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• Connaraceae, family Connaraceae, zebrawood family go
  mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees
  
• Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, legume family, pea family go
  a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods
  
• Mimosaceae, family Mimosaceae go
  family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch
  
• Mimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae go
  alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae
  
• Araliaceae, family Araliaceae, ivy family go
  mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera
  
• Onagraceae, family Onagraceae, evening-primrose family go
  a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales
  
• Melastomataceae, family Melastomataceae, Melastomaceae, family Melastomaceae, meadow-beauty family go
  a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales
  
• Caesalpiniaceae, family Caesalpiniaceae go
  spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia
  
• Caesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae go
  alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae
  
• Papilionaceae, family Papilionacea go
  leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas
  
• Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae go
  alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
  
• Rosaceae, family Rosaceae, rose family go
  a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales
  
• Balsaminaceae, family Balsaminaceae, balsam family go
  distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers
  
• Geraniaceae, family Geraniaceae, geranium family go
  chiefly herbaceous plants
  
• Burseraceae, family Burseraceae, torchwood family go
  resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees
  
• Callitrichaceae, family Callitrichaceae go
  dicot aquatic herbs
  
• Malpighiaceae, family Malpighiaceae go
  tropical shrubs or trees
  
• Meliaceae, family Meliaceae, mahogany family go
  tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees
  
• Lepidobotryaceae, family Lepidobotryaceae go
  family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families
  
• Oxalidaceae, family Oxalidaceae, wood-sorrel family go
  a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales
  
• Polygalaceae, family Polygalaceae, milkwort family go
  trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres
  
• Rutaceae, family Rutaceae, rue family go
  a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales
  
• Simaroubaceae, family Simaroubaceae, quassia family go
  chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit
  
• Tropaeolaceae, family Tropaeolaceae, nasturtium family go
  coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum
  
• Zygophyllaceae, family Zygophyllaceae, bean-caper family go
  small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions
  
• Cephalotaceae, family Cephalotaceae go
  a family of plants of order Rosales
  
• Cunoniaceae, family Cunoniaceae, cunonia family go
  trees or shrubs or climbers
  
• Hydrangeaceae, family Hydrangeaceae, hydrangea family go
  sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae
  
• Philadelphaceae, subfamily Philadelphaceae go
  one genus
  
• Saxifragaceae, family Saxifragaceae, saxifrage family go
  a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs
  
• Platanaceae, family Platanaceae, plane-tree family go
  coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees
  
• Euphorbiaceae, family Euphorbiaceae, spurge family go
  a family of plants of order Geraniales
  
• Umbelliferae, family Umbelliferae, Apiaceae, family Apiaceae, carrot family go
  plants having flowers in umbels: parsley
  
• Cornaceae, family Cornaceae, dogwood family go
  a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia