Native and naturalised genera per family for Australia
Alphabetical
(sorted numerically)
(estimates arrived at during preliminary work on family concepts for the Australian Plant Census)
See also:
Genus:family relationship
Family:genus relationship
APC family |
no. of genera |
Acanthaceae |
35 |
Achariaceae |
3 |
Actinidiaceae |
2 |
Adoxaceae |
2 |
Agapanthaceae |
1 |
Aizoaceae |
22 |
Akaniaceae |
1 |
Alismataceae |
9 |
Alliaceae |
4 |
Alseuosmiaceae |
3 |
Amaranthaceae |
15 |
Amaryllidaceae |
13 |
Anacardiaceae |
14 |
Anarthriaceae |
1 |
Annonaceae |
17 |
Aphanopetalaceae |
1 |
Apiaceae |
46 |
Apocynaceae |
47 |
Apodanthaceae |
1 |
Aponogetonaceae |
1 |
Aquifoliaceae |
1 |
Araceae |
28 |
Araliaceae |
14 |
Araucariaceae |
3 |
Arecaceae |
26 |
Argophyllaceae |
2 |
Aristolochiaceae |
2 |
Asparagaceae |
31 |
Asphodelaceae |
6 |
Asteliaceae |
3 |
Asteraceae |
309 |
Atherospermataceae |
3 |
Austrobaileyaceae |
1 |
Balanopaceae |
1 |
Balanophoraceae |
1 |
Balsaminaceae |
1 |
Basellaceae |
2 |
Bataceae |
1 |
Begoniaceae |
1 |
Berberidaceae |
3 |
Berberidopsidaceae |
2 |
Betulaceae |
2 |
Bignoniaceae |
22 |
Bixaceae |
2 |
Blandfordiaceae |
1 |
Boraginaceae |
26 |
Boryaceae |
2 |
Brassicaceae |
59 |
Bromeliaceae |
3 |
Burmanniaceae |
1 |
Burseraceae |
2 |
Byblidaceae |
1 |
Cabombaceae |
2 |
Cactaceae |
12 |
Calceolariaceae |
1 |
Calycanthaceae |
1 |
Campanulaceae |
11 |
Campynemataceae |
1 |
Cannabaceae |
5 |
Cannaceae |
1 |
Capparaceae |
4 |
Caprifoliaceae |
9 |
Cardiopteridaceae |
1 |
Caricaceae |
1 |
Caryophyllaceae |
25 |
Casuarinaceae |
3 |
Celastraceae |
20 |
Centrolepidaceae |
3 |
Cephalotaceae |
1 |
Ceratophyllaceae |
1 |
Chenopodiaceae |
28 |
Chrysobalanaceae |
2 |
Cistaceae |
1 |
Cleomaceae |
2 |
Clusiaceae |
4 |
Colchicaceae |
9 |
Combretaceae |
6 |
Commelinaceae |
13 |
Connaraceae |
2 |
Convolvulaceae |
22 |
Cornaceae |
2 |
Corsiaceae |
1 |
Corynocarpaceae |
1 |
Costaceae |
2 |
Crassulaceae |
7 |
Cucurbitaceae |
20 |
Cunoniaceae |
15 |
Cupressaceae |
7 |
Cycadaceae |
1 |
Cymodoceaceae |
5 |
Cyperaceae |
52 |
Dasypogonaceae |
4 |
Datiscaceae |
1 |
Dichapetalaceae |
1 |
Didiereaceae |
1 |
Dilleniaceae |
4 |
Dioscoreaceae |
1 |
Doryanthaceae |
1 |
Droseraceae |
2 |
Ebenaceae |
1 |
Ecdeiocoleaceae |
2 |
Elaeagnaceae |
1 |
Elaeocarpaceae |
9 |
Elatinaceae |
2 |
Emblingiaceae |
1 |
Ericaceae |
41 |
Eriocaulaceae |
1 |
Erythroxylaceae |
1 |
Escalloniaceae |
4 |
Euphorbiaceae |
49 |
Eupomatiaceae |
1 |
Fabaceae |
202 |
Fagaceae |
1 |
Flagellariaceae |
1 |
Frankeniaceae |
1 |
Gelsemiaceae |
1 |
Gentianaceae |
13 |
Geraniaceae |
3 |
Gesneriaceae |
5 |
Goodeniaceae |
12 |
Griseliniaceae |
1 |
Grossulariaceae |
1 |
Gunneraceae |
1 |
Gyrostemonaceae |
5 |
Haemodoraceae |
8 |
Haloragaceae |
7 |
Hamamelidaceae |
3 |
Hanguanaceae |
1 |
Heliconiaceae |
1 |
Hemerocallidaceae |
