FAMILY TREE

FAMILY TREE - Info
The following list (and this website) now endeavours to conform to the APGII taxonomic system of 2009. As such a great deal of rationalisation, re-assignment, abolishment and the invention of totally new families has occurred in comparison to previous systems, such as the Cronquist system. This has all become possible by recent advances in molecular taxonomy.
If you wish to browse the Families, rather than just see one of them, then instead of clicking on the individual Family links below (which will over-write this list), select 'Family Album' to put the Family Album selector in the Contents column on the left.
NOTE - Neither Mosses, Fir Clubmosses nor Liverworts appear in this list, which is for 'flowering' plants and Ferns only.

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LYCOPHYTES [Clubmosses & Quillworts]: Lycopodiaceae; Selaginellaceae; Isoetaceae
EUSPORANGIATE FERNS [Adder's-tongues & Moonworts]: Ophioglossaceae
CALOMOPHYTES [Horsetails]: Equisetaceae
LEPTOSPORANGIATE FERNS [True Ferns]: Osmundaceae; Hymenophyllaceae; Marsileaceae; Salviniaceae; Cyatheaceae; Dicksoniaceae; Dennstaedtiaceae; Pteridaceae; Aspleniaceae; Thelypteridaceae; Woodsiaceae; Blechnaceae; Onocleaceae; Dryopteridaceae; Davalliaceae; Polypodiaceae
GYMNOSPERMS [Conifers]: Pinaceae; Araucariaceae; Taxaceae; Cupressaceae
PRE-DICOTS [Primitive Angiosperms]: Nymphaeles; Cabombaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Piperales; Saururaceae; Aristolochiaceae; Laurales; Lauraceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Ranuculales; Papaveraceae; Berberidaceae; Ranunculaceae; Proteales; Platanaceae; Buxales; Buxaceae; Gunnerales; Gunneraceae; Saxifragales; Paeoniaceae; Grossulariaceae; Saxifragaceae; Crassulaceae; Haloragaceae; Vitales; Vitaceae; Fabales; Fabaceae; Polygalaceae; Rosales; Rosaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Rhamnaceae; Ulmaceae; Cannabaceae; Moraceae; Urticaceae; Fagales; Nothofagaceae; Fagaceae; Myricaceae; Juglandaceae; Betulaceae; Cucurbitales; Cucurbitaceae; Celastrales; Celastraceae; Parnassiaceae; Oxalidales; Oxalidaceae; Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae; Elatinaceae; Salicaceae; Violaceae; Linaceae; Hypericaceae; Geraniales; Geraniaceae; Myrtales; Lythraceae; Onagraceae; Myrtaceae; Crossomatales; Staphyleaceae; Sapindales; Anacardiaceae; Rutaceae; Simaroubaceae; Malvales; Malvaceae; Thymelaeaceae; Cistaceae; Brassicales; Tropaeolaceae; Limnanthaceae; Resedaceae; Cleomaceae; Brassicaceae; Santalales; Santalaceae; Caryophyllales; Frankeniaceae; Tamaricaceae; Plumbaginaceae; Polygonaceae; Droseraceae; Caryophyllaceae; Amaranthaceae; Aizoaceae; Phytolaccaceae; Nyctaginaceae; Montiaceae; Basellaceae; Portulacaceae; Conales; Cornaceae; Hydrangeaceae; Ericales; Balsaminaceae; Polemoniaceae; Primulaceae; Diapensiaceae; Sarraceniaceae; Clethraceae; Ericaceae; Garryales; Garryaceae; Gentianales; Rubiaceae; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; ??; Boraginaceae; Solanales; Convolvulaceae; Solanaceae; Lamiales; Oleaceae; Calceolariaceae; Gesneriaceae; Plantaginaceae; Hippuridaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Lamiaceae; Phrymaceae; Paulowniaceae; Orobanchaceae; Lentibulariaceae; Acanthaceae; Bignoniaceae; Verbenaceae; Aquifoliales; Aquifoliaceae; Asterales; Campanulaceae; Menyanthaceae; Asteraceae; Escalloniales; Escalloniaceae; Dipsacales; Adoxaceae; Caprifoliaceae; Valerianaceae; Dipsacaceae; Apiales; Griseliniaceae; Pittosporaceae; Araliaceae; Hydrocotylaceae; Apiaceae
MONOCOTS [Monocotyledons]: Aliamatales; Acoraceae; Araceae; Tofieldiaceae; Alismataceae; Butomaceae; Hydrocharitaceae; Scheuchzeriaceae; Aponogetonaceae; Juncaginaceae; Zosteraceae; Potamogetonaceae; Ruppiaceae; Dioscoreales; Nartheciaceae; Dioscoreaceae; Liliales; Melanthiaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Colchicaceae; Liliaceae; Asparagales; Orchidaceae; Iridaceae; Xanthorrhoeaceae; Alliaceae; Asparagaceae; Arecales; Arecaceae; Commelinales; Commelinaceae; Pontederiaceae; Poales; Typhaceae; Bromeliaceae; Eriocaulaceae; Juncaceae; Cyperaceae; Poaceae

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