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[[File:Irises-Vincent van Gogh.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|''Irises'', by Vincent van Gogh. The iris (from Greek for "rainbow") is in the family Iridaceae. |alt=Painting of a bed of irises]]
Since the first edition of [[Biography:Carl Linnaeus|Carl Linnaeus]]'s ''[[Biology:Species Plantarum|Species Plantarum]]'' in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their [[Biology:Species|species]] and one name for their [[Biology:Genus|genus]], a grouping of related species.{{sfn|Cullen|p=38}} Related {{tooltip|genera|plural of genus}} are in turn grouped into families.{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=14}} Each family's formal name ends in the [[Social:Latin|Latin]] suffix -''aceae'' and is derived from the name of a genus that is or once was part of the family.{{sfn|ICN|loc=art.&nbsp;18}}

The table below contains [[Biology:Spermatophyte|seed-bearing]] families from ''Plants of the World'' by Maarten J.&nbsp;M. Christenhusz (lead author), Michael F. Fay and Mark W. Chase, with two updated families{{efn-la|[[Biology:Calceolariaceae|Calceolariaceae]] and Viburnaceae}} from ''Plants of the World Online''. The second column gives the family's original [[Biology:Type genus|type genus]], unless that name is [[Biology:Synonym (taxonomy)|no longer accepted]] in taxonomic databases. The fourth column gives an associated meaning, derivation or person.{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=14}} __FORCETOC__

== Key ==
:'''LG''': derived from a Greek word (G), a Latin word (L), another language (–), or a personal name (P)
:'''Ba''': listed in Ross Bayton's ''The Gardener's Botanical''{{sfn|Bayton}}
:'''Bu''': listed in Lotte Burkhardt's ''Index of Eponymic Plant Names''{{sfn|Burkhardt}}
:'''CS''': listed in both Allen Coombes's ''The A to Z of Plant Names'' and William T. Stearn's ''Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners''{{sfn|Coombes}}
:'''Gl''': listed in David Gledhill's ''The Names of Plants''{{sfn|Gledhill}}
:'''Qu''': listed in Umberto Quattrocchi's four-volume ''CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names''{{sfn|Quattrocchi1}}{{sfn|Quattrocchi2}}{{sfn|Quattrocchi3}}{{sfn|Quattrocchi4}}
:'''St''': listed in ''Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners''{{sfn|Stearn}}
:Linked numerical citations in the last column refer to ''Plants of the World''.

Except for ''Plants of the World'', these books list genera alphabetically. "Latin plant name" or "Greek plant name" in the fourth column means that the name appears in Classical Latin or Greek or both for some plant, not necessarily the plant listed here.

==Families==

[[File:Acanthus balcanicus Akant długolistny 2019-08-03 03.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Acanthus''←{{efn-la|The arrows provide a link to the table row for the given genus.}} |alt=foliage]]
[[File:Actinidia chinensis A.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Actinidia''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Aizoon canariense Bermeja (3).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Aizoon''← |alt=foliage]]
[[File:Amaranthus cruentus L.-4F.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Amaranthus''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Ancistrocladus heyneanus - Kardal - at Peravoor (2).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Ancistrocladus''← |alt=leaf and tendril]]
[[File:Aphanopetalum resinosum, Palm Beach NSW P9110016.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Aphanopetalum''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Aphloia-theiformis01221.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Aphloia''← |alt=peeling bark]]
[[File:Hvězdnice chlumní.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Aster''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Balanops australiana (13813866135).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Balanops''← |alt=fruit and foliage]]
[[File:Abeilles sur un plant de bourrache dans la plaine des Maures (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Borago''← |alt=foliage]]
[[File:Calceolaria bilatata flowers.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Calceolaria''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Witasek-Glockenblume (Campanula witasekiana), Blüten.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Campanula''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Caryocar villosum.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Caryocar''← |alt=fruit]]
[[File:Ceratophyllum demersum s. str. sl5.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Ceratophyllum''← |alt=foliage]]
[[File:Cynomorium coccineum Algarve.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Cynomorium''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Dasypogon bromelifolius Walpole 1.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Dasypogon''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Dipterocarpus alatus Roxb. Dipterocarpaceae (6895247362).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Dipterocarpus''← |alt=fruit]]
[[File:Doryanthes palmeri kz7.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Doryanthes''← |alt=flowers and foliage]]
[[File:Eriocaulon nudicuspe.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Eriocaulon''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Geissoloma Lignaut 2.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Geissoloma''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Geranium pusillum sl7.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Geranium'' fruit← |alt=fruit]]
[[File:Gyrostemon racemiger (male) - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Gyrostemon''← |alt=male flowers]]
[[File:Lamium album4 ies.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Lamium''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Lanaria lanata01.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Lanaria''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Lecythis zabucajo MHNT.BOT.2017.10.26-3.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Lecythis'' fruit← |alt=fruit]]
[[File:Limnanthes vinculans 11.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Limnanthes''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Loranthus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Loranthus''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Menispermum canadense seeds NRCS.png|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Menispermum'' seeds← |alt=seeds]]
[[File:Orchis provincialis - Moggridge - Flora of Mentone pl. 42 (1871).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|Illustration of ''Orchis''← |alt=plant illustration]]
[[File:Pera glabrata fruits.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Pera'' fruit← |alt=fruit]]
[[File:Phyllanthus-angustifolius 1.png|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Phyllanthus''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Pittosporum angustifolium IMG 20190607 084432.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Pittosporum''← |alt=fruit]]
[[File:Podocarpus macrophyllus from seed.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Podocarpus''← |alt=fruit]]
[[File:Ranunculus aquatilis in Vlkovska piskovna (1).JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Ranunculus''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Rhipogonum scandens in Mount Ngongotaha SR (3).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Ripogonum''← |alt=tangled stalks]]
[[File:Rubia tinctorum - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-123.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Rubia'' illustration← |alt=plant illustration]]
[[File:Sarcobatus vermiculatus (4018712194).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Sarcobatus''← |alt=flowers]]
<!--[[File:Sarcolaena oblongifolia 2.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Sarcolaena''← |alt=flowers]]-->
[[File:Saxifraga granulata Habitus SierraMadrona.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Saxifraga''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Stachyurus praecox.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Stachyurus''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Staphylea-pinnata-flowers.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Staphylea''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Stegnosperma cubense, open pods. (9364622833).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|Open pods of ''Stegnosperma''← |alt=fruit pods]]
[[File:Stemona tuberosa-5-60 feet bridge-yercaud-salem-India.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Stemona''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Stilbe ericoides 1DS-II 1-8204.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Stilbe''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Trochodendron aralioides 09071-2.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Trochodendron''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Backlit xeronema flower raceme.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Xeronema''← |alt=flowers]]
[[File:Zostera marina detail.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Zostera''← |alt=foliage]]
[[File:Zygophyllum fruticulosum (8692959468).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|''Zygophyllum''← |alt=flowers and foliage]]

{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
! width="1%" scope="col" |Family
! width="4%" scope="col" |Original [[Biology:Type genus|type genus]]
! width="1%" scope="col" |{{abbr|LG|Derived from a Greek word (G), a Latin word (L), another language (–), or a personal name (P)}}
! width="30%" scope="col"|Associated meaning, derivation or person{{efn-la|Except for the people with an indication in their name or description that they were known for something else, all are remembered for their work as [[Earth:Natural history|naturalists]], including amateur and professional botanists, [[Biology:Zoology|zoologists]], apothecaries, and collectors.}}
! width="4%" scope="col" |[[Biology:Order|Order]]
! width="1%" scope="col" |{{abbr|Refs|References: Ba Bayton, Bu Burkhardt, Ch Christenhusz, CS Coombes + Stearn, Gl Gledhill, Qu Quattrocchi, St Stearn}}
|-{{anchor|Acanthus}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Acanthaceae|Acanthaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Acanthus (plant)|Acanthus]]'' || G
|thorns || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=563–566}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Achariaceae|Achariaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Acharia tragodes|Acharia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Acharius"|Erik Acharius (1757–1819) || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=323–324}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Achatocarpaceae|Achatocarpaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Achatocarpus|Achatocarpus]]'' || G
|agate fruit || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=448–449}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Acoraceae|Acoraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Acorus|Acorus]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Acorales|Acorales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=117}}
|-{{anchor|Actinidia}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Actinidiaceae|Actinidiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Actinidia|Actinidia]]'' || G
|radiating out from the center (the [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#style|styles]]) || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=503–504}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Aextoxicaceae|Aextoxicaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Aextoxicon|Aextoxicon]]'' || G
|goat poison || [[Biology:Berberidopsidales|Berberidopsidales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=420}}
|-{{anchor|Aizoon}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Aizoaceae|Aizoaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Aizoon|Aizoon]]'' || G
|always living (in a variety of habitats) || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| Gl{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=457–458}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Akaniaceae|Akaniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Akania (plant)|Akania]]'' || G
|[[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#bract|bractless]], possibly || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=401–402}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Alismataceae|Alismataceae]]
|''[[Biology:Alisma|Alisma]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Alismatales|Alismatales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=122}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Alseuosmiaceae|Alseuosmiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Alseuosmia|Alseuosmia]]'' || G
|grove fragrance || [[Biology:Asterales|Asterales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=596–597}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Alstroemeriaceae|Alstroemeriaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Alstroemeria|Alstroemeria]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Alstromer"|Clas Alströmer (1736–1794) || [[Biology:Liliales|Liliales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=144–145}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Altingiaceae|Altingiaceae]]
| — || P
|data-sort-value="Alting"|Willem Arnold Alting (1724–1800), colonial administrator || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=233–234}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Alzateaceae|Alzateaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Alzatea|Alzatea]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Alzate"|José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez (d. 1795), cartographer || [[Biology:Myrtales|Myrtales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=356–357}}
|-{{anchor|Amaranthus}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Amaranthaceae|Amaranthaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Amaranthus|Amaranthus]]'' || G
| unfading || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=449–452}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Amaryllidaceae|Amaryllidaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Amaryllis|Amaryllis]]'' || G
|Amaryllis, a Greek shepherdess from classical poetry || [[Biology:Asparagales|Asparagales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=170–171}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Amborellaceae|Amborellaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Amborella|Amborella]]'' ||–
|Malagasy plant name || [[Biology:Amborellales|Amborellales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=88}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Anacampserotaceae|Anacampserotaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Anacampseros|Anacampseros]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=468}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Anacardiaceae|Anacardiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Anacardium|Anacardium]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Sapindales|Sapindales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=369–371}}
|-{{anchor|Ancistrocladus}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ancistrocladaceae|Ancistrocladaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ancistrocladus|Ancistrocladus]]'' || G
|fish-hooked branches || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=441–442}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Anisophylleaceae|Anisophylleaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Anisophyllea|Anisophyllea]]'' || G
|unequal leaves || [[Biology:Cucurbitales|Cucurbitales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=284}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Annonaceae|Annonaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Annona|Annona]]'' ||–
|Taíno plant name || [[Biology:Magnoliales|Magnoliales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=105–106}}
|-{{anchor|Aphanopetalum}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Aphanopetalaceae|Aphanopetalaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Aphanopetalum|Aphanopetalum]]'' || G
|inconspicuous petals || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| Gl{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=241}}
|-{{anchor|Aphloia}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Aphloiaceae|Aphloiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Aphloia|Aphloia]]'' || G
|unbarked || [[Biology:Crossosomatales|Crossosomatales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=358–359}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Apiaceae|Apiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Apium|Apium]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Apiales|Apiales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=632–637}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Apocynaceae|Apocynaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Apocynum|Apocynum]]'' || G
| Greek plant name || [[Biology:Gentianales|Gentianales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=525–529}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Apodanthaceae|Apodanthaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Apodanthes|Apodanthes]]'' || G
|stalkless flowers || [[Biology:Cucurbitales|Cucurbitales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=283}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Aponogetonaceae|Aponogetonaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Aponogeton|Aponogeton]]'' || L
|near (hot springs at) Aponus (now Abano Terme){{efn-la|Present-day geographical names are used wherever possible.}} || [[Biology:Alismatales|Alismatales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=126}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Aquifoliaceae|Aquifoliaceae]]
| — || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Aquifoliales|Aquifoliales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=588–589}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Araceae|Araceae]]
|''[[Biology:Arum|Arum]]'' || L
|Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Alismatales|Alismatales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=118–120}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Araliaceae|Araliaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Aralia|Aralia]]'' ||–
|French-Canadian plant name || [[Biology:Apiales|Apiales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=629–631}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Araucariaceae|Araucariaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Araucaria|Araucaria]]'' ||–
|Araucanos (now Mapuche) || [[Biology:Pinales|Pinales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=81}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Arecaceae|Arecaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Areca|Areca]]'' ||–
|Malabar plant name || [[Biology:Arecales|Arecales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=177–179}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Argophyllaceae|Argophyllaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Argophyllum|Argophyllum]]'' || G
|silver leaves || [[Biology:Asterales|Asterales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=597–598}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Aristolochiaceae|Aristolochiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Aristolochia|Aristolochia]]'' || G
|best childbirth (for which some species used to be prescribed) || [[Biology:Piperales|Piperales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=100–101}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Asparagaceae|Asparagaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Asparagus|Asparagus]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Asparagales|Asparagales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=171–174}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Asphodelaceae|Asphodelaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Asphodeline|Asphodeline]]'' || G
|like ''[[Biology:Asphodelus|Asphodelus]]'' || [[Biology:Asparagales|Asparagales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=168}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Asteliaceae|Asteliaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Astelia|Astelia]]'' || G
|trunkless || [[Biology:Asparagales|Asparagales]]
| Ba{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=160–161}}
|-{{anchor|Aster}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Asteraceae|Asteraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Aster (genus)|Aster]]'' || L
|star || [[Biology:Asterales|Asterales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=601–615}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Asteropeiaceae|Asteropeiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Asteropeia|Asteropeia]]'' || G
|Asteropeia, daughter of the mythological king Pelias || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=444–445}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Atherospermataceae|Atherospermataceae]]
|''[[Biology:Atherosperma|Atherosperma]]'' || G
|[[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#awn|awn]]ed seeds, or a reference to the fruit || [[Biology:Laurales|Laurales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=109}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Austrobaileyaceae|Austrobaileyaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Austrobaileya|Austrobaileya]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Bailey"|[[Biography:Frederick Manson Bailey|Frederick Manson Bailey]] (1827–1915) and Irving Widmer Bailey (1884–1967) || [[Biology:Austrobaileyales|Austrobaileyales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=92}}
|-{{anchor|Balanops}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Balanopaceae|Balanopaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Balanops|Balanops]]'' || G
|acorn-like || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=318–319}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Balanophoraceae|Balanophoraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Balanophora|Balanophora]]'' || G
|acorn-bearing (the shape of the male flower heads) || [[Biology:Santalales|Santalales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=424–425}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Balsaminaceae|Balsaminaceae]]
| — || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| Gl{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=479–480}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Barbeuiaceae|Barbeuiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Barbeuia|Barbeuia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Barbeu-Dubourg"|Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg (1709–1779) || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=455}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Barbeyaceae|Barbeyaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Barbeya|Barbeya]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Barbey"|William Barbey (1842–1914) || [[Biology:Rosales|Rosales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=268}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Basellaceae|Basellaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Basella|Basella]]'' ||–
|Malabar plant name || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=465–466}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Bataceae|Bataceae]]
|[[Biology:Batis (plant)|''Batis'']] || G
|walking || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=407–408}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Begoniaceae|Begoniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Begonia|Begonia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Begon"|Michel Bégon (1638–1710), government official and plant collector || [[Biology:Cucurbitales|Cucurbitales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=291–292}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Berberidaceae|Berberidaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Berberis|Berberis]]'' ||–
|Arabic plant name || [[Biology:Ranunculales|Ranunculales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=219–220}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Berberidopsidaceae|Berberidopsidaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Berberidopsis|Berberidopsis]]'' ||–
|like ''[[Biology:Berberis|Berberis]]'' || [[Biology:Berberidopsidales|Berberidopsidales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=420–421}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Betulaceae|Betulaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Betula|Betula]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Fagales|Fagales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=282}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Biebersteiniaceae|Biebersteiniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Biebersteinia|Biebersteinia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Bieberstein"|[[Biography:Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein|Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein]] (1768–1826) || [[Biology:Sapindales|Sapindales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=365}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Bignoniaceae|Bignoniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Bignonia|Bignonia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Bignon"|Jean-Paul Bignon (1662–1743), statesman and royal librarian || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=566–568}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Bixaceae|Bixaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Bixa|Bixa]]'' ||–
|Carib plant name || [[Biology:Malvales|Malvales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=396–397}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Blandfordiaceae|Blandfordiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Blandfordia|Blandfordia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Marlborough"|George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (1766–1840) || [[Biology:Asparagales|Asparagales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=160}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Bonnetiaceae|Bonnetiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Bonnetia|Bonnetia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Bonnet"|Charles Bonnet (1720–1793) || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=308}}
|-{{anchor|Borago}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Boraginaceae|Boraginaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Borago|Borago]]'' || L
|hairy clothes, possibly (the leaves) || [[Biology:Boraginales|Boraginales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=529–532}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Boryaceae|Boryaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Borya|Borya]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Saint-Vincent"|Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778–1846) || [[Biology:Asparagales|Asparagales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=159–160}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Brassicaceae|Brassicaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Brassica|Brassica]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=415–419}}
|-{{anchor|Bromeliaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Bromeliaceae|Bromeliaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Bromelia|Bromelia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Bromelius"| Olof Bromelius (1639–1705), Swedish doctor and botanist || [[Biology:Poales|Poales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=194–196}}
|-{{anchor|Brunelliaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Brunelliaceae|Brunelliaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Brunellia|Brunellia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Brunelli"|Gabriele Brunelli (1728–1797), Italian clergyman and botanist || [[Biology:Oxalidales|Oxalidales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=301}}
|-{{anchor|Bruniaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Bruniaceae|Bruniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Brunia (plant)|Brunia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Brown"|Alexander Brown (fl. 1692–1698), English doctor and plant collector || [[Biology:Bruniales|Bruniales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=617–618}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Burmanniaceae|Burmanniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Burmannia (plant)|Burmannia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Burman"|Johannes Burman (1707–1780) || [[Biology:Dioscoreales|Dioscoreales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=133–134}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Burseraceae|Burseraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Bursera|Bursera]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Burser"|Joachim Burser (1583–1639) || [[Biology:Sapindales|Sapindales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=367–368}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Butomaceae|Butomaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Butomus|Butomus]]'' || G
|ox-wounding (the inedible leaves harm cattle) || [[Biology:Alismatales|Alismatales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=123}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Buxaceae|Buxaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Buxus|Buxus]]'' || L
|Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Buxales|Buxales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=227–228}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Byblidaceae|Byblidaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Byblis (plant)|Byblis]]'' || G
|Byblis, a mythological character || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=558–559}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cabombaceae|Cabombaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cabomba|Cabomba]]'' ||–
|Guianese plant name || [[Biology:Nymphaeales|Nymphaeales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=90}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cactaceae|Cactaceae]]
| — || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=468–470}}
|-{{anchor|Calceolaria}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Calceolariaceae|Calceolariaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Calceolaria|Calceolaria]]'' || G
|slipper (the flowers) || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| CS{{sfn|POWO}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Calophyllaceae|Calophyllaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Calophyllum|Calophyllum]]'' || G
|beautiful leaves || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=310–311}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Calycanthaceae|Calycanthaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Calycanthus|Calycanthus]]'' || G
|[[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#calyx|calyx]] flower (the sepals are like the petals) || [[Biology:Laurales|Laurales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=107}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Calyceraceae|Calyceraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Calycera|Calycera]]'' || G
| [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#calyx|calyx]] horn || [[Biology:Asterales|Asterales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=600–601}}
|-{{anchor|Campanula}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Campanulaceae|Campanulaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Campanula|Campanula]]'' || L
|little bell (the flowers) || [[Biology:Asterales|Asterales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=591–594}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Campynemataceae|Campynemataceae]]
|''[[Biology:Campynema|Campynema]]'' || G
|bent thread || [[Biology:Liliales|Liliales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=141}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Canellaceae|Canellaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Canella|Canella]]'' || G
|little [[Biology:Canna (plant)|''Canna'']] || [[Biology:Canellales|Canellales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=95}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cannabaceae|Cannabaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cannabis|Cannabis]]'' || L
|Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Rosales|Rosales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=272–273}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cannaceae|Cannaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Canna (plant)|Canna]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Zingiberales|Zingiberales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=188}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Capparaceae|Capparaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Capparis|Capparis]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=412–413}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Caprifoliaceae|Caprifoliaceae]]
| — || L
|goat leaves || [[Biology:Dipsacales|Dipsacales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=621–625}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cardiopteridaceae|Cardiopteridaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cardiopteris|Cardiopteris]]'' || G
|heart wing or fern (the fruit) || [[Biology:Aquifoliales|Aquifoliales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=586}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Caricaceae|Caricaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Carica|Carica]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=404–405}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Carlemanniaceae|Carlemanniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Carlemannia|Carlemannia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Lemann"|Charles Morgan Lemann (1806–1852) || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=544–545}}
|-{{anchor|Caryocar}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Caryocaraceae|Caryocaraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Caryocar|Caryocar]]'' || G
|nut heart || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=313–314}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Caryophyllaceae|Caryophyllaceae]]
| — || G
|clove || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
|
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Casuarinaceae|Casuarinaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Casuarina|Casuarina]]'' ||–
|from a Malaysian word for [[Biology:Cassowary|cassowary]] || [[Biology:Fagales|Fagales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=280–281}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Celastraceae|Celastraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Celastrus|Celastrus]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Celastrales|Celastrales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=293–295}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Centroplacaceae|Centroplacaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Centroplacus|Centroplacus]]'' || G
|spurred and flat (the [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#style|styles]]) || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=315–316}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cephalotaceae|Cephalotaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cephalotus|Cephalotus]]'' || G
|head-like || [[Biology:Oxalidales|Oxalidales]]
| Gl{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=300–301}}
|-{{anchor|Ceratophyllum}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ceratophyllaceae|Ceratophyllaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ceratophyllum|Ceratophyllum]]'' || G
|horned (antler-shaped) leaves || [[Biology:Ceratophyllales|Ceratophyllales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=212}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cercidiphyllaceae|Cercidiphyllaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cercidiphyllum|Cercidiphyllum]]'' || G
|with leaves like ''[[Biology:Cercis siliquastrum|Cercis siliquastrum]]'' || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=235–236}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Chloranthaceae|Chloranthaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Chloranthus|Chloranthus]]'' || G
|green flowers || [[Biology:Chloranthales|Chloranthales]]
| Ba{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=114}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Chrysobalanaceae|Chrysobalanaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Chrysobalanus|Chrysobalanus]]'' || G
|gold acorns || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=321–322}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Circaeasteraceae|Circaeasteraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Circaeaster|Circaeaster]]'' || G
|[[Unsolved:Circe|Circe]], a mythological witch || [[Biology:Ranunculales|Ranunculales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=216–217}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cistaceae|Cistaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cistus|Cistus]]'' || L
|Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Malvales|Malvales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=397–398}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cleomaceae|Cleomaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cleome|Cleome]]'' || G
|brilliance || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=413–414}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Clethraceae|Clethraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Clethra|Clethra]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=504–505}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Clusiaceae|Clusiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Clusia|Clusia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Clusius"|Carolus Clusius (1526–1609) || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=309–310}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Colchicaceae|Colchicaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Colchicum|Colchicum]]'' || G
|[[Place:Colchis|Colchis]] || [[Biology:Liliales|Liliales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=145–146}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Columelliaceae|Columelliaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Columellia|Columellia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Columella"|Columella (1st century) || [[Biology:Bruniales|Bruniales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=616–617}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Combretaceae|Combretaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Combretum|Combretum]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Myrtales|Myrtales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=345–346}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Commelinaceae|Commelinaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Commelina|Commelina]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Commelijn"|Jan (1629–1692) and Caspar Commelijn (1667–1734) || [[Biology:Commelinales|Commelinales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=180–181}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Connaraceae|Connaraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Connarus|Connarus]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Oxalidales|Oxalidales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=296}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Convolvulaceae|Convolvulaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Convolvulus|Convolvulus]]'' || L
|twining || [[Biology:Solanales|Solanales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=534–535}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Coriariaceae|Coriariaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Coriaria|Coriaria]]'' || L
|leather (for tanning) || [[Biology:Cucurbitales|Cucurbitales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=285–286}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cornaceae|Cornaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cornus|Cornus]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Cornales|Cornales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=477–479}}
|-{{anchor|Corsiaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Corsiaceae|Corsiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Corsia|Corsia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Corsi"|Bardo Corsi Salviati (1844–1907), Italian nobleman || [[Biology:Liliales|Liliales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=141–142}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Corynocarpaceae|Corynocarpaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Corynocarpus|Corynocarpus]]'' || G
|club fruit || [[Biology:Cucurbitales|Cucurbitales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=284–285}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Costaceae|Costaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Costus|Costus]]'' || L
| Latin plant name || [[Biology:Zingiberales|Zingiberales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=190–191}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Crassulaceae|Crassulaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Crassula|Crassula]]'' || L
|little thick (the leaves) || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=239–241}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Crossosomataceae|Crossosomataceae]]
|''[[Biology:Crossosoma|Crossosoma]]'' || G
|fringed body (the seeds) || [[Biology:Crossosomatales|Crossosomatales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=362–363}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Crypteroniaceae|Crypteroniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Crypteronia|Crypteronia]]'' || G
|hidden love (the small flowers) || [[Biology:Myrtales|Myrtales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=356}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ctenolophonaceae|Ctenolophonaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ctenolophon|Ctenolophon]]'' || G
|comb hills || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=303–304}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cucurbitaceae|Cucurbitaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cucurbita|Cucurbita]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Cucurbitales|Cucurbitales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=286–289}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cunoniaceae|Cunoniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cunonia|Cunonia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Cuno"|Johann Christian Cuno (b. 1708) || [[Biology:Oxalidales|Oxalidales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=298–299}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cupressaceae|Cupressaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cupressus|Cupressus]]'' || L
|Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Pinales|Pinales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=84}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Curtisiaceae|Curtisiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Curtisia|Curtisia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Curtis"|[[Biography:William Curtis|William Curtis]] (1746–1799) || [[Biology:Cornales|Cornales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=476–477}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cycadaceae|Cycadaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cycas|Cycas]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Cycadales|Cycadales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=73–74}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cyclanthaceae|Cyclanthaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cyclanthus|Cyclanthus]]'' || G
|circle of flowers || [[Biology:Pandanales|Pandanales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=139}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cymodoceaceae|Cymodoceaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cymodocea|Cymodocea]]'' || G
|[[Unsolved:Cymodoce (mythology)|Cymodoce]], a sea [[Unsolved:Nymph|nymph]] || [[Biology:Alismatales|Alismatales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=131}}
|-{{anchor|Cynomorium}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cynomoriaceae|Cynomoriaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cynomorium|Cynomorium]]'' || G
|dog penis || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=243–244}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cyperaceae|Cyperaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cyperus|Cyperus]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Poales|Poales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=200}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cyrillaceae|Cyrillaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cyrilla|Cyrilla]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Cirillo"|Domenico Cirillo (1739–1799) || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=505–506}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Cytinaceae|Cytinaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Cytinus|Cytinus]]'' || G
|part of a [[Biology:Pomegranate|pomegranate]] || [[Biology:Malvales|Malvales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=385–386}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Daphniphyllaceae|Daphniphyllaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Daphniphyllum|Daphniphyllum]]'' || G
| leaves like ''Daphne'' || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=236}}
|-{{anchor|Dasypogon}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Dasypogonaceae|Dasypogonaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Dasypogon|Dasypogon]]'' || G
|hairy beard || [[Biology:Arecales|Arecales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=175}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Datiscaceae|Datiscaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Datisca|Datisca]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Cucurbitales|Cucurbitales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=290–291}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Degeneriaceae|Degeneriaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Degeneria|Degeneria]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Degener"|Otto Degener (1899–1988) || [[Biology:Magnoliales|Magnoliales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=104}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Diapensiaceae|Diapensiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Diapensia|Diapensia]]'' || G
| Greek plant name || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=498–499}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Dichapetalaceae|Dichapetalaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Dichapetalum|Dichapetalum]]'' || G
|two-part petals || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=320}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Didiereaceae|Didiereaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Didierea|Didierea]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Grandidier"|Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921) || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| Ba{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=464–465}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Dilleniaceae|Dilleniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Dillenia|Dillenia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Dillenius"| [[Biography:Johann Jacob Dillenius|Johann Jacob Dillenius]] (1684–1747) || [[Biology:Dilleniales|Dilleniales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=231}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Dioncophyllaceae|Dioncophyllaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Dioncophyllum|Dioncophyllum]]'' || G
|two-hooked leaves || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=440–441}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Dioscoreaceae|Dioscoreaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Dioscorea|Dioscorea]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Dioscorides"| Pedanius Dioscorides (c. 40 – c. 90) || [[Biology:Dioscoreales|Dioscoreales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=134–135}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Dipentodontaceae|Dipentodontaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Dipentodon|Dipentodon]]'' || G
|two groups of five teeth (on the [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#sepal|sepals]] and petals) || [[Biology:Huerteales|Huerteales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=384}}
|-{{anchor|Dipterocarpus}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Dipterocarpaceae|Dipterocarpaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Dipterocarpus|Dipterocarpus]]'' || G
|two-winged fruit || [[Biology:Malvales|Malvales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=399–400}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Dirachmaceae|Dirachmaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Dirachma|Dirachma]]'' ||–
|Socotran name, possibly || [[Biology:Rosales|Rosales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=268}}
|-{{anchor|Doryanthes}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Doryanthaceae|Doryanthaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Doryanthes|Doryanthes]]'' || G
| spear of flowers || [[Biology:Asparagales|Asparagales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=163–164}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Droseraceae|Droseraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Drosera|Drosera]]'' || G
| dew (the secretions) || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=436–438}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Drosophyllaceae|Drosophyllaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Drosophyllum|Drosophyllum]]'' || G
|dewy leaves || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=440}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ebenaceae|Ebenaceae]]
| — || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=491–492}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ecdeiocoleaceae|Ecdeiocoleaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ecdeiocolea|Ecdeiocolea]]'' || G
|binding sheath (the scaly leaves) || [[Biology:Poales|Poales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=205–206}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Elaeagnaceae|Elaeagnaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Elaeagnus|Elaeagnus]]'' || G
| Greek plant name || [[Biology:Rosales|Rosales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=269}}
|-{{anchor|Elaeocarpus}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Elaeocarpaceae|Elaeocarpaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Elaeocarpus|Elaeocarpus]]'' || G
