Plant Families


Some of the families description

  1. Acanthaceae - Large family of tropical herbal, shrubs, twines and epiphytes (plants growing on another plant)
  2. Apocynaceae - Trees, shrubs, herbs, and lianas commonly called dogbane family
  3. Arecaceae - Palms
  4. Asteraceae - Aster, daisy, or sunflower
  5. Bignonaceae - Bigonias
  6. Combretaceae - Large family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales
  7. Convolvulaceae -Bindweed, Morning glory
  8. Costaceae - In the order of Zingiberales like banana, bird of paradise, edible ginger
  9. Cyperaceae - Sedges
  10. Dilleniaceae - Dillenia and Hibbertia, shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems
  11. Euphorbiaceae - Spurge
  12. Fabaceae - Legumes, beans or peas
  13. Heliconiaceae - Heliconias
  14. Lamiaceae - Mint or deadnettle
  15. Malvaceae - Mallows
  16. Melastromataceae - Melastromes
  17. Myrtaceae - Myrtles
  18. Oleandraceae - Ferns
  19. Oxalidaceae - Wood sorrels
  20. Poaceae - True grass
  21. Rubiaceae - Coffee, Madder, or Bedstraws
  22. Verbenaceae - Vervina or Vervain families
  23. Zingiberaceae - Gingers