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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

This is a list of the 462 accepted seed plant (spermatophytes) families according to System APG II as they were classified in March 2009, followed by the order where they belong.

Families of seed plants

Table of contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Acanthaceae = Lamiales Achariaceae = Malpighiales Achatocarpaceae = Caryophyllales Acoraceae = Acorales Actinidiaceae = Ericales Adoxaceae = Dipsacales Aextoxicaceae = Berberidopsidales Agapanthaceae = Asparagales Agavaceae = Asparagales Aizoaceae = Caryophyllales Akaniaceae = Brassicales Alismataceae = Alismatales Alliaceae = Asparagales Alseuosmiaceae = Asterales Alstroemeriaceae = Liliales Altingiaceae = Saxifragales Alzateaceae = Myrtales Amaranthaceae = Caryophyllales Amaryllidaceae = Asparagales Amborellaceae = Amborellales Anacardiaceae = Sapindales Anarthriaceae = Poales Ancistrocladaceae = Caryophyllales Anisophylleaceae = Cucurbitales Annonaceae = Magnoliales Aphanopetalaceae = Saxifragales Aphloiaceae = Crossosomatales Aphyllanthaceae = Asparagales Apiaceae = Apiales Apocynaceae = Gentianales Apodanthaceae = Cucurbitales Aponogetonaceae = Alismatales Aquifoliaceae = Aquifoliales Araceae = Alismatales Araliaceae = Apiales Araucariaceae = Pinales Arecaceae = Arecales Argophyllaceae = Asterales Aristolochiaceae = Piperales Asparagaceae = Asparagales Asphodelaceae = Asparagales Asteliaceae = Asparagales Asteraceae = Asterales Asteropeiaceae = Caryophyllales Atherospermataceae = Laurales Austrobaileyaceae = Austrobaileyales B Balanopaceae = Malpighiales Balanophoraceae = Santalales Balsaminaceae = Ericales Barbeuiaceae = Caryophyllales Barbeyaceae = Rosales Basellaceae = Caryophyllales Bataceae = Brassicales Begoniaceae = Cucurbitales Berberidaceae = Ranunculales Berberidopsidaceae = Berberidopsidales Betulaceae = Fagales Biebersteiniaceae = Sapindales Bignoniaceae = Lamiales Bixaceae = Malvales Blandfordiaceae = Asparagales Bonnetiaceae = Malpighiales Boraginaceae = unplaced euasterid I Boryaceae = Asparagales Brassicaceae = Brassicales Bromeliaceae = Poales Brunelliaceae = Oxalidales Bruniaceae = Bruniales Burmanniaceae = Dioscoreales Burseraceae = Sapindales Butomaceae = Alismatales Buxaceae = Buxales Byblidaceae = Lamiales C Cabombaceae = Nymphaeales Cactaceae = Caryophyllales Calceolariaceae = Lamiales Calophyllaceae = Malpighiales Calycanthaceae = Laurales Calyceraceae = Asterales Campanulaceae = Asterales Campynemataceae = Liliales Canellaceae = Canellales Cannabaceae = Rosales Cannaceae = Zingiberales Capparaceae = Brassicales Caprifoliaceae = Dipsacales Cardiopteridaceae = Aquifoliales Caricaceae = Brassicales Carlemanniaceae = Lamiales Caryocaraceae = Malpighiales Caryophyllaceae = Caryophyllales Casuarinaceae = Fagales Celastraceae = Celastrales Centrolepidaceae = Poales Centroplacaceae = Malpighiales Cephalotaceae = Oxalidales Ceratophyllaceae = Ceratophyllales Cercidiphyllaceae = Saxifragales Chloranthaceae = Chloranthales Chrysobalanaceae = Malpighiales Circaeasteraceae = Ranunculales Cistaceae = Malvales Cleomaceae = Brassicales Clethraceae = Ericales Clusiaceae = Malpighiales Colchicaceae = Liliales Columelliaceae = Bruniales Combretaceae = Myrtales Commelinaceae = Commelinales Connaraceae = Oxalidales Convolvulaceae = Solanales Coriariaceae = Cucurbitales Cornaceae = Cornales Corsiaceae = Liliales Corynocarpaceae = Cucurbitales Costaceae = Zingiberales Crassulaceae = Saxifragales Crossosomataceae = Crossosomatales Crypteroniaceae = Myrtales Ctenolophonaceae = Malpighiales Cucurbitaceae = Cucurbitales Cunoniaceae = Oxalidales Cupressaceae = Pinales Curtisiaceae = Cornales Cycadaceae = Cycadales Cyclanthaceae = Pandanales Cymodoceaceae = Alismatales Cynomoriaceae = Saxifragales Cyperaceae = Poales Cyrillaceae = Ericales Cytinaceae = Malvales D Daphniphyllaceae = Saxifragales Dasypogonaceae = unplaced Commelinid Datiscaceae = Cucurbitales Degeneriaceae = Magnoliales Diapensiaceae = Ericales Dichapetalaceae = Malpighiales Didiereaceae = Caryophyllales Didymelaceae = Buxales Diervillaceae = Dipsacales Dilleniaceae = Dilleniales Dioncophyllaceae = Caryophyllales Dioscoreaceae = Dioscoreales Dipentodontaceae = Huerteales Dipsacaceae = Dipsacales Dipterocarpaceae = Malvales Dirachmaceae = Rosales Doryanthaceae = Asparagales Droseraceae = Caryophyllales Drosophyllaceae = Caryophyllales E Ebenaceae = Ericales Ecdeiocoleaceae = Poales Elaeagnaceae = Rosales Elaeocarpaceae = Oxalidales Elatinaceae = Malpighiales Emblingiaceae = Brassicales Ephedraceae = Gnetales Ericaceae = Ericales Eriocaulaceae = Poales Erythropalaceae = Santalales Erythroxylaceae = Malpighiales Escalloniaceae = Escalloniales Eucommiaceae = Garryales Euphorbiaceae = Malpighiales Euphroniaceae = Malpighiales Eupomatiaceae = Magnoliales Eupteleaceae = Ranunculales F Fabaceae = Fabales Fagaceae = Fagales Flagellariaceae = Poales Fouquieriaceae = Ericales Francoaceae = Geraniales Frankeniaceae = Caryophyllales G Garryaceae = Garryales Geissolomataceae = Crossosomatales Gelsemiaceae = Gentianales Gentianaceae = Gentianales Geraniaceae = Geraniales Gerrardinaceae = Huerteales Gesneriaceae = Lamiales Ginkgoaceae = Ginkgoales Gnetaceae = Gnetales Gomortegaceae = Laurales Goodeniaceae = Asterales Goupiaceae = Malpighiales Griseliniaceae = Apiales Grossulariaceae = Saxifragales Grubbiaceae = Cornales Guamatelaceae = Crossosomatales Gunneraceae = Gunnerales Gyrostemonaceae = Brassicales H Haemodoraceae = Commelinales Halophytaceae = Caryophyllales Haloragaceae = Saxifragales Hamamelidaceae = Saxifragales Hanguanaceae = Commelinales Haptanthaceae = Buxales Heliconiaceae = Zingiberales Helwingiaceae = Aquifoliales Hemerocallidaceae = Asparagales Hernandiaceae = Laurales Himantandraceae = Magnoliales Huaceae = Oxalidales Humiriaceae = Malpighiales Hyacinthaceae = Asparagales Hydatellaceae = Poales Hydnoraceae = Piperales Hydrangeaceae = Cornales Hydrocharitaceae = Alismatales Hydroleaceae = Solanales Hydrostachyaceae = Cornales Hypericaceae = Malpighiales Hypoxidaceae = Asparagales I Icacinaceae = Near Garryales Illiciaceae = Austrobaileyales Iridaceae = Asparagales Irvingiaceae = Malpighiales Iteaceae = Saxifragales Ixerbaceae = Crossosomatales Ixioliriaceae = Asparagales Ixonanthaceae = Malpighiales J Joinvilleaceae = Poales Juglandaceae = Fagales Juncaceae = Poales Juncaginaceae = Alismatales K Kirkiaceae = Sapindales Koeberliniaceae = Brassicales Krameriaceae = Zygophyllales L Lacistemataceae = Malpighiales Lamiaceae = Lamiales Lanariaceae = Asparagales Lardizabalaceae = Ranunculales Lauraceae = Laurales Laxmanniaceae = Asparagales Lecythidaceae = Ericales Ledocarpaceae = Geraniales Lentibulariaceae = Lamiales Lepidobotryaceae = Celastrales Liliaceae = Liliales Limeaceae = Caryophyllales Limnanthaceae = Brassicales Limnocharitaceae = Alismatales Linaceae = Malpighiales Linderniaceae = Lamiales Linnaeaceae = Dipsacales Loasaceae = Cornales Loganiaceae = Gentianales Lophiocarpaceae = Caryophyllales Lophopyxidaceae = Malpighiales Loranthaceae = Santalales Lowiaceae = Zingiberales Luzuriagaceae = Liliales Lythraceae = Myrtales M Maesaceae = Ericales Magnoliaceae = Magnoliales Malesherbiaceae = Malpighiales Malpighiaceae = Malpighiales Malvaceae = Malvales Marantaceae = Zingiberales Marcgraviaceae = Ericales Martyniaceae = Lamiales Mayacaceae = Poales Medusagynaceae = Malpighiales Melanthiaceae = Liliales Melastomataceae = Myrtales Meliaceae = Sapindales Melianthaceae = Geraniales Menispermaceae = Ranunculales Menyanthaceae = Asterales Metteniusaceae = Near Garryales Misodendraceae = Santalales Mitrastemonaceae = Ericales Molluginaceae = Caryophyllales Monimiaceae = Laurales Montiaceae = Caryophyllales Montiniaceae = Solanales Moraceae = Rosales Morinaceae = Dipsacales Moringaceae = Brassicales Muntingiaceae = Malvales Musaceae = Zingiberales Myodocarpaceae = Apiales Myricaceae = Fagales Myristicaceae = Magnoliales Myrothamnaceae = Gunnerales Myrsinaceae = Ericales Myrtaceae = Myrtales N Nartheciaceae = Dioscoreales Nelumbonaceae = Proteales Nepenthaceae = Caryophyllales Neuradaceae = Malvales Nitrariaceae = Sapindales Nothofagaceae = Fagales Nyctaginaceae = Caryophyllales Nymphaeaceae = Nymphaeales Nyssaceae = Cornales O Ochnaceae = Malpighiales Olacaceae = Santalales Oleaceae = Lamiales Oliniaceae = Myrtales Onagraceae = Myrtales Oncothecaceae = Near Garryales, euasterid I Opiliaceae = Santalales Orchidaceae = Asparagales Orobanchaceae = Lamiales Oxalidaceae = Oxalidales P Paeoniaceae = Saxifragales Pandaceae = Malpighiales Pandanaceae = Pandanales Papaveraceae = Ranunculales Paracryphiaceae = Paracryphiales Parnassiaceae = Celastrales Passifloraceae = Malpighiales Paulowniaceae = Lamiales Pedaliaceae = Lamiales Penaeaceae = Myrtales Pennantiaceae = Apiales Pentadiplandraceae = Brassicales Pentaphragmataceae = Asterales Pentaphylacaceae = Ericales Penthoraceae = Saxifragales Peraceae = Malpighiales Peridiscaceae = Saxifragales Petermanniaceae = Liliales Petrosaviaceae = Petrosaviales Phellinaceae = Asterales Philesiaceae = Liliales Philydraceae = Commelinales Phrymaceae = Lamiales Phyllanthaceae = Malpighiales Phyllonomaceae = Aquifoliales Physenaceae = Caryophyllales Phytolaccaceae = Caryophyllales Picramniaceae = Picramniales Picrodendraceae = Malpighiales Pinaceae = Pinales Piperaceae = Piperales Pittosporaceae = Apiales Plantaginaceae = Lamiales Platanaceae = Proteales Plocospermataceae = Lamiales Plumbaginaceae = Caryophyllales Poaceae = Poales Podocarpaceae = Pinales Podostemaceae = Malpighiales Polemoniaceae = Ericales Polygalaceae = Fabales Polygonaceae = Caryophyllales Pontederiaceae = Commelinales Portulacaceae = Caryophyllales Posidoniaceae = Alismatales Potamogetonaceae = Alismatales Pottingeriaceae = Celastrales Primulaceae = Ericales Proteaceae = Proteales Pterostemonaceae = Saxifragales Putranjivaceae = Malpighiales Q Quiinaceae = Malpighiales Quillajaceae = Fabales R Rafflesiaceae = Malpighiales Ranunculaceae = Ranunculales Rapateaceae = Poales Resedaceae = Brassicales Restionaceae = Poales Rhabdodendraceae = Caryophyllales Rhamnaceae = Rosales Rhipogonaceae = Liliales Rhizophoraceae = Malpighiales Rhoipteleaceae = Fagales Rhynchocalycaceae = Myrtales Roridulaceae = Ericales Rosaceae = Rosales Rousseaceae = Asterales Rubiaceae = Gentianales Ruppiaceae = Alismatales Ruscaceae = Asparagales Rutaceae = Sapindales S Sabiaceae = Sabiales Salicaceae = Malpighiales Salvadoraceae = Brassicales Santalaceae = Santalales Sapindaceae = Sapindales Sapotaceae = Ericales Sarcobataceae = Caryophyllales Sarcolaenaceae = Malvales Sarraceniaceae = Ericales Saururaceae = Piperales Saxifragaceae = Saxifragales Scheuchzeriaceae = Alismatales Schlegeliaceae = Lamiales Schoepfiaceae = Santalales Sciadopityaceae = Pinales Scrophulariaceae = Lamiales Setchellanthaceae = Brassicales Simaroubaceae = Sapindales Simmondsiaceae = Caryophyllales Siparunaceae = Laurales Sladeniaceae = Ericales Smilacaceae = Liliales Solanaceae = Solanales Sphaerosepalaceae = Malvales Sphenocleaceae = Solanales Stachyuraceae = Crossosomatales Staphyleaceae = Crossosomatales Stegnospermataceae = Caryophyllales Stemonaceae = Pandanales Stemonuraceae = Aquifoliales Stilbaceae = Lamiales Stixaceae = near Resedaceae, Brassicales Strasburgeriaceae = Crossosomatales Strelitziaceae = Zingiberales Stylidiaceae = Asterales Styracaceae = Ericales Surianaceae = Fabales Symplocaceae = Ericales T Taccaceae = Dioscoreales Talinaceae = Caryophyllales Tamaricaceae = Caryophyllales Tapisciaceae = Huerteales Taxaceae = Pinales Tecophilaeaceae = Asparagales Tetracarpaeaceae = Saxifragales Tetrachondraceae = Lamiales Tetramelaceae = Cucurbitales Tetrameristaceae = Ericales Theaceae = Ericales Themidaceae = Asparagales Theophrastaceae = Ericales Thismiaceae = Dioscoreales Thomandersiaceae = Lamiales Thurniaceae = Poales Thymelaeaceae = Malvales Ticodendraceae = Fagales Tofieldiaceae = Alismatales Torricelliaceae = Apiales Tovariaceae = Brassicales Trigoniaceae = Malpighiales Trimeniaceae = Austrobaileyales Triuridaceae = Pandanales Trochodendraceae = Trochodendrales Tropaeolaceae = Brassicales Turneraceae = Malpighiales Typhaceae = Poales U Ulmaceae = Rosales Urticaceae = Rosales V Vahliaceae = unplaced euasterid I Valerianaceae = Dipsacales Velloziaceae = Pandanales Verbenaceae = Lamiales Violaceae = Malpighiales Vitaceae = Vitales Vivianiaceae = Geraniales Vochysiaceae = Myrtales W Welwitschiaceae = Gnetales Winteraceae = Canellales X Xanthorrhoeaceae = Asparagales Xeronemataceae = Asparagales Xyridaceae = Poales Z Zamiaceae = Cycadales Zingiberaceae = Zingiberales Zosteraceae = Alismatales Zygophyllaceae = Zygophyllales