Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - home page Science and Horticulture Conservation and Wildlife Collections Data and Publications Education
What's New
What's New
Visitor Info
Visitor Info
Features and Events
Features and Events
About Us
About Us
How You Can Help
How You Can Help
Shops and Services
Shops and Services


Features & Events

Herbarium Collections

Herbarium staff and plant family responsibilities

Family Listing

Sort by family name

Africa Drylands - Africa Wet Tropics - Alismatids & Lilioids - Commelinids - Lamiaceae -
Leguminosae
- Malpighiales - Myrtales - Orchids - Palms & Pandans - Rubiaceae -
Temperate
- Tropical America - Tropical Asia

Family

Number

Genera

Species

Team

Oleaceae

104

24

615

Africa Drylands

Salvadoraceae

105

3

11

Africa Drylands

Apocynaceae (s.s.)

106

165

1542

Africa Drylands

Asclepiadaceae

107

315

2900

Africa Drylands

Loganiaceae

108.01

29

570

Africa Drylands

Buddlejaceae

108.02

8

120

Africa Drylands

Retziaceae

108.03

1

1

Africa Drylands

Desfontaniaceae

108.91

1

1

Africa Drylands

Plocospermataceae

108.92

1

1

Africa Drylands

Potaliaceae

108.94

 

 

