St. Louis Plant Families

We have more than 1,000 different species of flowering plants in our St. Louis Area. Each species belongs to one of the following 125 angiosperm families (which does not include ferns, mosses, or conifers). Click on any family to meet its St. Louis members:

• ACANTHACEAE of St. Louis (4 species)
• ACORACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• ADOXACEAE of St. Louis (4 species)
• ALISMATACEAE of St. Louis (7 species)
• AMARANTHACEAE of St. Louis (17 species)
• AMARYLLIDACEAE of St. Louis (8 species)
• ANACARDIACEAE of St. Louis (4 species)
• ANNONACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• APIACEAE of St. Louis (23 species)
• APOCYNACEAE of St. Louis (18 species)
• AQUIFOLIACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• ARACEAE of St. Louis (7 species)
• ARALIACEAE of St. Louis (2 species)
• ARISTOLOCHIACEAE of St. Louis (4 species)
• ASPARAGACEAE of St. Louis (7 species)
• ASPHODELACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• ASTERACEAE of St. Louis (156 species)
  Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE (7 species)
  Tribe ASTEREAE (44 species)
  Tribe CARDUEAE (7 species)
  Tribe CICHORIEAE (22 species)
  Tribe COREOPSIDAE (12 species)
  Tribe EUPATORIEAE (12 species)
  Tribe GNAPHALIEAE (4 species)
  Tribe HELENIEAE (3 species)
  Tribe HELIANTHEAE (34 species)
  Tribe MILLERIEAE (1 species)
  Tribe POLYMNIEAE (1 species)
  Tribe SENECIONEAE (9 species)
  Tribe TAGETEAE (1 species)
  Tribe VERNONIEAE (6 species)
• BALSAMINACEAE of St. Louis (2 species)
• BERBERIDACEAE of St. Louis (4 species)
• BETULACEAE of St. Louis (5 species)
• BIGNONIACEAE of St. Louis (2 species)
• BORAGINACEAE of St. Louis (15 species)
• BRASSICACEAE of St. Louis (46 species)
• CABOMBACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• CACTACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• CAMPANULACEAE of St. Louis (6 species)
• CANNABACEAE of St. Louis (6 species)
• CAPRIFOLIACEAE of St. Louis (11 species)
• CARYOPHYLLACEAE of St. Louis (20 species)
• CELASTRACEAE of St. Louis (4 species)
• CERATOPHYLLACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• CISTACEAE of St. Louis (2 species)
• CLEOMACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• COLCHICACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• COMMELINACEAE of St. Louis (8 species)
• CONVOLVULACEAE of St. Louis (17 species)
• CORNACEAE of St. Louis (5 species)
• CRASSULACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• CUCURBITACEAE of St. Louis (3 species)
• CYPERACEAE of St. Louis (94 species)
• DIOSCOREACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• DIPSACACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• EBENACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• ELAEAGNACEAE of St. Louis (2 species)
• ERICACEAE of St. Louis (4 species)
• EUPHORBIACEAE of St. Louis (21 species)
• FABACEAE of St. Louis (79 species)
• FAGACEAE of St. Louis (16 species)
• GENTIANACEAE of St. Louis (6 species)
• GERANIACEAE of St. Louis (2 species)
• GROSSULARIACEAE of St. Louis (2 species)
• HALORAGACEAE of St. Louis (2 species)
• HAMAMELIDACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• HELIOTROPIACEAE of St. Louis (2 species)
• HYDRANGEACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• HYDROCHARITACEAE of St. Louis (5 species)
• HYPERICACEAE of St. Louis (7 species)
• HYPOXIDACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• IRIDACEAE of St. Louis (6 species)
• JUGLANDACEAE of St. Louis (9 species)
• JUNCACEAE of St. Louis (11)
• LAMIACEAE of St. Louis (39 species)
• LAURACEAE of St. Louis (2 species)
• LENTIBULARIACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• LILIACEAE of St. Louis (4 species)
• LINACEAE of St. Louis (5 species)
• LINDERNIACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• LOASACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• LYTHRACEAE of St. Louis (6 species)
• MALVACEAE of St. Louis (11 species)
• MARTYNIACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• MELANTHIACEAE of St. Louis (5 species)
• MENISPERMACEAE of St. Louis (3 species)
• MOLLUGINACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• MONTIACEAE of St. Louis (3 species)
• MORACEAE of St. Louis ()
• NELUMBONACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• NYCTAGINACEAE of St. Louis ()
• NYMPHAEACEAE of St. Louis ()
• NYSSACEAE of St. Louis ()
• OLEACEAE of St. Louis (5 species)
• ONAGRACEAE of St. Louis (15 species)
• ORCHIDACEAE of St. Louis (15 species)
• OROBANCHACEAE of St. Louis (9 species)
• OXALIDACEAE of St. Louis (3 species)
• PAPAVERACEAE of St. Louis (7 species)
• PASSIFLORACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• PENTHORACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• PHRYMACEAE of St. Louis (3 species)
• PHYLLANTHACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• PHYTOLACCACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• PLANTAGINACEAE of St. Louis (29 species)
• PLATANACEAE of St. Louis ()
• POACEAE of St. Louis (156 species)
• POLEMONIACEAE of St. Louis (4 species)
• POLYGALACEAE of St. Louis ()
• POLYGONACEAE of St. Louis (26 species)
• PONTEDERIACEAE of St. Louis (5 species)
• PORTULACACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• POTAMOGETONACEAE of St. Louis ()
• PRIMULACEAE of St. Louis (10 species)
• RANUNCULACEAE of St. Louis (24 species)
• RHAMNACEAE of St. Louis (3 species)
• ROSACEAE of St. Louis (50 species)
• RUBIACEAE of St. Louis (15 species)
• RUTACEAE of St. Louis (2 species)
• SALICACEAE of St. Louis ()
• SANTALACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• SAPINDACEAE of St. Louis (7 species)
• SAPOTACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• SAURURACEAE of St. Louis (1 species)
• SAXIFRAGACEAE of St. Louis (5 species)
• SCROPHULARIACEAE of St. Louis (3 species)
• SIMAROUBACEAE of St. Louis ()
• SMILACACEAE of St. Louis ()
• SOLANACEAE of St. Louis (10 species)
• STAPHYLEACEAE of St. Louis ()
• THYMELAEACEAE of St. Louis ()
• TYPHACEAE of St. Louis ()
• ULMACEAE of St. Louis ()
• URTICACEAE of St. Louis (5 species)
• VERBENACEAE of St. Louis (7 species)
• VIOLACEAE of St. Louis (9 species)
• VITACEAE of St. Louis (9 species)
• ZYGOPHYLLACEAE of St. Louis ()