| olive (oil) fruit || [[Biology:Oxalidales|Oxalidales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=299–300}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Elatinaceae|Elatinaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Elatine|Elatine]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=316–317}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Emblingiaceae|Emblingiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Emblingia|Emblingia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Embling"|Thomas Embling (1814–1893), doctor || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=409}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ephedraceae|Ephedraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ephedra (plant)|Ephedra]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Ephedrales|Ephedrales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=78}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ericaceae|Ericaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Erica (plant)|Erica]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=506–510}}
|-{{anchor|Eriocaulon}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Eriocaulaceae|Eriocaulaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Eriocaulon|Eriocaulon]]'' || G
|woolly stem || [[Biology:Poales|Poales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=198}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Erythroxylaceae|Erythroxylaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Erythroxylum|Erythroxylum]]'' || G
| red wood || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=305–306}}
|-{{anchor|Escalloniaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Escalloniaceae|Escalloniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Escallonia|Escallonia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Escallón"| Antonio José Escallón y Flórez (1739–1819), Spanish official and plant-hunter in South America || [[Biology:Escalloniales|Escalloniales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=615–616}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Eucommiaceae|Eucommiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Eucommia|Eucommia]]'' || G
| good gum || [[Biology:Garryales|Garryales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=514}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Euphorbiaceae|Euphorbiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Euphorbia|Euphorbia]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=332–336}}
|-{{anchor|Euphroniaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Euphroniaceae|Euphroniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Euphronia|Euphronia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Euphronis"|Euphronis, ancient writer on cultivation || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=320–321}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Eupomatiaceae|Eupomatiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Eupomatia|Eupomatia]]'' || G
|well-capped || [[Biology:Magnoliales|Magnoliales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=105}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Eupteleaceae|Eupteleaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Euptelea|Euptelea]]'' || G
| good elm || [[Biology:Ranunculales|Ranunculales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=214}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Fabaceae|Fabaceae]]
| — || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Fabales|Fabales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=249–259}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Fagaceae|Fagaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Fagus|Fagus]]'' || L
| Latin plant name || [[Biology:Fagales|Fagales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=277–278}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Flagellariaceae|Flagellariaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Flagellaria|Flagellaria]]'' || G
|whip-like (tendrils) || [[Biology:Poales|Poales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=204}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Fouquieriaceae|Fouquieriaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Fouquieria|Fouquieria]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Fouquier"| Pierre Fouquier (1776–1850), doctor || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=482–484}}
|-{{anchor|Francoaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Francoaceae|Francoaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Francoa|Francoa]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Franco"| Francisco Franco (c. 1515 – c. 1569), Spanish doctor || [[Biology:Geraniales|Geraniales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=343–344}}
|-{{anchor|Frankeniaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Frankeniaceae|Frankeniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Frankenia|Frankenia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Francke"| Johann Francke (1590–1661), Swedish botanist || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=431}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Garryaceae|Garryaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Garrya|Garrya]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Garry"|Nicholas Garry (c. 1782 – 1856), merchant and trader || [[Biology:Garryales|Garryales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=515}}
|-{{anchor|Geissoloma}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Geissolomataceae|Geissolomataceae]]
|''[[Biology:Geissoloma|Geissoloma]]'' || G
|tiled fringe (the petals) || [[Biology:Crossosomatales|Crossosomatales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=359}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Gelsemiaceae|Gelsemiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Gelsemium|Gelsemium]]'' ||–
| Italian plant name || [[Biology:Gentianales|Gentianales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=524}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Gentianaceae|Gentianaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Gentiana|Gentiana]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Gentius"| Gentius (d. 168 BC), king || [[Biology:Gentianales|Gentianales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=520–522}}
|-{{anchor|Geranium}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Geraniaceae|Geraniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Geranium|Geranium]]'' || L
| crane (the fruit). Greek and Latin name. || [[Biology:Geraniales|Geraniales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=342–343}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Gerrardinaceae|Gerrardinaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Gerrardina|Gerrardina]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Gerrard"|William Tyrer Gerrard (c. 1831 – 1866) || [[Biology:Huerteales|Huerteales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=383}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Gesneriaceae|Gesneriaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Gesneria|Gesneria]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Gessner"|Conrad Gessner (1516–1565) || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=548–551}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ginkgoaceae|Ginkgoaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ginkgo|Ginkgo]]'' ||–
| Chinese and Japanese plant name || [[Biology:Ginkgoales|Ginkgoales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=75}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Gisekiaceae|Gisekiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Gisekia|Gisekia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Giseke"|Paul Dietrich Giseke (1741–1796) || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=456}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Gnetaceae|Gnetaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Gnetum|Gnetum]]'' ||–
|Maluku or Malay plant name || [[Biology:Gnetales|Gnetales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=77}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Gomortegaceae|Gomortegaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Gomortega|Gomortega]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Ortega"|Casimiro Gómez Ortega (1741–1818) || [[Biology:Laurales|Laurales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=108–109}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Goodeniaceae|Goodeniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Goodenia|Goodenia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Goodenough"|Samuel Goodenough (1743–1827) || [[Biology:Asterales|Asterales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=599–600}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Goupiaceae|Goupiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Goupia|Goupia]]'' ||–
|Ndyuka plant name || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=325–326}}
|-{{anchor|Griseliniaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Griseliniaceae|Griseliniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Griselinia|Griselinia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Griselini"|Francesco Griselini (1717–1783), Italian botanist || [[Biology:Apiales|Apiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=627–628}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Grossulariaceae|Grossulariaceae]]
| — || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=237–239}}
|-{{anchor|Grubbiaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Grubbiaceae|Grubbiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Grubbia|Grubbia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Grubb"|Michael Grubb (1728–1808), Swedish botanist, plant collector and mineralogist || [[Biology:Cornales|Cornales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=477}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Guamatelaceae|Guamatelaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Guamatela|Guamatela]]'' ||–
|anagram of Guatemala || [[Biology:Crossosomatales|Crossosomatales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=361}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Gunneraceae|Gunneraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Gunnera|Gunnera]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Gunnerus"|[[Biography:Johan Ernst Gunnerus|Johan Ernst Gunnerus]] (1718–1773) || [[Biology:Gunnerales|Gunnerales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=229–230}}
|-{{anchor|Gyrostemon}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Gyrostemonaceae|Gyrostemonaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Gyrostemon|Gyrostemon]]'' || G
|round stamens || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=410–411}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Haemodoraceae|Haemodoraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Haemodorum|Haemodorum]]'' || G
|blood gift || [[Biology:Commelinales|Commelinales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=183–184}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Halophytaceae|Halophytaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Halophytum|Halophytum]]'' || G
|salt plant || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=466}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Haloragaceae|Haloragaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Haloragis|Haloragis]]'' || G
|salt berries || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=243}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Hamamelidaceae|Hamamelidaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Hamamelis|Hamamelis]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=234–235}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Hanguanaceae|Hanguanaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Hanguana|Hanguana]]'' ||–
|Indonesian plant name || [[Biology:Commelinales|Commelinales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=179–180}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Heliconiaceae|Heliconiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Heliconia|Heliconia]]'' || L
|Latin name, from [[Social:Mount Helicon|Mount Helicon]] || [[Biology:Zingiberales|Zingiberales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=186}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Helwingiaceae|Helwingiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Helwingia|Helwingia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Helwing"|Georg Andreas Helwing (1666–1748) || [[Biology:Aquifoliales|Aquifoliales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=587–588}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Hernandiaceae|Hernandiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Hernandia|Hernandia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Toledo"|Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1514–1587) || [[Biology:Laurales|Laurales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=110}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Himantandraceae|Himantandraceae]]
| — || G
|strap-like male parts || [[Biology:Magnoliales|Magnoliales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=104}}
|-{{anchor|Huaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Huaceae|Huaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Huaceae|Hua]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Hua"|Henri Hua (1861–1919), French botanist || [[Biology:Oxalidales|Oxalidales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=295–296}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Humiriaceae|Humiriaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Humiria|Humiria]]'' ||–
|[[Social:Cariban languages|Carib]] plant name || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=322–323}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Hydatellaceae|Hydatellaceae]]
| — || G
|little water (plant) || [[Biology:Nymphaeales|Nymphaeales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=89}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Hydrangeaceae|Hydrangeaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Hydrangea|Hydrangea]]'' || G
|water container (the cup-shaped [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#capsule|capsule]]s) || [[Biology:Cornales|Cornales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=473–474}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Hydrocharitaceae|Hydrocharitaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Hydrocharis|Hydrocharis]]'' || G
|water grace || [[Biology:Alismatales|Alismatales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=123–125}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Hydroleaceae|Hydroleaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Hydrolea|Hydrolea]]'' || G
|water olive || [[Biology:Solanales|Solanales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=542–543}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Hydrostachyaceae|Hydrostachyaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Hydrostachys|Hydrostachys]]'' || G
|water spike || [[Biology:Cornales|Cornales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=472–473}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Hypericaceae|Hypericaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Hypericum|Hypericum]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=302–303}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Hypoxidaceae|Hypoxidaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Hypoxis|Hypoxis]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Asparagales|Asparagales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=162–163}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Icacinaceae|Icacinaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Icacina|Icacina]]'' ||–
|[[Social:Arawakan languages|Arawak]] name, originally || [[Biology:Icacinales|Icacinales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=512–513}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Iridaceae|Iridaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Iris (plant)|Iris]]'' || G
|rainbow (the flowers) || [[Biology:Asparagales|Asparagales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=165–167}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Irvingiaceae|Irvingiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Irvingia|Irvingia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Irving"|[[Biography:Edward Irving (plant collector)|Edward Irving]] (1816–1855) || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=303}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Iteaceae|Iteaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Itea (plant)|Itea]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=236–237}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ixioliriaceae|Ixioliriaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ixiolirion|Ixiolirion]]'' || G
|''[[Biology:Ixia|Ixia]]'' + lily || [[Biology:Asparagales|Asparagales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=164}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ixonanthaceae|Ixonanthaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ixonanthes|Ixonanthes]]'' || G