Africa Drylands

Strychnaceae

108.95

8

260

Africa Drylands

Gentianaceae

109.01

78

1225

Africa Drylands

Menyanthaceae

109.02

5

40

Africa Drylands

Saccifoliaceae

109.03

1

1

Africa Drylands

Polemoniaceae

110

19

290

Africa Drylands

Hydrophyllaceae

111

18

270

Africa Drylands

Boraginaceae

112.01

130

2300

Africa Drylands

Hoplestigmataceae

112.04

1

2

Africa Drylands

Convolvulaceae

113.01

56

1600

Africa Drylands

Nolanaceae

114.01

1

18

Africa Drylands

Solanaceae

114.01

94

2950

Africa Drylands

Goetzeaceae

114.02

4

5

Africa Drylands

Duckeodendraceae

114.03

1

1

Africa Drylands

Orobanchaceae

115

15

210

Africa Drylands

Scrophulariaceae

115

269

5100

Africa Drylands

Globulariaceae

116

9

230

Africa Drylands

Lentibulariaceae

117

3

245

Africa Drylands

Gesneriaceae

119

139

2900

Africa Drylands

Bignoniaceae

120.01

109

750

Africa Drylands

Cobaeaceae

120.02

1

10

Africa Drylands

Pedaliaceae

121

17

85

Africa Drylands

Acanthaceae

122

229

3450

Africa Drylands

Myoporaceae

123

3

235

Africa Drylands

Plantaginaceae

127

3

275

Africa Drylands

Nyctaginaceae

128

30

390

Africa Drylands

Amaranthaceae

130

71

750

Africa Drylands

Chenopodiaceae

131.01

103

1300

Africa Drylands

Basellaceae

131.02

4

20

Africa Drylands

Halophytaceae

131.03

1

1

Africa Drylands

Phytolaccaceae

132.01

16

63

Africa Drylands

Barbeuiaceae

132.02

1

1

Africa Drylands

Gyrostemonaceae

132.03

5

18

Africa Drylands

Stegnospermataceae

132.04

1

4

Africa Drylands

Agdestidaceae

132.05

1

1

Africa Drylands

Achatocarpaceae

132.06

2

6

Africa Drylands

Bataceae

133

1

2

Africa Drylands

Polygonaceae

134

49

1100

Africa Drylands

Podostemaceae

135.01

50

280

Africa Drylands

Hydrostachyaceae

135.02

1

22

Africa Drylands

Rafflesiaceae

137.01

9

50

Africa Drylands

Hydnoraceae

137.02

2

7

Africa Drylands

Annonaceae

5.01

128

2500

Africa Wet Tropics

Eupomatiaceae

5.02

1

2

Africa Wet Tropics

Menispermaceae

6.01

72

450

Africa Wet Tropics

Sabiaceae

6.02

1

19

Africa Wet Tropics

Clusiaceae

27.01

45

1370

Africa Wet Tropics

Quiinaceae

27.02

4

45

Africa Wet Tropics

Theaceae

28.01

25

610

Africa Wet Tropics

Caryocaraceae

28.02

2

25

Africa Wet Tropics

Marcgraviaceae

28.03

5

108

Africa Wet Tropics

Pentaphylacaceae

28.04

1

1

Africa Wet Tropics

Stachyuraceae

28.07

1

6

Africa Wet Tropics

Pellicieraceae

28.08

1

1

Africa Wet Tropics

Tetrameristaceae

28.1

2

4

Africa Wet Tropics

Medusagynaceae

28.11

1

1

Africa Wet Tropics

Strasburgeriaceae

28.12

1

1

Africa Wet Tropics

Dipterocarpaceae

29.01

16

530

Africa Wet Tropics

Ancistrocladaceae

29.02

1

12

Africa Wet Tropics

Nepenthaceae

29.03

1

82

Africa Wet Tropics

Droseraceae

29.04

4

110

Africa Wet Tropics

Dioncophyllaceae

29.05

3

3

Africa Wet Tropics

Bombacaceae

31.02

26

250

Africa Wet Tropics

Sterculiaceae

32

67

1500

Africa Wet Tropics

Malvaceae

33

 

 

Africa Wet Tropics

Tiliaceae

33.01

56

728

Africa Wet Tropics

Elaeocarpaceae

33.02

9

540

Africa Wet Tropics

Scytopetalaceae

33.03

5

20

Africa Wet Tropics

Plagiopteraceae

33.04

1

1

Africa Wet Tropics

Zygophyllaceae

37

26

260

Africa Wet Tropics

Geraniaceae

38.01

11

700

Africa Wet Tropics

Tropaeolaceae

38.02

3

89

Africa Wet Tropics

Limnanthaceae

38.03

2

8

Africa Wet Tropics

Lepidobotryaceae

38.05

2

2

Africa Wet Tropics

Oxalidaceae

38.06

6

775

Africa Wet Tropics

Balsaminaceae

38.08

2

850

Africa Wet Tropics

Rutaceae

39.01

156

1800

Africa Wet Tropics

Rhabdodendraceae

39.02

1

3

Africa Wet Tropics

Pterostemonaceae

39.03

1

2

Africa Wet Tropics

Simaroubaceae

40.01

20

110

Africa Wet Tropics

Cneoraceae

40.02

2

3

Africa Wet Tropics

Brunelliaceae

40.04

1

52

Africa Wet Tropics

Balanitaceae

40.07

1

25

Africa Wet Tropics

Ochnaceae

41.01

28

370

Africa Wet Tropics

Sphaerosepalaceae

41.02

2

2

Africa Wet Tropics

Diegodendraceae

41.03

1

1

Africa Wet Tropics

Burseraceae

42

17

540

Africa Wet Tropics

Meliaceae

43.01

51

565

Africa Wet Tropics

Ptaeroxylaceae

43.02

3

10

Africa Wet Tropics

Dichapetalaceae

44

3

160

Africa Wet Tropics

Olacaceae

45.01

27

180

Africa Wet Tropics

Opiliaceae

45.02

10

32

Africa Wet Tropics

Icacinaceae

45.03

52

300

Africa Wet Tropics

Cardiopteridaceae

45.04

1

2

Africa Wet Tropics

Medusandraceae

45.05

2

9

Africa Wet Tropics

Dipentodontaceae

45.06

1

1

Africa Wet Tropics

Sphenostemonaceae

45.07

1

7

Africa Wet Tropics

Velloziaceae

173

8

288

Alismatids & Lilioids

Trichopodaceae

174.01

1

1

Alismatids & Lilioids

Dioscoreaceae

174.02

8

630

Alismatids & Lilioids

Taccaceae

174.03

1

10

Alismatids & Lilioids

Stemonaceae

174.04

4

2

Alismatids & Lilioids

Rhipogonaceae

174.05

1

8

Alismatids & Lilioids

Trilliaceae

174.06

3

65

Alismatids & Lilioids

Smilacaceae

174.07

2

312

Alismatids & Lilioids

Petermanniaceae

174.08

1

1

Alismatids & Lilioids

Philesiaceae

175.01

6

9

Alismatids & Lilioids

Convallariaceae

175.02

24

200

Alismatids & Lilioids

Asparagaceae

175.03

6

150

Alismatids & Lilioids

Ruscaceae

175.04

3

9

Alismatids & Lilioids

Herreriaceae

175.05

2

9

Alismatids & Lilioids

Dracaenaceae

175.06

5

210

Alismatids & Lilioids

Asteliaceae

175.07

4

35

Alismatids & Lilioids

Blandfordiaceae

175.09

1

4

Alismatids & Lilioids

Xanthorrhoeaceae

175.1

10

90

Alismatids & Lilioids

Agavaceae

175.11

13

210

Alismatids & Lilioids

Hypoxidaceae

175.12

8

220

Alismatids & Lilioids

Tecophilaeaceae

175.13

6

23

Alismatids & Lilioids

Lanariaceae

175.14

1

1

Alismatids & Lilioids

Cyanastraceae

175.15

1

6

Alismatids & Lilioids

Eriospermaceae

175.16

1

100

Alismatids & Lilioids

Ixioliriaceae

175.17

1

4

Alismatids & Lilioids

Phormiaceae

175.18

7

30

Alismatids & Lilioids

Doryanthaceae

175.19

1

2

Alismatids & Lilioids

Hemerocallidaceae

175.2

1

15

Alismatids & Lilioids

Asphodelaceae

175.21

15

780

Alismatids & Lilioids

Aloaceae

175.22

5

565

Alismatids & Lilioids

Anthericaceae

175.23

29

500

Alismatids & Lilioids

Aphyllanthaceae

175.24

1

1

Alismatids & Lilioids

Hostaceae

175.25

1

25

Alismatids & Lilioids

Hyacinthaceae

175.26

41

770

Alismatids & Lilioids

Alliaceae

175.27

30

850

Alismatids & Lilioids

Amaryllidaceae

175.28

65

725

Alismatids & Lilioids

Lomandraceae

175.3

 

 

Alismatids & Lilioids

Melanthiaceae

176

21

120

Alismatids & Lilioids

Burmanniaceae

177.01

16

160

Alismatids & Lilioids

Corsiaceae

177.02

2

26

Alismatids & Lilioids

Alstroemeriaceae

178.01

5

150

Alismatids & Lilioids

Colchicaceae

178.02

15

165

Alismatids & Lilioids

Liliaceae

178.03

11

2750

Alismatids & Lilioids

Iridaceae

178.05

82

1700

Alismatids & Lilioids

Cyclanthaceae

189

12

200

Alismatids & Lilioids

Araceae

191.01

108

3660

Alismatids & Lilioids

Acoraceae

191.02

1

2

Alismatids & Lilioids

Lemnaceae

192

4

37

Alismatids & Lilioids

Triuridaceae

193

5

40

Alismatids & Lilioids

Alismatidaceae

194.01

14

100

Alismatids & Lilioids

Butomaceae

194.02

1

1

Alismatids & Lilioids

Limnocharitaceae

194.03

1

7

Alismatids & Lilioids

Hydrocharitaceae

194.04

15

80

Alismatids & Lilioids

Najadaceae

194.04

1

32

Alismatids & Lilioids

Juncaginaceae

195.02

4

20

Alismatids & Lilioids

Scheuchzeriaceae

195.03

1

1

Alismatids & Lilioids

Lilaeaceae

195.04

1

1

Alismatids & Lilioids

Aponogetonaceae

195.05

1

43

Alismatids & Lilioids

Potamogetonaceae

195.06

2

90

Alismatids & Lilioids

Posidonaceae

195.08

1

9

Alismatids & Lilioids

Zannichelliaceae

195.09

4

12

Alismatids & Lilioids

Zosteraceae

195.1

3

18

Alismatids & Lilioids

Cymodoceaceae

195.11

5

14

Alismatids & Lilioids

Zingiberaceae

170.01

48

1100

Commelinids

Costaceae

170.02

4

90

Commelinids

Marantaceae

170.03

29

535

Commelinids

Musaceae

170.04

2

42

Commelinids

Lowiaceae

170.05

1

7

Commelinids

Cannaceae

170.06

1

10

Commelinids

Strelitziaceae

170.07

1

5

Commelinids

Heliconiaceae

170.08

1

150

Commelinids

Bromeliaceae

171

59

2400

Commelinids

Haemodoraceae

172.01

14

100

Commelinids

Hanguanaceae

175.08

1

2

Commelinids

Dasypogonaceae

175.29

2

4

Commelinids

Calectasiaceae

175.31

1

2

Commelinids

Pontederiaceae

179

6

32

Commelinids

Philydraceae

180

3

6

Commelinids

Xyridaceae

181

5

260

Commelinids

Mayacaceae

182

1

4

Commelinids

Commelinaceae

183.01

39

640

Commelinids

Rapateaceae

184

16

84

Commelinids

Flagellariaceae

185.01

1

4

Commelinids

Joinvilleaceae

185.02

1

2

Commelinids

Juncaceae

186.01

7

430

Commelinids

Thurniaceae

186.02

1

2

Commelinids

Sparganiaceae

190.01

1

14

Commelinids

Typhaceae

190.01

1

10

Commelinids

Eriocaulaceae

196

9

1100

Commelinids

Centrolepidaceae

197.01

3

36

Commelinids

Hydatellaceae

197.02

2

9

Commelinids

Restionaceae

198.01

41

420

Commelinids

Ecdeiocoleaceae

198.02

1

1

Commelinids

Anarthriaceae

198.03

1

6

Commelinids

Cyperaceae

199

104

5000

Commelinids

Poaceae

200

668

9500

Commelinids

Verbenaceae

125.01

41

950

Lamiaceae

Phrymaceae

125.02

1

2

Lamiaceae

Stilbaceae

125.03

5

13

Lamiaceae

Avicenniaceae

125.05

1

7

Lamiaceae

Nesogenaceae

125.06

1

8

Lamiaceae

Cyclocheilaceae

125.07

2

4

Lamiaceae

Labiatae

126.01

252

6700

Lamiaceae

Tetrachondraceae

126.02

1

2

Lamiaceae

Polygalaceae

20.01

19

950

Leguminosae

Surianaceae

40.03

3

3

Leguminosae

Leguminosae

57

730

18200

Leguminosae

Violaceae

15

20

93

Malpighiales

Flacourtiaceae

17.03

86

875

Malpighiales

Peridiscaceae

17.04

2

2

Malpighiales

Scyphostegiaceae

17.05

1

1

Malpighiales

Lacistemataceae

17.06

2

14

Malpighiales

Linaceae

34.01

14

250

Malpighiales

Erythroxylaceae

34.02

4

240

Malpighiales

Ixonanthaceae

34.03

5

21

Malpighiales

Irvingiaceae

34.04

3

8

Malpighiales

Ctenolophonaceae

34.05

1

3

Malpighiales

Huaceae

34.06

2

3

Malpighiales

Humiriaceae

35

8

50

Malpighiales

Malpighiaceae

36

67

1100

Malpighiales

Euphorbiaceae

151.01

315

8950

Malpighiales

Buxaceae

151.02

4

70

Malpighiales

Didymelaceae

151.03

1

2

Malpighiales

Daphniphyllaceae

151.04

1

10

Malpighiales

Pandaceae

151.05

4

18

Malpighiales

Aextoxicaceae

151.07

1

1

Malpighiales

Simmondsiaceae

151.08

1

1

Malpighiales

Balanopaceae

152

1

9

Malpighiales

Salicaceae

160

2

435

Malpighiales

Combretaceae

66

20

500

Myrtales

Myrtaceae

67.01

129

5800

Myrtales

Vochysiaceae

67.03

7

207

Myrtales

Melastomataceae

68

188

4950

Myrtales

Lythraceae

69.01

27

600

Myrtales

Crypteroniaceae

69.02

3

10

Myrtales

Oliniaceae

69.05

1

8

Myrtales

Alzateaceae

69.07

1

1

Myrtales

Rhynchocalycaceae

69.08

1

1

Myrtales

Punicaceae

69.98

1

2

Myrtales

Sonneratiaceae

69.99

2

8

Myrtales

Onagraceae

70.01

18

650

Myrtales

Trapaceae

70.02

1

1

Myrtales

Montiniaceae

70.03

2

3

Myrtales

Orchidaceae

169

835

25000

Orchids

Palmae

187

203

2675

Palms & Pandans

Pandanaceae

188

3

875

Palms & Pandans

Rubiaceae

84

650

13200

Rubiaceae

Dialypetalanthaceae

84.02

1

1

Rubiaceae

Ranunculaceae

1.01

62

2450

Temperate

Circaeasteraceae

1.02

2

2

Temperate

Paeoniaceae

1.03

1

33

Temperate

Glaucidiaceae

1.04

1

1

Temperate

Dilleniaceae

2.01

12

300

Temperate

Crossosomataceae

2.02

3

11

Temperate

Calycanthaceae

3.01

3

9

Temperate

Idiospermaceae

3.02

1

1

Temperate

Magnoliaceae

4.01

8

223

Temperate

Winteraceae

4.02

5

65

Temperate

Illiciaceae

4.03

1

42

Temperate

Himantandraceae

4.04

1

3

Temperate

Degeneriaceae

4.05

1

2

Temperate

Schisandraceae

4.06

2

47

Temperate

Trochodendraceae

4.07

1

1

Temperate

Tetracentraceae

4.08

1

1

Temperate

Cercidiphyllaceae

4.09

1

2

Temperate

Eupteleaceae

4.1

1

2

Temperate

Berberidaceae

7.01

15

680

Temperate

Lardizabalaceae

7.02

8

40

Temperate

Sargentodoxaceae

7.03

1

2

Temperate

Nymphaeaceae

8.01

6

75

Temperate

Cabombaceae

8.02

2

6

Temperate

Ceratophyllaceae

8.03

1

2

Temperate

Nelumbonaceae

8.04

1

2

Temperate

Sarraceniaceae

9

3

14

Temperate

Papaveraceae

10

40

770

Temperate

Fumariaceae

10.99

17

530

Temperate

Cruciferae

11

365

3250

Temperate

Capparaceae

12.01

39

650

Temperate

Tovariaceae

12.02

1

2

Temperate

Physenaceae

12.03

1

2

Temperate

Resedaceae

13

6

80

Temperate

Cistaceae

14

8

175

Temperate

Asteropeiaceae

17.08

1

5

Temperate

Pittosporaceae

18

9

240

Temperate

Tremandraceae

19

3

43

Temperate

Trigoniaceae

20.03

3

26

Temperate

Krameriaceae

20.04

1

15

Temperate

Euphroniaceae

20.05

1

3

Temperate

Frankeniaceae

21.01

2

81

Temperate

Gisekiaceae

21.02

1

2

Temperate

Molluginaceae

21.03

13

130

Temperate

Caryophyllaceae

22.01

87

2300

Temperate

Portulaceae

23.01

29

380

Temperate

Hectorellaceae

23.02

1

2

Temperate

Tamaricaceae

24.01

4

78

Temperate

Fouquieriaceae

24.02

1

11

Temperate

Elatinaceae

25

2

34

Temperate

Rosaceae

58.01

95

2825

Temperate

Chrysobalanaceae

58.02

17

460

Temperate

Stylobasiaceae

58.03

1

2

Temperate

Neuradaceae

58.04

3

9

Temperate

Saxifragaceae

59.01

31

475

Temperate

Eremosynaceae

59.02

1

1

Temperate

Vahliaceae

59.03

1

5

Temperate

Parnassiaceae

59.04

2

16

Temperate

Hydrangeaceae

59.06

17

190

Temperate

Escalloniaceae

59.07

 

 

Temperate

Cunoniaceae

59.09

19

340

Temperate

Greyiaceae

59.1

1

3

Temperate

Eucryphiaceae

59.11

1

5

Temperate

Grossulariaceae

59.12

1

150

Temperate

Cephalotaceae

59.14

1

1

Temperate

Columelliaceae

59.15

1

2

Temperate

Paracryphiaceae

59.16

1

1

Temperate

Davidsoniaceae

59.17

1

2

Temperate

Crassulaceae

60.01

33

1280

Temperate

Penthoraceae

60.02

1

2

Temperate

Roridulaceae

61.02

1

2

Temperate

Byblidaceae

61.03