16 |
Hernandiaceae |
3 |
Himantandraceae |
1 |
Hydatellaceae |
2 |
Hydrangeaceae |
2 |
Hydrocharitaceae |
13 |
Hydroleaceae |
1 |
Hypericaceae |
3 |
Hypoxidaceae |
4 |
Icacinaceae |
5 |
Iridaceae |
28 |
Juglandaceae |
1 |
Juncaceae |
2 |
Juncaginaceae |
3 |
Lamiaceae |
67 |
Lardizabalaceae |
1 |
Lauraceae |
10 |
Lecythidaceae |
2 |
Lentibulariaceae |
1 |
Liliaceae |
2 |
Limeaceae |
1 |
Linaceae |
3 |
Linderniaceae |
4 |
Loganiaceae |
7 |
Loranthaceae |
13 |
Luzuriagaceae |
1 |
Lythraceae |
10 |
Malphigiaceae |
6 |
Malvaceae |
68 |
Marantaceae |
3 |
Martyniaceae |
3 |
Mayacaceae |
1 |
Melastomataceae |
10 |
Meliaceae |
14 |
Melianthaceae |
1 |
Menispermaceae |
13 |
Menyanthaceae |
3 |
Molluginaceae |
2 |
Monimiaceae |
8 |
Moraceae |
10 |
Moringaceae |
1 |
Muntingiaceae |
1 |
Musaceae |
1 |
Myodocarpaceae |
1 |
Myristicaceae |
2 |
Myrtaceae |
95 |
Nelumbonaceae |
1 |
Nepenthaceae |
1 |
Neuradaceae |
1 |
Nitrariaceae |
2 |
Nothofagaceae |
1 |
Nyctaginaceae |
5 |
Nymphaeaceae |
2 |
Ochnaceae |
2 |
Olacaceae |
3 |
Oleaceae |
9 |
Onagraceae |
5 |
Opiliaceae |
2 |
Orchidaceae |
133 |
Orobanchaceae |
12 |
Oxalidaceae |
2 |
Pandanaceae |
2 |
Papaveraceae |
11 |
Paracryphiaceae |
2 |
Passifloraceae |
4 |
Paulowniaceae |
1 |
Pedaliaceae |
2 |
Pennantiaceae |
1 |
Pentaphyllaceae |
1 |
Petermanniaceae |
1 |
Philydraceae |
3 |
Phrymaceae |
5 |
Phyllanthaceae |
14 |
Phytolaccaceae |
3 |
Picrodendraceae |
9 |
Pinaceae |
4 |
Piperaceae |
3 |
Pittosporaceae |
9 |
Plantaginaceae |
26 |
Platanaceae |
1 |
Plumbaginaceae |
5 |
Poaceae |
260 |
Podocarpaceae |
8 |
Podostemaceae |
2 |
Polemoniaceae |
5 |
Polygalaceae |
5 |
Polygonaceae |
10 |
Pontederiaceae |
4 |
Portulacaceae |
9 |
Posidoniaceae |
1 |
Potamogetonaceae |
4 |
Primulaceae |
10 |
Proteaceae |
47 |
Putranjivaceae |
1 |
Ranunculaceae |
11 |
Resedaceae |
1 |
Restionaceae |
34 |
Rhamnaceae |
25 |
Rhizophoraceae |
4 |
Ripogonaceae |
1 |
Rosaceae |
25 |
Rousseaceae |
2 |
Rubiaceae |
64 |
Ruppiaceae |
1 |
Rutaceae |
50 |
Salicaceae |
8 |
Santalaceae |
14 |
Sapindaceae |
34 |
Sapotaceae |
8 |
Sarraceniaceae |
1 |
Saxifragaceae |
2 |
Scrophulariaceae |
17 |
Simaroubaceae |
3 |
Smilacaceae |
1 |
Solanaceae |
25 |
Sparganiaceae |
1 |
Sphenocleaceae |
1 |
Stemonaceae |
1 |
Strelitziaceae |
2 |
Stylidiaceae |
5 |
Surianaceae |
4 |
Symplocaceae |
1 |
Taccaceae |
1 |
Tamaricaceae |
1 |
Tecophilaeaceae |
1 |
Tetrachondraceae |
1 |
Theaceae |
1 |
Thismiaceae |
1 |
Thymelaeaceae |
11 |
Total Australian Genera |
3027 |
Total Australian Genera | 3027 |
Trimenaceae |
1 |
Triuridaceae |
1 |
Tropaeolaceae |
1 |
Typhaceae |
1 |
Ulmaceae |
1 |
Urticaceae |
14 |
Verbenaceae |
9 |
Violaceae |
4 |
Vitaceae |
8 |
Winteraceae |
2 |
Xanthorrhoeaceae |
1 |
Xyridaceae |
1 |
Zamiaceae |
3 |
Zingiberaceae |
10 |
Zosteraceae |
2 |
Zygophyllaceae |
3 |