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• magnoliid dicot family go
  family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
  
• hamamelid dicot family go
  family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
  
• caryophylloid dicot family go
  family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
  
• dilleniid dicot family go
  family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
  
• asterid dicot family go
  family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
  
• rosid dicot family go
  a family of dicotyledonous plants
  
• Myricaceae, family Myricaceae, wax-myrtle family go
  constituting the order Myricales
  
• Leitneriaceae, family Leitneriaceae, corkwood family go
  coextensive with the genus Leitneria
  
• Apocynaceae, family Apocynaceae, dogbane family go
  chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers
  
• Aristolochiaceae, family Aristolochiaceae, birthwort family go
  family of birthworts (including wild ginger)
  
• Rafflesiaceae, family Rafflesiaceae go
  a family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales
  
• Hydnoraceae, family Hydnoraceae go
  a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants
  
• Primulaceae, family Primulaceae, primrose family go
  a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower
  
• Myrsinaceae, family Myrsinaceae, myrsine family go
  family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs
  
• Plumbaginaceae, family Plumbaginaceae, leadwort family, sea-lavender family go
  perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas
  
• Theophrastaceae, family Theophrastaceae go
  family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae
  
• Cucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae, gourd family go
  a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
  
• Goodeniaceae, family Goodeniaceae, Goodenia family go
  a family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China
  
• Lobeliaceae, family Lobeliaceae, lobelia family go
  not recognized in all classification systems
  
• Proteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea family go
  large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers
  
• Casuarinaceae, family Casuarinaceae go
  one genus: genus Casuarina
  
• Gentianaceae, family Gentianaceae, gentian family go
  chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers
  
• Salvadoraceae, family Salvadoraceae, Salvadora family go
  a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales
  
• Oleaceae, family Oleaceae, olive family go
  trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits
  
• Juglandaceae, family Juglandaceae, walnut family go
  trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts
  
• Combretaceae, family Combretaceae, combretum family go
  a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales
  
• Elaeagnaceae, family Elaeagnaceae, oleaster family go
  shrubs or small trees often armed
  
• Haloragidaceae, family Haloragidaceae, Haloragaceae, family Haloragaceae, water-milfoil family go
  a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales
  
• Lecythidaceae, family Lecythidaceae go
  large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins
  
• Lythraceae, family Lythraceae, loosestrife family go
  herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers
  
• Myrtaceae, family Myrtaceae, myrtle family go
  trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil
  
• Nyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo family go
  a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
  
• Punicaceae, family Punicaceae go
  one species: pomegranates
  
• Rhizophoraceae, family Rhizophoraceae, mangrove family go
  trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts
  
• Thymelaeaceae, family Thymelaeaceae, daphne family go
  family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa
  
• Trapaceae, family Trapaceae go
  family comprising solely the genus Trapa
  
• Urticaceae, family Urticaceae, nettle family go
  a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs
  
• Cannabidaceae, family Cannabidaceae, hemp family go
  two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus
  
• Moraceae, family Moraceae, mulberry family go
  trees or shrubs having a milky juice
  
• Cecropiaceae, family Cecropiaceae go
  in some classifications included in family Moraceae
  
• Ulmaceae, family Ulmaceae, elm family go
  a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema
  
• Menyanthaceae, family Menyanthaceae, buckbean family go
  a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales
  
• Loganiaceae, family Loganiaceae go
  a dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales
  
• Linaceae, family Linaceae, flax family go
  a widely distributed family of plants
  
• Plantaginaceae, family Plantaginaceae, plantain family go
  cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs
  
• Polygonaceae, family Polygonaceae, buckwheat family go
  a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone
  
• Amygdalaceae, family Amygdalaceae go
  used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus
  
• Sapindaceae, family Sapindaceae, soapberry family go
  chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh
  
• Buxaceae, family Buxaceae, box family go
  widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees
  
• Celastraceae, family Celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family go
  trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits
  
• Empetraceae, family Empetraceae, crowberry family go
  heathlike shrubs
  
• Aceraceae, family Aceraceae, maple family go
  a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples
  
• Aquifoliaceae, family Aquifoliaceae, holly family go
  widely distributed shrubs and trees
  
• Anacardiaceae, family Anacardiaceae, sumac family go
  the cashew family
  
• Hippocastanaceae, family Hippocastanaceae, horse-chestnut family go
  trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule
  
• Staphylaceae, family Staphylaceae, bladdernut family go
  a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone
  
• Ebenaceae, family Ebenaceae, ebony family go
  fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon
  
• Sapotaceae, family Sapotaceae, sapodilla family go
  tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit
  
• Symplocaceae, family Symplocaceae, sweetleaf family go
  a dicotyledonous family of order Ebenales
  
• Styracaceae, family Styracaceae, storax family, styrax family go
  a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales
  
• Sarraceniaceae, family Sarraceniaceae, pitcher-plant family go
  insectivorous plants
  
• Nepenthaceae, family Nepenthaceae go
  coextensive with the genus Nepenthes
  
• Droseraceae, family Droseraceae, sundew family go
  a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs
  
• Roridulaceae, family Roridulaceae go
  in some classifications included in the family Droseraceae
  
• Convolvulaceae, family Convolvulaceae, morning-glory family go
  morning glory
  
• Orobanchaceae, family Orobanchaceae, broomrape family go
  brown or yellow leafless herbs
  
• Rhamnaceae, family Rhamnaceae, buckthorn family go
  trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value
  
• Vitaceae, family Vitaceae, Vitidaceae, grapevine family go
  a family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales
  
• Piperaceae, family Piperaceae, pepper family go
  tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets
  
• Chloranthaceae, family Chloranthaceae go
  small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees
  
• Saururaceae, family Saururaceae, lizard's-tail family go
  family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia
  
• Asclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family go
  widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales