, which is the third largest family among the angiosperms after. Globally, it consists of around 1,800 species in about 50 genera.
Contribute to daves garden add a new plant to the list. Plant families of the tropics, 20182019 prospectus universiteit. Seeds the seed capsule in this family is behind the petals inferior. The family cucurbitaceae includes a large group of crops like cucumbers, and melon which are medicinally essential. The members of this family are well known as vegetables, culinary and. To reduce the size of your pdf file, open the optimize pdf tool.
The portable document format pdf is a file format developed by adobe in the 1990s to. Montana field guide contains a wealth of information about montanas diverse species. Identification of medicinal plants in the family fabaceae. The rue family rutaceae comprises more than 2,000 species across 160 genera, most of which are woody shrubs and trees.
It is a distinct family without any close relatives. Rutaceae tue, 28 nov 2017 medicinal plants l in lagos an agbo infusion is made of the fruit and leaves and sometimes the bark of a. The solanaceae is a large varied family of trees, shrubs and herbs including 90 genera and more than 2000 species. The plant is generally multibranched and has hairy, strongly odiferous, feathery leaves. A list of all accepted names in polygonaceae is available in csv format. The crassulaceae list by marco cristini this list is almost completely based upon egglis illustrated handbook of succulent plants. Oct 30, 2005 images and descriptions of flowering plant families as treated by arthur cronquist select a family for information and photos. Field identification of the 50 most common plant families in temperate regions pdf sci.
Cistus are evergreen shrubs with profuse, 5petalled, bowlshaped, papery flowers in shades of white, pink or purple, each lasting a single day, over a long period in summer. This family possesses a range of compounds that have many biological activities. Aralia nudicaulis is a common understory plant mcdonald in the araliaceae family whose range stretches across most of the northern united states and canada usda, nrcs. The purpleblue varieties are often used as a substitute for lavender plants, where lavender is not particularly hardy. The flowers are generally showy and fragrant, and many species have attractive aromatic foliage. Six plant families of economic importance david bogler. Plant species of ellicott slough national wildlife refuge maple family aceraceae bigleaf maple acer macrophyllum n adoxaceae blue elderberry sambucus mexicana n seafig family aizoaceae ice plant carpobrotus edulis new zealand spinach tetragonia expansa water plantain family alismataceae. Latin ranunculus little frog, from rana frog is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, distributed worldwide.
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