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Specimens in the families listed below have been catalogued for this project. Click on a family name to see a list of names of genera and species in the family. Click on a genus or species name to see a list of detailed specimen records.

Clicking on a family name below initiates a search of the database that generates the list of taxa dynamically. This will take some time for those families with many records (i.e., hundreds or thousands). In general, the search time in seconds can be estimated by dividing the number of records in a family by ten. For example, generating a checklist of the Malpighiaceae, a family with 3542 records in the catalog, will take approximately 354 seconds (3544 / 10), or about 6 minutes.

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Family
Number of
Records
Acanthaceae
2491
Aceraceae
139
Achatocarpaceae
36
Actinidiaceae
143
Adiantaceae
911
Agavaceae
360
Aizoaceae
137
Alangiaceae
6
Alismataceae
241
Aloeaceae
22
Amaranthaceae
1902
Amborellaceae
1
Anacardiaceae
1479
Ancistrocladaceae
1
Annonaceae
2841
Apiaceae
1608
Apocynaceae
3090
Aponogetonaceae
3
Aquifoliaceae
763
Araceae
2298
Araliaceae
1192
Araucariaceae
101
Arecaceae
3009
Aristolochiaceae
334
Asclepiadaceae
1773
Aspleniaceae
948
Asteraceae
24152
Athyriaceae
9
Austrobaileyaceae
3
Azollaceae
10
Balanopaceae
4
Balanophoraceae
44
Balsaminaceae
105
Basellaceae
65
Bataceae
6
Begoniaceae
650
Berberidaceae
346
Betulaceae
358
Bignoniaceae
3303
Bixaceae
114
Blechnaceae
7
Bombacaceae
761
Boraginaceae
3070
Brassicaceae
11287
Bretschneideraceae
1
Bromeliaceae
2431
Brunelliaceae
22
Bruniaceae
4
Buddlejaceae
205
Burmanniaceae
155
Burseraceae
1582
Butomaceae
5
Buxaceae
72
Cabombaceae
17
Cactaceae
1966
Caesalpiniaceae
7449
Callitrichaceae
196
Calycanthaceae
11
Calyceraceae
14
Campanulaceae
1139
Canellaceae
39
Cannabaceae
9
Cannaceae
71
Capparaceae
1498
Caprifoliaceae
616
Caricaceae
173
Caryocaraceae
135
Caryophyllaceae
3463
Casuarinaceae
75
Cecropiaceae
618
Celastraceae
775
Centrolepidaceae
1
Cephalotaceae
1
Cephalotaxaceae
29
Ceratophyllaceae
40
Cercidiphyllaceae
2
Chenopodiaceae
3816
Chloranthaceae
88
Chrysobalanaceae
2164
Cistaceae
92
Clethraceae
193
Clusiaceae
3092
Columelliaceae
4
Combretaceae
828
Commelinaceae
723
Connaraceae
392
Convolvulaceae
2451
Coriariaceae
5
Cornaceae
119
Corynocarpaceae
3
Costaceae
331
Crassulaceae
443
Crossosomataceae
144
Crypteroniaceae
4
Cucurbitaceae
1437
Cunoniaceae
311
Cupressaceae
5673
Cuscutaceae
405
Cyanastraceae
1
Cyatheaceae
2
Cycadaceae
189
Cyclanthaceae
267
Cymodoceaceae
10
Cyperaceae
9260
Cyrillaceae
31
Daphniphyllaceae
16
Datiscaceae
4
Degeneriaceae
1
Dennstaedtiaceae
229
Dialypetalanthaceae
5
Diapensiaceae
8
Dichapetalaceae
203
Didiereaceae
3
Didymelaceae
1
Dilleniaceae
547
Dioscoreaceae
696
Dipsacaceae
20
Dipterocarpaceae
113
Droseraceae
68
Dryopteridaceae
3
Ebenaceae
433
Elaeagnaceae
182
Elaeocarpaceae
533
Elatinaceae
64
Empetraceae
5
Epacridaceae
86
Ephedraceae
1076
Equisetaceae
70
Eremolepidaceae
18
Ericaceae
18155
Eriocaulaceae
1739
Erythroxylaceae
1033
Eucommiaceae
3
Eucryphiaceae
3
Euphorbiaceae
9429
Eupomatiaceae
1
Eupteleaceae
2
Fabaceae
24064
Fagaceae
941
Flacourtiaceae
2050
Flagellariaceae
14
Fouquieriaceae
12
Frankeniaceae
14
Fumariaceae
225
Garryaceae
17
Gentianaceae
2536
Geraniaceae
217
Gesneriaceae
1310
Ginkgoaceae
40
Gleicheniaceae
3
Globulariaceae
1
Gnetaceae
41
Gomortegaceae
1
Goodeniaceae
59
Grammitidaceae
1
Greyiaceae
4
Grossulariaceae
1360
Gunneraceae
23
Haemodoraceae
61
Haloragaceae
73
Hamamelidaceae
112
Hanguanaceae
1
Heliconiaceae
402
Hernandiaceae
113
Hippocastanaceae
25
Hippocrateaceae
643
Hippuridaceae
1
Hugoniaceae
23
Humiriaceae
330
Hydrangeaceae
123
Hydrocharitaceae
55
Hydrophyllaceae
426
Hymenophyllaceae
1
Icacinaceae
412
Idiospermaceae
3
Illiciaceae
25
Iridaceae
720
Irvingiaceae
5
Isoetaceae
65
Ixonanthaceae
6
Joinvilleaceae
41
Juglandaceae
84
Julianiaceae
6
Juncaceae
530
Juncaginaceae
15
Kirkiaceae
1
Krameriaceae
91
Lacistemataceae
177
Family
Number of
Records
Lamiaceae
3450
Lardizabalaceae
16
Lauraceae
4344
Lecythidaceae
3961
Leeaceae
30
Leitneriaceae
38
Lemnaceae
74
Lennoaceae
20
Lentibulariaceae
362
Liliaceae
1692
Limnanthaceae
21
Limnocharitaceae
38
Linaceae
113
Lissocarpaceae
5
Loasaceae
1481
Loganiaceae
988
Lomariopsidaceae
1
Loranthaceae
852
Lycopodiaceae
503
Lythraceae
1393
Magnoliaceae
171
Malesherbiaceae
14
Malpighiaceae
3542
Malvaceae
4380
Marantaceae
965
Marattiaceae
100
Marcgraviaceae
258
Marsileaceae
1
Mayacaceae
49
Melastomataceae
9966
Meliaceae
1970
Melianthaceae
4
Mendonciaceae
149
Menispermaceae
1051
Menyanthaceae
33
Mimosaceae
8495
Misodendraceae
1
Molluginaceae
76
Monimiaceae
719
Monotropaceae
42
Moraceae
2462
Moringaceae
11
Musaceae
67
Myoporaceae
44
Myricaceae
67
Myristicaceae
611
Myrsinaceae
1490
Myrtaceae
7405
Najadaceae
25
Nelumbonaceae
3
Nepenthaceae
15
Nolanaceae
4
Nyctaginaceae
2246
Nymphaeaceae
121
Nyssaceae
22
Ochnaceae
621
Olacaceae
577
Oleaceae
429
Onagraceae
1256
Ophioglossaceae
40
Opiliaceae
35
Orchidaceae
11248
Orobanchaceae
28
Osmundaceae
47
Oxalidaceae
682
Paeoniaceae
78
Pandaceae
2
Pandanaceae
209
Papaveraceae
462
Parnassiaceae
38
Passifloraceae
756
Pedaliaceae
30
Penaeaceae
2
Pentaphragmataceae
6
Pentaphylacaceae
7
Phytolaccaceae
420
Picramniaceae
298
Pinaceae
6765
Piperaceae
7605
Pittosporaceae
70
Plagiogyriaceae
18
Plantaginaceae
217
Platanaceae
17
Plumbaginaceae
83
Poaceae
12474
Podocarpaceae
390
Podostemaceae
82
Polemoniaceae
473
Polygalaceae
1495
Polygonaceae
10563
Polypodiaceae
895
Pontederiaceae
163
Portulacaceae
1255
Potamogetonaceae
134
Primulaceae
884
Proteaceae
742
Psilotaceae
19
Pteridophyte
9887
Punicaceae
9
Pyrolaceae
232
Quiinaceae
133
Rafflesiaceae
39
Ranunculaceae
4726
Rapateaceae
224
Resedaceae
31
Restionaceae
101
Rhabdodendraceae
10
Rhamnaceae
900
Rhizophoraceae
119
Rosaceae
2725
Rubiaceae
13935
Ruppiaceae
9
Rutaceae
2767
Sabiaceae
110
Saccifoliaceae
2
Salicaceae
2154
Salvadoraceae
2
Santalaceae
229
Sapindaceae
3901
Sapotaceae
2668
Sarcolaenaceae
5
Sarraceniaceae
41
Saururaceae
59
Saxifragaceae
1325
Schisandraceae
33
Schizaeaceae
115
Scrophulariaceae
22364
Scytopetalaceae
3
Selaginellaceae
716
Simaroubaceae
309
Simmondsiaceae
2
Smilacaceae
555
Solanaceae
11962
Sonneratiaceae
8
Sparganiaceae
14
Sphaerosepalaceae
13
Stachyuraceae
4
Stackhousiaceae
3
Stangeriaceae
1
Staphyleaceae
46
Stemonaceae
4
Sterculiaceae
1589
Strelitziaceae
14
Stylidiaceae
5
Styracaceae
175
Surianaceae
5
Symplocaceae
511
Taccaceae
18
Tamaricaceae
135
Taxaceae
610
Tectariacae
7
Tectariaceae
1
Tepuianthaceae
8
Tetracentraceae
1
Tetrameristaceae
1
Theaceae
566
Theophrastaceae
200
Thurniaceae
7
Thymelaeaceae
353
Tiliaceae
794
Tovariaceae
1
Trapaceae
6
Tremandraceae
2
Trigoniaceae
218
Triuridaceae
38
Trochodendraceae
5
Tropaeolaceae
40
Turneraceae
451
Typhaceae
42
Ulmaceae
628
Urticaceae
1239
Valerianaceae
252
Velloziaceae
233
Verbenaceae
5727
Violaceae
1875
Viscaceae
757
Vitaceae
569
Vochysiaceae
793
Winteraceae
112
Xanthophyllaceae
45
Xanthorrhoeaceae
7
Xyridaceae
679
Zamiaceae
311
Zannichelliaceae
2
Zingiberaceae
439
Zosteraceae
9
Zygophyllaceae
307



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