|sticky flowers || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| Gl{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=338}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Joinvilleaceae|Joinvilleaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Joinvillea|Joinvillea]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Joinville"|François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville (1818–1900) || [[Biology:Poales|Poales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=204–205}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Juglandaceae|Juglandaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Juglans|Juglans]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Fagales|Fagales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=279–280}}
|-{{anchor|Juncus}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Juncaceae|Juncaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Juncus|Juncus]]'' || L
|binding. Latin name. || [[Biology:Poales|Poales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=200}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Juncaginaceae|Juncaginaceae]]
| — || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Alismatales|Alismatales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=126–127}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Kewaceae|Kewaceae]]
|[[Biology:Kewa (plant)|''Kewa'']] ||–
|Kew, London, England || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=454–455}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Kirkiaceae|Kirkiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Kirkia|Kirkia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Kirk"|John Kirk (1832–1922) || [[Biology:Sapindales|Sapindales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=367–368}}
|-{{anchor|Koeberliniaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Koeberliniaceae|Koeberliniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Koeberlinia|Koeberlinia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Köberlin"|Christoph Ludwig Köberlin (1794–1862), German botanist and clergyman || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=406–407}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Krameriaceae|Krameriaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Krameria|Krameria]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Kramer"|Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer (1724–1765) || [[Biology:Zygophyllales|Zygophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=246}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Lacistemataceae|Lacistemataceae]]
|''[[Biology:Lacistema|Lacistema]]'' || L
|torn + Greek: [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#stamen|stamens]] || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=328}}
|-{{anchor|Lamium}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Lamiaceae|Lamiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Lamium|Lamium]]'' || L
| Latin name: open mouth (the flowers) || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=573–578}}
|-{{anchor|Lanaria}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Lanariaceae|Lanariaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Lanaria|Lanaria]]'' || G
|woolly || [[Biology:Asparagales|Asparagales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=161–162}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Lardizabalaceae|Lardizabalaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Lardizabala|Lardizabala]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Lardizábal y Uribe"| [[Biography:Manuel de Lardizábal y Uribe|Manuel de Lardizábal y Uribe]] (1744–1824), politician || [[Biology:Ranunculales|Ranunculales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=217}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Lauraceae|Lauraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Laurus|Laurus]]'' || L
| Latin plant name || [[Biology:Laurales|Laurales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=112–113}}
|-{{anchor|Lecythis}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Lecythidaceae|Lecythidaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Lecythis|Lecythis]]'' || G
|oil pot (the shape of the fruit) || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=485–487}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Lentibulariaceae|Lentibulariaceae]]
| — || G
|[[Biology:Lentil|lentil]]-shaped bladders, probably || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=569–570}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Lepidobotryaceae|Lepidobotryaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Lepidobotrys|Lepidobotrys]]'' || G
|scale clusters || [[Biology:Celastrales|Celastrales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=292–293}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Liliaceae|Liliaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Lilium|Lilium]]'' || L
| Latin plant name || [[Biology:Liliales|Liliales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=149–150}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Limeaceae|Limeaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Limeum|Limeum]]'' || L
|path (some habitats) || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=453}}
|-{{anchor|Limnanthes}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Limnanthaceae|Limnanthaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Limnanthes|Limnanthes]]'' || G
| marsh flowers || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=405–406}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Linaceae|Linaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Linum|Linum]]'' || L
| Latin plant name || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=337–338}}
|-{{anchor|Linderniaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Linderniaceae|Linderniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Lindernia|Lindernia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Lindern"|Franz Balthasar von Lindern (1682–1755), French doctor and botanist || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=557–558}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Loasaceae|Loasaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Loasa|Loasa]]'' ||–
| probably a South American plant name || [[Biology:Cornales|Cornales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=474–476}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Loganiaceae|Loganiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Logania|Logania]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Logan"| James Logan (1674–1751) || [[Biology:Gentianales|Gentianales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=522–524}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Lophiocarpaceae|Lophiocarpaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Lophiocarpus|Lophiocarpus]]'' || G
|small-crested fruit || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=454}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Lophopyxidaceae|Lophopyxidaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Lophopyxis|Lophopyxis]]'' || G
|crested box (the fruit) || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=314}}
|-{{anchor|Loranthus}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Loranthaceae|Loranthaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Loranthus|Loranthus]]'' || L
|strap + Greek: flowers || [[Biology:Santalales|Santalales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=429–430}}
|-{{anchor|Lowiaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Lowiaceae|Lowiaceae]]
|''Lowia'' || P
|data-sort-value="Lowe"|Hugh Lowe (1824–1905), English colonial administrator and naturalist || [[Biology:Zingiberales|Zingiberales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=185}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Lythraceae|Lythraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Lythrum|Lythrum]]'' || G
| bloody (the flowers) || [[Biology:Myrtales|Myrtales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=346–347}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Macarthuriaceae|Macarthuriaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Macarthuria|Macarthuria]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Macarthur"|William Macarthur (1800–1882) || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=445}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Magnoliaceae|Magnoliaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Magnolia|Magnolia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Magnol"| Pierre Magnol (1638–1715) || [[Biology:Magnoliales|Magnoliales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=103}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Malpighiaceae|Malpighiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Malpighia|Malpighia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Malpighi"| Marcello Malpighi (1628–1694) || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=317–318}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Malvaceae|Malvaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Malva|Malva]]'' || L
| Latin plant name || [[Biology:Malvales|Malvales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=388–393}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Marantaceae|Marantaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Maranta (plant)|Maranta]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Maranta"| Bartolomeo Maranta (1500–1571) || [[Biology:Zingiberales|Zingiberales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=189–190}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Marcgraviaceae|Marcgraviaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Marcgravia|Marcgravia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Marcgrave"|Georg Marcgrave (1610–1644) || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=480–481}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Martyniaceae|Martyniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Martynia|Martynia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Martyn"| John Martyn (1699–1768) || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=560}}
|-{{anchor|Maundiaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Maundiaceae|Maundiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Maundia|Maundia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Maund"|John Maund (1823–1858), English-born Australian doctor and chemist || [[Biology:Alismatales|Alismatales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=127}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Mayacaceae|Mayacaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Mayaca|Mayaca]]'' ||–
|French Guianese plant name || [[Biology:Poales|Poales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=199}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Mazaceae|Mazaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Mazus|Mazus]]'' || G
| teat, for swellings on the lower [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#lip|lip]] of the flowers || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=579}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Melanthiaceae|Melanthiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Melanthium|Melanthium]]'' || G
| dark flowers || [[Biology:Liliales|Liliales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=142–143}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Melastomataceae|Melastomataceae]]
|''[[Biology:Melastoma|Melastoma]]'' || G
| black mouth (the berries stain the mouth when eaten) || [[Biology:Myrtales|Myrtales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=354–355}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Meliaceae|Meliaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Melia (plant)|Melia]]'' || G
| Greek plant name || [[Biology:Sapindales|Sapindales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=380–381}}
|-{{anchor|Menispermum}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Menispermaceae|Menispermaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Menispermum|Menispermum]]'' || G
| moon seeds || [[Biology:Ranunculales|Ranunculales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=218}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Menyanthaceae|Menyanthaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Menyanthes|Menyanthes]]'' || G
| Greek name: small flowers or moon flowers || [[Biology:Asterales|Asterales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=598–599}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Metteniusaceae|Metteniusaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Metteniusa|Metteniusa]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Mettenius"|[[Biography:Georg Heinrich Mettenius|Georg Heinrich Mettenius]] (1823–1866) || [[Biology:Metteniusales|Metteniusales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=513–514}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Microteaceae|Microteaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Microtea|Microtea]]'' || G
|smallness, probably || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=446}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Misodendraceae|Misodendraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Misodendrum|Misodendrum]]'' || G
|hating trees || [[Biology:Santalales|Santalales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=427–428}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Mitrastemonaceae|Mitrastemonaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Mitrastemon|Mitrastemon]]'' || G
|miter + [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#stamen|stamens]] || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=510}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Molluginaceae|Molluginaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Mollugo|Mollugo]]'' || G
|soft || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=462}}
|-{{anchor|Monimiaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Monimiaceae|Monimiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Monimia|Monimia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Monime"|Monime (d. 71 BC), a queen of [[Religion:Kingdom of Pontus|Pontus]] || [[Biology:Laurales|Laurales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=111}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Montiaceae|Montiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Montia|Montia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Monti"| Giuseppe Monti (1682–1760) || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=463–464}}
|-{{anchor|Montiniaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Montiniaceae|Montiniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Montiniaceae|Montinia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Montin"|Lars Jonasson Montin (1723–1785), Swedish botanist and doctor || [[Biology:Solanales|Solanales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=541–542}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Moraceae|Moraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Morus (plant)|Morus]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Rosales|Rosales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=273–274}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Moringaceae|Moringaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Moringa (genus)|Moringa]]'' ||–
| Latinised [[Social:Tamil language|Tamil]] plant name || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=403–404}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Muntingiaceae|Muntingiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Muntingia|Muntingia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Munting"|Abraham Munting (1626–1683) || [[Biology:Malvales|Malvales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=386–387}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Musaceae|Musaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Musa (genus)|Musa]]'' ||–
| Latinised Arabic plant name || [[Biology:Zingiberales|Zingiberales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=187–188}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Myodocarpaceae|Myodocarpaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Myodocarpus|Myodocarpus]]'' || G
|mouse (-eared) fruit || [[Biology:Apiales|Apiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=631}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Myricaceae|Myricaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Myrica|Myrica]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Fagales|Fagales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=278–278}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Myristicaceae|Myristicaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Myristica|Myristica]]'' || G
| fragrant ointment || [[Biology:Magnoliales|Magnoliales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=102}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Myrothamnaceae|Myrothamnaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Myrothamnus|Myrothamnus]]'' || G
