plant families
Taxonomic flora categories
Plant families are groups of related plants that share fundamental characteristics, used in botanical classification.
Roses, apples, and strawberries all belong to the rose family; tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers to the nightshade family.
Knowing plant families helps gardeners understand growing requirements and potential toxicity, since relatives often share similar traits: Members of the carrot family have hollow stems and umbrella-shaped flower clusters.
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- cladisticsClassification by common descent
angiosperms · genus · nomenclature · Brassicaceae · biodiversity · order · common ancestor · Solanaceae · systematics · dicotyledons · ferns · lilies · flowering · woody · nightshades · grasses · botanical · orchids
- botanybotany, root, leaf, photosynthesis, stem
- plantstree, leaves, bluebonnet, trees, vegetables
- wildflowersblack-eyed Susan, black-eyed Susans, daisy, buttercup, bluebonnets
- taxonomygenus, species, taxon, kingdom, phylum
plant familiesplant species
Classification of vegetation type
subspecies · specimens · plant varieties · cultivars · varieties