Plant families from Ca - Cy
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Plant families beginning with the letter C
Plant families (Ca - Cy)
   Cabombaceae
brasenia, fanwort, fishgrass, watershield
Nelumbonidae > Nelumbonanae > Hydropeltidales
   Cactaceae
applecactus, astrophytum, cactus, devilthorn, livingrock, lophophora, neolloydia, saguaro, schlumbergera, snakecactus, thelocactus, whiskerbush
Caryophyllanae > Caryophyllales > Cactineae
   Caesalpiniaceae
St. John's bread, St. Thomas tree, bauhinia, bird-of-paradise shrub, brazilwood, butterfly tree, camel's foot, carob, cassia, ceratonia, copaiba, copaifera, cynometra, divi divi, holdback, mato, mountain ebony, nicker, oreganillo falso, plume, railroadfence, redbud, shoofly, texasplume
Rosidae > Fabanae > Fabales
   Calectasiaceae
Liliidae > Lilianae > Agavales
   Callitrichaceae
water-starwort
Lamiidae > Lamianae > Lamiales
   Calochortaceae
Diogenes' lantern, mariposa lily, purple fairy-lantern, smokey mariposa, star-tulip
Liliidae > Lilianae > Colchicales
   Calycanthaceae
allspice, sweetshrub
Magnoliidae > Lauranae > Calycanthales
   Calyceraceae
acicarpha, calycera, madam gorgon
Asteridae > Asteranae > Calycerales
   Calypogeiceae
Bryophyta > Hepaticopsida > Jungermanniales
   Campanulaceae
Venus' looking-glass, bellflower, bluecup, brighamia, cabbage on a stick, calicoflower, clermontia, cyanea, false Venus' looking glass, gadellia, harebell, heterocodon, hippobroma, howellia, legousia, lobelia, parishella, rollandia, threadplant
Campanulanae > Campanulales > Campanulineae
   Campynemataceae
Liliidae > Lilianae > Melanthiales
   Canellaceae
chupa gallo, pleodendron, wild cinnamon
Magnoliidae > Magnolianae > Canellales
   Cannabaceae
hemp, hop, marijuana
Dilleniidae > Urticanae > Urticales
   Cannaceae
Indian shot, bandanna of the Everglades, canna, canna lily, maraca amarilla, maraca montuna, maraca roja
Zingiberidae > Zingiberanae > Zingiberales
   Capparaceae
atamisquea, bladderpod, boscia, burrofat, cadaba, caper, clammyweed, cleomella, crateva, forchhammeria, jackass clover, morisonia, narrowleaf rhombopod, oxystylis, ratapple, sacred garlic pear, spectacle fruit, spiderflower, stinkweed, vomitbush, wislizenia
Capparanae > Capparales > Capparineae
   Caprifoliaceae
Indian currant, Italian woodbine, abelia, beautybush, coralberry, honeysuckle, horse-gentian, kolkwitzia, leycesteria, snowberry, sweet breath of spring, twinflower, weigela
Cornidae > Dipsacanae > Dipsacales
   Cardiopteridaceae
Rosidae > Celastranae > Aquifoliales
   Caricaceae
carica, papaya, pawpaw
Dilleniidae > Violanae > Caricales
   Carlemanniaceae
Gentiananae > Rubiales > Rubiineae
   Carpodetaceae
Cornidae > Cornanae > Hydrangeales
   Caryocaraceae
achotillo, caryocar, pequi, souari nut
Dilleniidae > Theanae > Theales
   Caryophyllaceae
Tiny Tim, achyronychia, alsinidendron, babysbreath, cardionema, corn cockle, corncockle, drymary, false jagged-chickweed, geocarpon, holosteum, honckenya, myosoton, onyxflower, pink, pseudostellaria, rockwort, sandcarpet, sandwort, schiedea, soapwort, stipulicida, upright chickweed, velezia, wilhelmsia
Caryophyllanae > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllineae
   Casuarinaceae
Australian pine, beefwood, belah, sheoak
Hamamelididae > Casuarinanae > Casuarinales
   Catoscopiaceae
Bryophyta > Bryopsida > Bryales
   Cecropiaceae
pumpwood, trumpet tree
Dilleniidae > Urticanae > Urticales
   Celastraceae
Canby's mountain-lover, Florida boxwood, Oregon boxleaf, Utah mortonia, bejuco prieto, bittersweet, canotia, cassine, catha, christmasberry, crossopetalum, crucifixion thorn, desert yaupon, false box, hippocratea, khat, maidenberry, mayten, medicine vine, paxistima, perrottetia, pristimera, saddlebush, schaefferia, spindletree, strawberry bush, torralbasia, white cinnamon, winged burning bush, winged euonymus
Celastranae > Celastrales > Celastrineae
   Celtidaceae
almex, hackberry, lotus berry, sugarberry
Dilleniidae > Urticanae > Urticales
   Centrolepidaceae
Commelinidae > Juncanae > Restionales
   Cephalotaceae
Rosidae > Saxifraganae > Cephalotales
   Cephalotaxaceae
cephalotaxus
Pinopsida > Pinidae > Cephalotaxales
   Cephaloziaceae
Bryophyta > Hepaticopsida > Jungermanniales
   Cephaloziellaceae
Bryophyta > Hepaticopsida > Jungermanniales
   Ceratophyllaceae
hornwort
Nelumbonidae > Ceratophyllanae > Ceratophyllales
   Cercidiphyllaceae
katsura tree
Hamamelididae > Trochodendranae > Cercidiphyllales
   Chamelauciaceae
Myrtales > Myrtineae > Myrtaceae
   Cheiropleuriaceae
Polypodiidae > Cyatheales > Cyatheineae
   Chenopodiaceae
Iodine bush, Mancos shadscale, Parish's glasswort, allenrolfea, arthrocnemum, bassia, beet, beetroot, boraxweed, chickenclaws, coastalcreeper, cycloloma, dysphania, goosefoot, hopsage, molly, niterwort, pickleweed, pigweed, povertyweed, proatriplex, saltlover, smotherweed, suckleya, swampfire, winterfat, zuckia
Caryophyllidae > Caryophyllanae > Caryophyllales
   Chionographidaceae
Liliidae > Lilianae > Melanthiales
   Chloranthaceae
cigarbush, hedyosmum
Magnoliidae > Lauranae > Chloranthales
   Chrysobalanaceae
chrysobalanus, gopher apple, hirtella, licania, oiticica, pigeonberry
Rosanae > Rosales > Rosineae
   Circaeasteraceae
Ranunculidae > Ranunculanae > Circaeasterales
   Cistaceae
American sunrose, frostweed, goldenheather, island rushrose, pinweed, rockrose, woolly beachheather
Malvanae > Cistales > Cistineae
   Clethraceae
honey-sweet, sweet pepperbush
Ericanae > Ericales > Ericineae
   Cleveaceae
Bryophyta > Hepaticopsida > Marchantiales
   Climaciaceae
Bryophyta > Bryopsida > Bryales
   Clusiaceae
Aaron's beard, African mammyapple, Alexandrian laurel, bacury, butter tree, calophyllum, garcinia, gourka, mamey, mammea, mammee apple, mangosteen, mundu, pentadesma, platonia, saptree, st. johnswort, tinker's penny
Dilleniidae > Theanae > Theales
   Cneoraceae
Rosidae > Rutanae > Rutales
   Cochlospermaceae
cochlospermum, silk cottontree, silk-cotton tree, yellowshow
Malvanae > Cistales > Cochlospermineae
   Codoniaceae
Bryophyta > Hepaticopsida > Metzgeriales
   Colchicaceae
autumn crocus, colchicum, meadow saffron
Liliidae > Lilianae > Colchicales
   Columelliaceae
Cornidae > Cornanae > Hydrangeales
   Combretaceae
Rangoon creeper, almond, anogeissus, buchenavia, bucida, gregorywood, gum ghatti, laguncularia, mangrove, myrobalan, terminalia
Rosidae > Myrtanae > Myrtales
   Commelinaceae
basketplant, bridalveil, creeping inchplant, dayflower, dewflower, moss, murdannia, pink Trinity, roseling, spiderwort, tinantia, tripogandra, wartremoving herb, widowstears
Commelinanae > Commelinales > Commelinineae
   Compositae
Indian plaintain, agoseris, alkalai marsh aster, amberboa, amblyolepis, amblyopappus, anisocoma, arnica, arnoseris, atrichoseris, bahia, balsamita, balsamroot, baltimora, bartlettia, benitoa, berkheya, blepharipappus, blepharizonia, blow wives, broomweed, burdock, capeweed, chaffbush, daisy, desertpeony, dogweed, dozedaisy, easterbonnets, false oxtongue, goldenhead, greeneyes, hardheads, honeycombhead, medicineplant, neststraw, pearly everlasting, pussytoes, rayless goldenrod, seaside tansy, silversword, snakeroot, spotflower, starburr, stickyseed, sweetbush, willow ragwort, yarrow
Asteranae > Asterales > Asteraceae
   Connaraceae
Juan Caliente, rourea
Rosidae > Rutanae > Connarales
   Conocephalaceae
Bryophyta > Hepaticopsida > Marchantiales
   Convallariaceae
Oregon drops of gold, bluebead, bride's bonnet, clintonia, drops of gold, fairybells, false lily of the vally, false spikenard, lily, lily of the valley, lilyturf, mayflower, solomon's seal, starry false Solomon's-seal, starry false lily of the valley, threeleaf false lily of the valley, twistedstalk, yellow mandarin
Liliidae > Lilianae > Asparagales
   Convolvulaceae
aniseia, clustervine, dawnflower, dwarf morning-glory, false bindweed, lady's nightcap, poranopsis, turbina, woodrose
Solananae > Solanales > Convolvulineae
   Coriariaceae
Rutanae > Coriariales > Coriariineae
   Cornaceae
camptotheca, cornel, cornelian cherry, dogwood, kinnikinnick, western cordilleran bunchberry
Cornidae > Cornanae > Cornales
   Corokiaceae
Cornidae > Cornanae > Hydrangeales
   Corsiaceae
Lilianae > Burmanniales > Burmanniineae
   Corylaceae
filbert, hazelnut, hop hornbeam, hophornbeam, hophornbean, ironwood
Hamamelididae > Juglandanae > Corylales
   Corynocarpaceae
corynocarpus, karaka nut
Rosidae > Celastranae > Corynocarpales
   Costaceae
canereed, costus, spiked spiralflag
Zingiberidae > Zingiberanae > Zingiberales
   Crassulaceae
aeonium, dudleya, echeveria, fingertips, jovibarba, leatherpetal, lenophyllum, liveforever, pig's ear, rosewood, sealettuce, stonecrop, villadia, widow's-thrill
Rosidae > Saxifraganae > Saxifragales
   Croomiaceae
croomia
Liliidae > Lilianae > Dioscoreales
   Crossosomataceae
apachebush, apacheria, greasebush, rockflower
Rosidae > Saxifraganae > Crossosomatales
   Cruciferae
anelsonia, aphragmus, armoracia, aurinia, bladderpod, candytuft, caulostramina, chlorocrambe, combleaf, cusickiella, dogmustard, dryopetalon, eutrema, false madwort, fanmustard, fissurewort, gladecress, heterodraba, hirschfeldia, hutchinsia, idahoa, iodanthus, ionopsidium, lakecress, lilacbush, lobularia, lyrepod, mancoa, mock thelypody, mustard, neslia, northern-rockcress, oreas moss, parrya, pennycress, phoenicaulis, plainsmustard, rockcress, rocketsalad, sandweed, shieldpod, spectaclepod, star-mustard, stock, swinecress, wallrocket, wild cabbage, yellowcress, yellowrocket
Capparales > Capparineae > Brassicaceae
   Crypteroniaceae
Rosidae > Myrtanae > Myrtales
   Ctenolophonaceae
Rosidae > Geranianae > Linales
   Cucurbitaceae
Chinese lardplant, apodanthera, balsam apple, benincasa, bryony, coccinia, colocynth, coralfruit, ctenolepis, cucumber, cucumeropsis, cyclanthera, doyeria, echinocystis, globeberry, gourd, hodgsonia, lagenaria, luffa, manroot, melon loco, melonleaf, pygmymelon, sicana, sicyosperma, sinkwa towelsponge, starvine, tumamoca, watermelon
Cucurbitanae > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitineae
   Culcitaceae
Polypodiidae > Cyatheales > Cyatheineae
   Cunoniaceae
bastard briziletto, weinmannia
Rosidae > Saxifraganae > Cunoniales
   Cupressaceae
Chinese fir, arar tree, arborvitae, cedar, cryptomeria, cunninghamia, cypress, cypress-pine, giant sequoia, juniper, platycladus, redwood, tetraclinis
Pinopsida > Pinidae > Cupressales
   Curtisiaceae
Cornidae > Cornanae > Cornales
   Cuscutaceae
devil's guts, dodder, hellweed
Lamiidae > Solananae > Solanales
   Cyanastraceae
Liliidae > Lilianae > Tecophilaeales
   Cyatheaceae
Cooper's cyathea, alsophila, cnemidaria, deepwoods fern, helecho gigante, treefern
Polypodiidae > Cyatheales > Cyatheineae
   Cycadaceae
cycad, queen sago, sago palm
Cycadopsida > Cycadidae > Cycadales
   Cyclanthaceae
Panama hat plant, carludovica
Aridae > Cyclanthanae > Cyclanthales
   Cyclocheilaceae
Lamiidae > Lamianae > Lamiales
   Cymodoceaceae
cymodocea, halodule, manateegrass, shoalweed
Alismatanae > Potamogetonales > Potamogetonineae
   Cynomoriaceae
Balanophoranae > Cynomoriales > Cynomoriineae
   Cyperaceae
beachstar, bulrush, cottongrass, dulichium, fimbry, hairsedge, jarilla, lagenocarpus, sedge, spikerush, spikesedge, twigrush, watergrass
Commelinidae > Juncanae > Cyperales
   Cyrillaceae
buckwheat tree, cliftonia, titi
Ericanae > Ericales > Ericineae
   Cytinaceae
Piperidae > Rafflesianae > Rafflesiales

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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