Plant Taxonomy

Plants by Picture

This taxonomy is based on the ITIS Hierarchical Report, which is managed by government agencies in the US, Canada, and Mexico, with input from other sources.

Division: Bryophyta (hornworts, mosses, non-vascular land plants)

Class: Bryopsida

Subclass: Bryidae

Order: Hypnales

Family: Hypnaceae

Division: Tracheophyta (vascular plants)

Subdivision: Polypodiophytina (ferns - vascular plants without seeds or flowers)

Class: Polypodiopsida (ferns whose sporangia arise from a single epidermal cell)

Subclass: Polypodiidae

Order: Polypodiales
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Family: Thelypteridaceae (marsh ferns)
Order: Schizaeales
Family: Lygodiaceae (climbing ferns)

Subdivision: Spermatophytina

Class: Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)

Superorder: Asteranae

Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Family: Araliaceae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Family: Campanulaceae
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Family: Rubiaceae
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Family: Lamiaceae
Family: Oleaceae
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family: Verbenaceae
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Family: Convolvulaceae

Superorder: Buxanae

Order: Buxales
Family: Buxaceae

Superorder: Caryophyllanae

Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Family: Polygonaceae
Family: Portulacaceae

Superorder: Lilianae

Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Family: Asparagaceae
Family: Asphodelaceae
Family: Iridaceae
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae

Superorder: Ranunculanae

Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Family: Ranunculaceae

Superorder: Rosanae

Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
  • Acephala Group
  • Botrytis Group
  • Capitata Group
  • Gemmifera Group
  • Gongylodes Group
  • Italica Group
Family: Caricaceae
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Family: Juglandaceae
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Family: Violaceae
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Order: Myrtales
Family: Lythraceae
Family: Onagraceae – evening primroses
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Order: Rosales
Family: Cannabaceae
Family: Moraceae
Family: Rosaceae
Family: Ulmaceae
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Family: Sapindaceae
Order: Vitales
Family: Vitaceae

Superorder: Saxifraganae

Order: Saxifragales
Family: Hamamelidaceae

Class: Pinopsida

Subclass: Pinidae

Order: Pinales
Family: Podocarpaceae