|perfume bush || [[Biology:Gunnerales|Gunnerales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=229}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Myrtaceae|Myrtaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Myrtus|Myrtus]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Myrtales|Myrtales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=350–353}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Nartheciaceae|Nartheciaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Narthecium|Narthecium]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Dioscoreales|Dioscoreales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=132–133}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Nelumbonaceae|Nelumbonaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Nelumbo|Nelumbo]]'' ||–
|Sinhalese plant name || [[Biology:Proteales|Proteales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=223–224}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Nepenthaceae|Nepenthaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Nepenthes|Nepenthes]]'' || G
|antidepressant || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=438–439}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Neuradaceae|Neuradaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Neurada|Neurada]]'' || L
|Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Malvales|Malvales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=387–388}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Nitrariaceae|Nitrariaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Nitraria|Nitraria]]'' || G
|[[Chemistry:Niter|niter]] (found in the habitat) || [[Biology:Sapindales|Sapindales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=365–366}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Nothofagaceae|Nothofagaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Nothofagus|Nothofagus]]'' || L
| false ''[[Biology:Fagus|Fagus]]'' || [[Biology:Fagales|Fagales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=276–277}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Nyctaginaceae|Nyctaginaceae]]
| — || G
|night (flowering) || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=460–462}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Nymphaeaceae|Nymphaeaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Nymphaea|Nymphaea]]'' || G
|water nymphs || [[Biology:Nymphaeales|Nymphaeales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=91}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Nyssaceae|Nyssaceae]]
|''Nyssa'' || G
|Nysa, a water nymph || [[Biology:Cornales|Cornales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=471–472}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ochnaceae|Ochnaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ochna|Ochna]]'' || G
|Greek plant name || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=306–308}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Olacaceae|Olacaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Olax|Olax]]'' || L
|scented (wood) || [[Biology:Santalales|Santalales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=421–423}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Oleaceae|Oleaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Olea|Olea]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=545–547}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Onagraceae|Onagraceae]]
| — || G
| [[Biology:Onager|onager]] (fodder) || [[Biology:Myrtales|Myrtales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=348–349}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Oncothecaceae|Oncothecaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Oncotheca|Oncotheca]]'' || G
|bulky box (the [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#anther|anthers]]) || [[Biology:Icacinales|Icacinales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=511}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Opiliaceae|Opiliaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Opilia|Opilia]]'' ||–
|(unknown) || [[Biology:Santalales|Santalales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=423–424}}
|-{{anchor|Orchis}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Orchidaceae|Orchidaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Orchis|Orchis]]'' || G
| testicle (the root tubers) || [[Biology:Asparagales|Asparagales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=151–159}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Orobanchaceae|Orobanchaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Orobanche|Orobanche]]'' || L
|Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=582–584}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Oxalidaceae|Oxalidaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Oxalis|Oxalis]]'' || L
|Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Oxalidales|Oxalidales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=297}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Paeoniaceae|Paeoniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Paeonia (plant)|Paeonia]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=232}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Pandaceae|Pandaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Panda (plant)|Panda]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Panda"|Paul Panda Farnana (1888–1930) || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=302}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Pandanaceae|Pandanaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Pandanus|Pandanus]]'' ||–
| Malay plant name || [[Biology:Pandanales|Pandanales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=140}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Papaveraceae|Papaveraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Papaver|Papaver]]'' || L
| Latin plant name || [[Biology:Ranunculales|Ranunculales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=215–216}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Paracryphiaceae|Paracryphiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Paracryphia|Paracryphia]]'' || G
|almost hidden || [[Biology:Paracryphiales|Paracryphiales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=618}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Passifloraceae|Passifloraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Passiflora|Passiflora]]'' || L
| Latin: passion flowers || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=326–328}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Paulowniaceae|Paulowniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Paulownia|Paulownia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Pavlovna"| Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795–1865) || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=581}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Pedaliaceae|Pedaliaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Pedalium|Pedalium]]'' || G
|rudder || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=562–563}}
|-{{anchor|Penaeaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Penaeaceae|Penaeaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Penaea|Penaea]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Pena"|Pierre Pena (1535–1605), French doctor and botanist || [[Biology:Myrtales|Myrtales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=357–358}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Pennantiaceae|Pennantiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Pennantia|Pennantia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Pennant"|Thomas Pennant (1726–1798) || [[Biology:Apiales|Apiales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=625}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Pentadiplandraceae|Pentadiplandraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Pentadiplandra|Pentadiplandra]]'' || G
|five double male parts (the ten [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#stamen|stamens]], usually) || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=410}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Pentaphragmataceae|Pentaphragmataceae]]
|''[[Biology:Pentaphragma|Pentaphragma]]'' || G
|five fences (around the ovaries) || [[Biology:Asterales|Asterales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=594}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Pentaphylacaceae|Pentaphylacaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Pentaphylax|Pentaphylax]]'' || G
|five guardians (the [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#stamen|stamens]]) || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=488–489}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Penthoraceae|Penthoraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Penthorum|Penthorum]]'' || G
|five (sections per fruit) || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=242–243}}
|-{{anchor|Pera}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Peraceae|Peraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Pera (plant)|Pera]]'' || G
|pouch (the fruits) || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=330–331}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Peridiscaceae|Peridiscaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Peridiscus|Peridiscus]]'' || G
| around the disk (the [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#stamen|stamens]]) || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=231–232}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Petenaeaceae|Petenaeaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Petenaea|Petenaea]]'' ||–
|Lake Petén Itzá || [[Biology:Huerteales|Huerteales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=382}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Petermanniaceae|Petermanniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Petermannia|Petermannia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Petermann"|August Heinrich Petermann (1822–1878), cartographer || [[Biology:Liliales|Liliales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=143}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Petiveriaceae|Petiveriaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Petiveria|Petiveria]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Petiver"| James Petiver (c. 1660 – 1718) || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=459–460}}
|-{{anchor|Petrosaviaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Petrosaviaceae|Petrosaviaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Petrosavia|Petrosavia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Savi"| Pietro Savi (1811–1871), Italian professor of botany || [[Biology:Petrosaviales|Petrosaviales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=131–132}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Phellinaceae|Phellinaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Phelline|Phelline]]'' || G
|corky (the fruits and seeds) || [[Biology:Asterales|Asterales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=597}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Philesiaceae|Philesiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Philesia|Philesia]]'' || G
| loving || [[Biology:Liliales|Liliales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=147}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Philydraceae|Philydraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Philydrum|Philydrum]]'' || G
|friend of water || [[Biology:Commelinales|Commelinales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=181–182}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Phrymaceae|Phrymaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Phryma|Phryma]]'' || G
|toad, possibly || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=579–580}}
|-{{anchor|Phyllanthus}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Phyllanthaceae|Phyllanthaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Phyllanthus|Phyllanthus]]'' || G
| leaf-flowers (the source of some flowers) || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=340–341}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Phyllonomaceae|Phyllonomaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Phyllonoma|Phyllonoma]]'' || G
|leaf meadow (the flowers sprouting from the leaves) || [[Biology:Aquifoliales|Aquifoliales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=586–587}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Physenaceae|Physenaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Physena|Physena]]'' || G
|inflated (the fruit) || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=444}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Phytolaccaceae|Phytolaccaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Phytolacca|Phytolacca]]'' || G
| plant [[Biology:Lac (resin)|lac]] || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=458–459}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Picramniaceae|Picramniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Picramnia|Picramnia]]'' || G
|bitter bush || [[Biology:Picramniales|Picramniales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=363–364}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Picrodendraceae|Picrodendraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Picrodendron|Picrodendron]]'' || G
|bitter tree || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=339}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Pinaceae|Pinaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Pinus|Pinus]]'' || L
| Latin plant name || [[Biology:Pinales|Pinales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=79–80}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Piperaceae|Piperaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Piper (plant)|Piper]]'' || L
| Latin name, from Sanskrit and Greek names || [[Biology:Piperales|Piperales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=99}}
|-{{anchor|Pittosporum}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Pittosporaceae|Pittosporaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Pittosporum|Pittosporum]]'' || G
| tar seeds || [[Biology:Apiales|Apiales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=628–629}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Plantaginaceae|Plantaginaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Plantago|Plantago]]'' || L
| Latin plant name || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=551–555}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Platanaceae|Platanaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Platanus|Platanus]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Proteales|Proteales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=224–225}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Plocospermataceae|Plocospermataceae]]
|''[[Biology:Plocosperma|Plocosperma]]'' || G
|tufted seeds || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=544}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Plumbaginaceae|Plumbaginaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Plumbago|Plumbago]]'' || L
| Latin plant name || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=432–433}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Poaceae|Poaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Poa|Poa]]'' || G
| Greek plant name || [[Biology:Poales|Poales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=206–211}}
|-{{anchor|Podocarpus}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Podocarpaceae|Podocarpaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Podocarpus|Podocarpus]]'' || G
| stalked fruit || [[Biology:Pinales|Pinales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=82}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Podostemaceae|Podostemaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Podostemum|Podostemum]]'' || G
|foot [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#stamen|stamens]] || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| Gl{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=311}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Polemoniaceae|Polemoniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Polemonium|Polemonium]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=484–485}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Polygalaceae|Polygalaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Polygala|Polygala]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Fabales|Fabales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=261–262}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Polygonaceae|Polygonaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Polygonum|Polygonum]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=434–436}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Pontederiaceae|Pontederiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Pontederia|Pontederia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Pontedera"| Giulio Pontedera (1688–1757) || [[Biology:Commelinales|Commelinales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=182–183}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Portulacaceae|Portulacaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Portulaca|Portulaca]]'' || L
