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The family Bombacaceae consists primarily of tree-like forms found throughout the tropics of the world. |
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The family Burseraceae is most noted as the sources of frankincense, myrrh, and copal, aromatic resins which humans have used for millennia. Plants are woody trees and shrubs that occur in tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, Arabia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Americas. The family has about 18 genera and some 500 species; four genera include succulent and semi-succulent species that are popular subjects for succulent bonsai. |
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The family Crassulaceae has a worldwide distribution but is best represented in the Northern Hemisphere and South Africa. Members of this family occur from sea level to Montane plant communities and are generally perennials with herbaceous to shrub-like structure. |
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A list of the Dicotyledons families, common names and distribution. |
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The Geraniaceae family is native to Southern Africa with some members found through the Mediterranean and into Asia. The family name goes back to Linnaeus, and is Greek for “Crane’s bill’ which the fruits resemble.
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This medium sized family (about 60 genera and 300-400 species) consists of trees, shrubs, and lianas. The family occurs in tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa, southern Asia, and Australia. |
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The family Lamiaceae is a highly evolved, world wide family with over 200 genera. It is far better known as the family containing many important culinary and medicinal herbs, including Rosemary, Basil, Mint, Thyme and Oregano. |
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The family Moraceae consists mostly of trees, but also shrubs, herbs, and geophytes. There are about 40 genera and 1100 species. They are mostly tropical and subtropical, from both the Old World and New World. |
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The Piperaceae is a family of approximately 2,000 species found in the tropics worldwide but with a center of diversity in northern South America, Central America and Malaysia. |
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The Amaryllidaceae family is found worldwide in temperate, subtropical, and tropical environments. Members of the family can be found everywhere from aquatic through extremely arid desert regions. Although most of the members of the family are bulbs, some genera are primarily rhizomatous. |
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The Araceae , a family with 3,300 species found within 105 genera, has only a single species regarded as truly succulent. The genus Zamioculcas is monotypic with a single species – Zamioculcas zamiifolia. |
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There are two genera of the Asphodelaceae that are described as succulents, Bulbine and Trachyandra. Both of these, along with the rest of the family are grown more often by bulb fanciers than succulent collectors. They have swollen roots, resembling the more succulent roots of Gasteria , sometimes becoming nearly a rhizome. A few species of both genera will form small caudexes. |
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Commelinaceae is a worldwide, mostly tropical member of the Monocotyledons. There are more than 600 species in over forty genera. |
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The Dioscoreaceae family is a member of the Monocotyledons, a surprise to many since they are mostly vines and resemble the cucurbits more than anything else. |
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Doryanthes are giant, six to eight foot rosette plants resembling Agave or Furcraea but without spines at the leaf tip, or teeth along the leaf margins. |
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The family Eriospermaceae is a family with a single genus, Eriospermum. The family is confined to Sub-Saharan Africa, with the center of diversity in the winter rainfall region of South Africa. |
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The Hyacinthaceae family is native to Southern Africa through the Mediterranean and into Asia. There are some genera and species found in Madagascar and Socotra. |
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A list of Monocotyledon families, common names and distribution. |
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Some seeds produce a single cotyledon and others produce two cotyledons. It is on this basis that the classification of Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) are divided into Monocotyledons (Monocots) and Dicotyledons (Dicots), respectively. |
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When it comes to searching for succulents, you're going to have to know its Family or Genus name. With Cacti, you can find all genera under the Family name of Cactaceae. |
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The Plant Family below is listed alphabetically. All cacti fall under the family Cactaceae, whereas other succulents fall under a wide variety of family names as listed below. |
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