| Latin plant name || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=467}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Posidoniaceae|Posidoniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Posidonia|Posidonia]]'' || G
|[[Religion:Poseidon|Poseidon]], a god || [[Biology:Alismatales|Alismatales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=130}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Potamogetonaceae|Potamogetonaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Potamogeton|Potamogeton]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Alismatales|Alismatales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=128–129}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Primulaceae|Primulaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Primula|Primula]]'' || L
| Medieval Latin plant name || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=492–494}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Proteaceae|Proteaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Protea|Protea]]'' || G
| Proteus of mythology || [[Biology:Proteales|Proteales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=225–226}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Putranjivaceae|Putranjivaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Putranjiva|Putranjiva]]'' ||–
|[[Social:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]] plant name || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=315}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Quillajaceae|Quillajaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Quillaja|Quillaja]]'' ||–
| Chilean plant name || [[Biology:Fabales|Fabales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=248}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Rafflesiaceae|Rafflesiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Rafflesia|Rafflesia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Raffles"|Stamford Raffles (1781–1826) || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=331–332}}
|-{{anchor|Ranunculus}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ranunculaceae|Ranunculaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ranunculus|Ranunculus]]'' || L
| Latin: little frog (some species are aquatic) || [[Biology:Ranunculales|Ranunculales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=220}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Rapateaceae|Rapateaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Rapatea|Rapatea]]'' ||–
|French Guianese name, probably || [[Biology:Poales|Poales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=196–197}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Resedaceae|Resedaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Reseda (plant)|Reseda]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=411–412}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Restionaceae|Restionaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Restio|Restio]]'' || L
|rope-maker || [[Biology:Poales|Poales]]
| Ba{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=202–204}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Rhabdodendraceae|Rhabdodendraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Rhabdodendron|Rhabdodendron]]'' || G
|rod tree || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=442–443}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Rhamnaceae|Rhamnaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Rhamnus (plant)|Rhamnus]]'' || L
|Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Rosales|Rosales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=269–271}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Rhizophoraceae|Rhizophoraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Rhizophora|Rhizophora]]'' || G
|root-bearing || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=304–305}}
|-{{anchor|Ripogonum}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ripogonaceae|Ripogonaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ripogonum|Ripogonum]]'' || G
| wicker knees (the many joints on the tangled stalks) || [[Biology:Liliales|Liliales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=147–148}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Roridulaceae|Roridulaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Roridula|Roridula]]'' || G
|dewy (leaves) || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| Gl{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=502}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Rosaceae|Rosaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Rose|Rosa]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Rosales|Rosales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=262–267}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Rousseaceae|Rousseaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Roussea|Roussea]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Rousseau"|[[Biography:Jean-Jacques Rousseau|Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] (1712–1778), [[Philosophy:Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] philosopher || [[Biology:Asterales|Asterales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=589–591}}
|-{{anchor|Rubia}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Rubiaceae|Rubiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Rubia|Rubia]]'' || L
|red (the roots, used in dyeing) || [[Biology:Gentianales|Gentianales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=516–520}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ruppiaceae|Ruppiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ruppia|Ruppia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Ruppius"|Heinrich Bernhard Ruppius (1688–1719) || [[Biology:Alismatales|Alismatales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=130}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Rutaceae|Rutaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ruta|Ruta]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Sapindales|Sapindales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=374–378}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Sabiaceae|Sabiaceae]]
|[[Biology:Sabiaceae|''Sabia'']] ||–
|[[Social:Hindi|Hindi]] plant name || [[Biology:Proteales|Proteales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=222–223}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Salicaceae|Salicaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Salix|Salix]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=329–330}}
|-{{anchor|Salvadoraceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Salvadoraceae|Salvadoraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Salvadora (plant)|Salvadora]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Salvador y Pedrol"|Jaime Salvador y Pedrol (1649–1740), Spanish apothecary || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=408–409}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Santalaceae|Santalaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Santalum|Santalum]]'' || L
|Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Santalales|Santalales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=426–427}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Sapindaceae|Sapindaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Sapindus|Sapindus]]'' || L
|soap of India || [[Biology:Sapindales|Sapindales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=371–374}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Sapotaceae|Sapotaceae]]
| — ||–
|[[Social:Nahuatl|Nahuatl]] plant name || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=489–491}}
|-{{anchor|Sarcobatus}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Sarcobataceae|Sarcobataceae]]
|''[[Biology:Sarcobatus|Sarcobatus]]'' || G
|fleshy thorn bush || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| Gl{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=460}}
|-{{anchor|Sarcolaena}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Sarcolaenaceae|Sarcolaenaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Sarcolaena|Sarcolaena]]'' || G
|flesh cloak || [[Biology:Malvales|Malvales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=398–399}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Sarraceniaceae|Sarraceniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Sarracenia|Sarracenia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Sarrazin"|Michel Sarrazin (1659–1736) || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=500–501}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Saururaceae|Saururaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Saururus|Saururus]]'' || G
|lizard tail || [[Biology:Piperales|Piperales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=98}}
|-{{anchor|Saxifraga}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Saxifragaceae|Saxifragaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Saxifraga|Saxifraga]]'' || L
|stone-breaking || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=238–239}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Scheuchzeriaceae|Scheuchzeriaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Scheuchzeria|Scheuchzeria]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Scheuchzer"|Johann Gaspar Scheuchzer (1684–1738) and his brother Johann Jacob Scheuchzer (1672–1733) || [[Biology:Alismatales|Alismatales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=125}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Schisandraceae|Schisandraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Schisandra|Schisandra]]'' || G
|divided male parts (the [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#anther|anther]]s) || [[Biology:Austrobaileyales|Austrobaileyales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=93–94}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Schlegeliaceae|Schlegeliaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Schlegelia|Schlegelia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Schlegel"|Hermann Schlegel (1804–1884) || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=570–571}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Schoepfiaceae|Schoepfiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Schoepfia|Schoepfia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Schoepff"|Johann David Schoepff (1752–1800) || [[Biology:Santalales|Santalales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=428}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Sciadopityaceae|Sciadopityaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Sciadopitys|Sciadopitys]]'' || G
|[[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#umbel|umbel]] or parasol + pine or fir (the leaves) || [[Biology:Pinales|Pinales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=83}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Scrophulariaceae|Scrophulariaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Scrophularia|Scrophularia]]'' || L
|(supposed cure for) scrofula || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=555–557}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Setchellanthaceae|Setchellanthaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Setchellanthus|Setchellanthus]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Setchell"|William Albert Setchell (1864–1943) || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=406}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Simaroubaceae|Simaroubaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Simarouba|Simarouba]]'' ||–
|[[Social:Cariban languages|Carib]] plant name || [[Biology:Sapindales|Sapindales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=378–380}}
|-{{anchor|Simmondsiaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Simmondsiaceae|Simmondsiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Simmondsia|Simmondsia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Simmonds"|Thomas William Simmonds (1767–1804), English doctor and naturalist || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| Ba{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=443}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Siparunaceae|Siparunaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Siparuna|Siparuna]]'' ||–
|French Guianese plant name || [[Biology:Laurales|Laurales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=108}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Sladeniaceae|Sladeniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Sladeniaceae|Sladenia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Sladen"|Edward Bosc Sladen (1827–1890), army officer || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=487}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Smilacaceae|Smilacaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Smilax|Smilax]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Liliales|Liliales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=148–149}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Solanaceae|Solanaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Solanum|Solanum]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Solanales|Solanales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=536–541}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Sphaerosepalaceae|Sphaerosepalaceae]]
| — || G
|spherical [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#sepal|sepals]] || [[Biology:Malvales|Malvales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=394}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Sphenocleaceae|Sphenocleaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Sphenoclea|Sphenoclea]]'' || G
|closed wedge (the fruit capsules) || [[Biology:Solanales|Solanales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=542}}
|-{{anchor|Stachyurus}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Stachyuraceae|Stachyuraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Stachyurus|Stachyurus]]'' || G
|spike tail (the [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#inflorescence|inflorescences]]) || [[Biology:Crossosomatales|Crossosomatales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=361–362}}
|-{{anchor|Staphylea}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Staphyleaceae|Staphyleaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Staphylea|Staphylea]]'' || G
|clusters (of flowers) || [[Biology:Crossosomatales|Crossosomatales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=360–361}}
|-{{anchor|Stegnosperma}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Stegnospermataceae|Stegnospermataceae]]
|''[[Biology:Stegnosperma|Stegnosperma]]'' || G
|seeds covered (by arilla) || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| 
|-{{anchor|Stemona}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Stemonaceae|Stemonaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Stemona|Stemona]]'' || G
| [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#stamen|stamens]] || [[Biology:Pandanales|Pandanales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=138}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Stemonuraceae|Stemonuraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Stemonurus|Stemonurus]]'' || G
|[[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#stamen|stamen]] tail || [[Biology:Aquifoliales|Aquifoliales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=585–586}}
|-{{anchor|Stilbe}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Stilbaceae|Stilbaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Stilbe (plant)|Stilbe]]'' || G
|shining || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=559–560}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Strasburgeriaceae|Strasburgeriaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Strasburgeria|Strasburgeria]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Strasburger"|Eduard Strasburger (1844–1912) || [[Biology:Crossosomatales|Crossosomatales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=359–360}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Strelitziaceae|Strelitziaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Strelitzia|Strelitzia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Charlotte"|Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818) || [[Biology:Zingiberales|Zingiberales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=184–185}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Stylidiaceae|Stylidiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Stylidium|Stylidium]]'' || G
|little pillar (the [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#style|style]] and [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#stamen|stamen]]s form a [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#column|column]]) || [[Biology:Asterales|Asterales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=594–596}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Styracaceae|Styracaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Styrax|Styrax]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin name, from an Arabic plant name || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=499–500}}
|-{{anchor|Surianaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Surianaceae|Surianaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Suriana|Suriana]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Surian"|Joseph Donat Surian (1650–1691), French doctor, chemist and botanist || [[Biology:Fabales|Fabales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=260}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Symplocaceae|Symplocaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Symplocos|Symplocos]]'' || G
|combination (the unified [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#stamen|stamen]]s) || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=497–498}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Talinaceae|Talinaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Talinum|Talinum]]'' ||–
|(unclear) || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| Ba{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=466–467}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Tamaricaceae|Tamaricaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Tamarix|Tamarix]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Caryophyllales|Caryophyllales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=432}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Tapisciaceae|Tapisciaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Tapiscia|Tapiscia]]'' ||–
|anagram of ''[[Biology:Pistacia|Pistacia]]'' || [[Biology:Huerteales|Huerteales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=383–384}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Taxaceae|Taxaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Taxus|Taxus]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Pinales|Pinales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=86}}
|-{{anchor|Tecophilaeaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Tecophilaeaceae|Tecophilaeaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Tecophilaea|Tecophilaea]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Billotti"|Tecophila Billotti (1802 or 1803 – 1885 or 1886), Italian botanical artist || [[Biology:Asparagales|Asparagales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=164–165}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Tetracarpaeaceae|Tetracarpaeaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Tetracarpaea|Tetracarpaea]]'' || G
|four-fruited || [[Biology:Saxifragales|Saxifragales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=242}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Tetrachondraceae|Tetrachondraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Tetrachondra|Tetrachondra]]'' || G
|four-cartilaged || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=547–548}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Tetramelaceae|Tetramelaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Tetrameles|Tetrameles]]'' || G
|four parts (the [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#sepal|sepals]]) || [[Biology:Cucurbitales|Cucurbitales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=289–290}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Tetrameristaceae|Tetrameristaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Tetramerista|Tetramerista]]'' || G
|four-part (flowers) || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=481–482}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Theaceae|Theaceae]]
| — ||–
|Chinese plant name || [[Biology:Ericales|Ericales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=496–497}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Thomandersiaceae|Thomandersiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Thomandersia|Thomandersia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Anderson"|Thomas Anderson (1832–1870) || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=571}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Thurniaceae|Thurniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Thurnia|Thurnia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Thurn"|Everard im Thurn (1852–1932) || [[Biology:Poales|Poales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=199–200}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Thymelaeaceae|Thymelaeaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Thymelaea|Thymelaea]]'' || G
|poison olive || [[Biology:Malvales|Malvales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=394–396}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ticodendraceae|Ticodendraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ticodendron|Ticodendron]]'' || G
|Tico tree || [[Biology:Fagales|Fagales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=281}}
|-{{anchor|Tofieldiaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Tofieldiaceae|Tofieldiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Tofieldia|Tofieldia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Tofield"|Thomas Tofield (1730–1779), English hydrological engineer and botanist || [[Biology:Alismatales|Alismatales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=121}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Torricelliaceae|Torricelliaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Torricelliaceae|Torricellia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Torricelli"|[[Biography:Evangelista Torricelli|Evangelista Torricelli]] (1608–1647), physicist and mathematician || [[Biology:Apiales|Apiales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=627}}
|-{{anchor|Tovariaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Tovariaceae|Tovariaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Tovaria|Tovaria]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Tovar"|Simón de Tovar, Spanish doctor and botanist || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=409}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Trigoniaceae|Trigoniaceae]]
|[[Biology:Trigoniaceae|''Trigonia'']] || G
|triangular (the fruit) || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=319}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Trimeniaceae|Trimeniaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Trimenia (plant)|Trimenia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Trimen"|Henry Trimen (1843–1896) || [[Biology:Austrobaileyales|Austrobaileyales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=93}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Triuridaceae|Triuridaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Triuris|Triuris]]'' || G
|three tails || [[Biology:Pandanales|Pandanales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=136}}
|-{{anchor|Trochodendron}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Trochodendraceae|Trochodendraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Trochodendron|Trochodendron]]'' || G
|wheel (of [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms#stamen|stamen]]s) + tree || [[Biology:Trochodendrales|Trochodendrales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=226–227}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Tropaeolaceae|Tropaeolaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Tropaeolum|Tropaeolum]]'' || G
|trophy || [[Biology:Brassicales|Brassicales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=402–403}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Typhaceae|Typhaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Typha|Typha]]'' || L
|Greek and Latin plant name || [[Biology:Poales|Poales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=193–194}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Ulmaceae|Ulmaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Ulmus|Ulmus]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Rosales|Rosales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=271–272}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Urticaceae|Urticaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Urtica|Urtica]]'' || L
| Latin plant name || [[Biology:Rosales|Rosales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=275–276}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Vahliaceae|Vahliaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Vahlia|Vahlia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Vahl"|[[Biography:Martin Vahl|Martin Vahl]] (1749–1804) || [[Biology:Vahliales|Vahliales]]
| Qu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=533}}
|-{{anchor|Velloziaceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Velloziaceae|Velloziaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Vellozia|Vellozia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Miranda"|Joaquim Velloso de Miranda (1733–1815), Brazilian clergyman and plant collector || [[Biology:Pandanales|Pandanales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=137}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Verbenaceae|Verbenaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Verbena|Verbena]]'' || L
|ceremonial plant || [[Biology:Lamiales|Lamiales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=572–573}}
|-
!scope="row" |Viburnaceae
|''[[Biology:Viburnum|Viburnum]]'' || L
|Latin name. Previously Adoxaceae. || [[Biology:Dipsacales|Dipsacales]]
| CS{{sfn|POWO}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Violaceae|Violaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Viola (plant)|Viola]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Malpighiales|Malpighiales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=324–325}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Vitaceae|Vitaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Vitis|Vitis]]'' || L
|Latin plant name || [[Biology:Vitales|Vitales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=244–245}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Vochysiaceae|Vochysiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Vochysia|Vochysia]]'' ||–
|[[Social:Cariban languages|Carib]] plant name || [[Biology:Myrtales|Myrtales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=349–350}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Welwitschiaceae|Welwitschiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Welwitschia|Welwitschia]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Welwitsch"|[[Biography:Friedrich Welwitsch|Friedrich Welwitsch]] (1806–1872) || [[Biology:Welwitschiales|Welwitschiales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=76}}
|-{{anchor|Winteraceae}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Winteraceae|Winteraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Drimys|Wintera]]'' || P
|data-sort-value="Winter"|John Winter (16th century), ship captain || [[Biology:Canellales|Canellales]]
| Bu{{sfn|Christenhusz|p=96}}
|-{{anchor|Xeronema}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Xeronemataceae|Xeronemataceae]]
|''[[Biology:Xeronema|Xeronema]]'' || G
|dry thread || [[Biology:Asparagales|Asparagales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=167–168}}
|-{{anchor|Xyris}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Xyridaceae|Xyridaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Xyris|Xyris]]'' || G
|razor (the leaves) || [[Biology:Poales|Poales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=197–198}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Zamiaceae|Zamiaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Zamia|Zamia]]'' || L
| from a Latin plant name || [[Biology:Cycadales|Cycadales]]
| CS{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=74–75}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Zingiberaceae|Zingiberaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Zingiber|Zingiber]]'' || L
| Greek and Latin name, from a Sanskrit plant name || [[Biology:Zingiberales|Zingiberales]]
| St{{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=191–193}}
|-{{anchor|Zostera}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Zosteraceae|Zosteraceae]]
|''[[Biology:Zostera|Zostera]]'' || G
|belt || [[Biology:Alismatales|Alismatales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|pp=127–128}}
|-{{anchor|Zygophyllum}}
!scope="row" |[[Biology:Zygophyllaceae|Zygophyllaceae]]
|''[[Biology:Zygophyllum|Zygophyllum]]'' || G
|yoked leaves || [[Biology:Zygophyllales|Zygophyllales]]
| {{sfn|Christenhusz|p=247}}
|-
|}

==See also==

* [[Biology:Glossary of botanical terms|Glossary of botanical terms]]
* List of Greek and Latin roots in English
* List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
* List of plant genera named for people: A–C, D–J, K–P, Q–Z
* List of plant genus names with etymologies: A–C, D–K, L–P, Q–Z

== Notes ==
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== Citations ==
{{Reflist|25em}}

==References==
* {{cite book | last=Bayton | first=Ross | title=The Gardener's Botanical: An Encyclopedia of Latin Plant Names | publisher=Princeton University Press | publication-place=Princeton, New Jersey | year=2020 | isbn=978-0-691-20017-0 | ref = {{sfnRef|Bayton}} }}
* {{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=January 1, 2021 | ref = {{sfnRef|Burkhardt}} }} See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ for license.
* {{cite book | last1=Christenhusz | first1=Maarten | last2=Fay | first2= Michael Francis| last3=Chase | first3=Mark Wayne | title=Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants | publisher=Kew Publishing and The University of Chicago Press | location=Chicago, Illinois | year=2017 | isbn=978-0-226-52292-0 | pages=18–637 | ref={{sfnRef|Christenhusz}} }}
* {{cite book | last=Coombes | first=Allen | title=The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants | publisher=Timber Press | location=Portland, Oregon | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-60469-196-2 | ref = {{sfnRef|Coombes}} }}
* {{cite book | last=Cullen | first=Katherine E. | year=2006 |title=Biology: The People Behind the Science | location=New York, New York |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-0-8160-7221-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KCUklchzUSkC&pg=PA38| ref = {{sfnRef|Cullen}} }}
* {{cite book | last=Gledhill | first=David | title=The Names of Plants | publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=New York, New York | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-521-86645-3 | ref={{sfnRef|Gledhill}} }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322171139/http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 22, 2017 |title=Plants of the World Online |author=POWO |year=2019 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |location=London |access-date=January 1, 2021 | ref = {{sfnRef|POWO}} }} See See https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/data-and-digital/terms-of-use for license.
* {{cite book | last=Quattrocchi | first=Umberto | title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume I, A–C | publisher=CRC Press | location=Boca Raton, Florida | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-8493-2675-2 | ref={{sfnRef|Quattrocchi1}} }}
* {{cite book | last=Quattrocchi | first=Umberto | title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L | publisher=CRC Press | location=Boca Raton, Florida | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-8493-2676-9 | ref={{sfnRef|Quattrocchi2}} }}
* {{cite book |last=Quattrocchi |first=Umberto |title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume III, M–Q |publisher=CRC Press |year=2019 |orig-year=2000 |isbn=978-0-367-44751-9 |location=Boca Raton, Florida | ref={{sfnRef|Quattrocchi3}} }}
* {{cite book |last=Quattrocchi |first=Umberto |title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume IV, R–Z |publisher=CRC Press |year=2019 |orig-year=2000 |isbn=978-0-367-44750-2 |location=Boca Raton, Florida | ref={{sfnRef|Quattrocchi4}} }}
* {{cite book | last=Stearn | first=William | title=Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners | publisher=Cassell | location=London | year=2002 | isbn=978-0-304-36469-5 | ref = {{sfnRef|Stearn}} }}
* {{cite book | editor-last=Turland | editor-first=N.&nbsp;J. | display-editors=etal | title=International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China, July 2017 | edition=electronic | location=Glashütten | publisher=International Association for Plant Taxonomy | url=https://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/pages/main/art_18.html | access-date=25 February 2022 | ref={{sfnRef|ICN}} }}

== Further reading ==

* {{cite book | last=Brown | first=Roland | title=Composition of Scientific Words | publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press | location=Washington, DC | year=1956 | isbn=978-1-56098-848-9 | ref={{sfnRef|Brown}} }}
* {{cite book | last=Lewis | first=Charlton | title=An Elementary Latin Dictionary | publisher=Oxford University Press | location=Oxford | year=1891 | isbn=978-0-19-910205-1 | ref = {{sfnRef|Lewis}} }} Available online at the [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0060 Perseus Digital Library].
* {{cite book | last1=Liddell | first1=Henry George | last2=Scott | first2=Robert | title=An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon | publisher=Martino Fine Books | location=Mansfield Centre, Connecticut | year=2013 |orig-year=1888/1889 | isbn=978-1-61427-397-4 }} Available online at the [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a1999.04.0058 Perseus Digital Library].

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