WFO Wish List - Large Families with over 500 species.
These 74 Families represent about 190k accepted species that do not currently have taxonomic oversight in the World Flora Online. If you and your colleagues would be interested in developing a Taxonomic Expert Network around any of these please contact taxwg@worldfloraonline.org
| Order | Family name | Species | Note |
| Alismatales | Araceae | 4,460 | |
| Apiales | Apiaceae | 3,931 | |
| Apiales | Araliaceae | 1,727 | |
| Asparagales | Amaryllidaceae | 2,350 | |
| Asparagales | Asparagaceae | 3,170 | |
| Asparagales | Asphodelaceae | 1,292 | Existing partial TEN: Asphodelaceae — subfam. Alooideae |
| Asparagales | Iridaceae | 2,547 | |
| Asparagales | Orchidaceae | 31,495 | Suggestion of Regional Aus-Pacific TEN |
| Asterales | Campanulaceae | 2,478 | |
| Boraginales | Boraginaceae | 3519 | Existing partial TEN Boraginaceae & Cordiaceae |
| Brassicales | Brassicaceae | 4,165 | |
| Celastrales | Celastraceae | 1,376 | |
| Cucurbitales | Cucurbitaceae | 1,060 | |
| Dilleniales | Dilleniaceae | 551 | |
| Ericales | Balsaminaceae | 1,135 | |
| Ericales | Pentaphylacaceae | 538 | |
| Ericales | Primulaceae | 3,395 | |
| Fabales | Polygalaceae | 1,333 | |
| Gentianales | Gentianaceae | 1,913 | |
| Gentianales | Loganiaceae | 513 | |
| Gentianales | Rubiaceae | 14,177 | |
| Geraniales | Geraniaceae | 823 | |
| Lamiales | Acanthaceae | 5,482 | |
| Lamiales | Bignoniaceae | 928 | |
| Lamiales | Lamiaceae | 8,094 | |
| Lamiales | Oleaceae | 769 | |
| Lamiales | Orobanchaceae | 2,336 | |
| Lamiales | Plantaginaceae | 2,277 | |
| Lamiales | Scrophulariaceae | 2,350 | |
| Lamiales | Verbenaceae | 949 | |
| Laurales | Lauraceae | 3,384 | |
| Liliales | Liliaceae | 738 | |
| Magnoliales | Myristicaceae | 531 | |
| Malpighiales | Chrysobalanaceae | 549 | |
| Malpighiales | Clusiaceae | 885 | |
| Malpighiales | Euphorbiaceae | 6,631 | |
| Malpighiales | Malpighiaceae | 1,431 | |
| Malpighiales | Ochnaceae | 631 | Existing partial TEN Ochnaceae subfam. Quiinoideae |
| Malpighiales | Passifloraceae | 1020 | |
| Malpighiales | Phyllanthaceae | 2,083 | |
| Malpighiales | Salicaceae | 1,548 | |
| Malpighiales | Violaceae | 1,154 | |
| Malvales | Malvaceae | 5,447 | |
| Malvales | Thymelaeaceae | 946 | |
| Myrtales | Combretaceae | 594 | |
| Myrtales | Lythraceae | 691 | |
| Myrtales | Myrtaceae | 6,537 | TEN being developed |
| Myrtales | Onagraceae | 807 | |
| Oxalidales | Elaeocarpaceae | 668 | |
| Oxalidales | Oxalidaceae | 660 | |
| Pandanales | Pandanaceae | 983 | |
| Piperales | Aristolochiaceae | 733 | |
| Piperales | Piperaceae | 3,563 | |
| Poales | Bromeliaceae | 3,740 | |
| Poales | Eriocaulaceae | 1,228 | |
| Poales | Juncaceae | 524 | |
| Poales | Restionaceae | 557 | |
| Proteales | Proteaceae | 1,854 | |
| Ranunculales | Berberidaceae | 755 | |
| Ranunculales | Menispermaceae | 545 | |
| Ranunculales | Papaveraceae | 1064 | Existing partial TEN Papaver tribe Papavereae |
| Ranunculales | Ranunculaceae | 3709 | |
| Rosales | Moraceae | 1,290 | |
| Rosales | Rhamnaceae | 1,200 | |
| Rosales | Rosaceae | 6,043 | |
| Santalales | Loranthaceae | 1084 | |
| Santalales | Santalaceae | 1111 | |
| Sapindales | Anacardiaceae | 967 | |
| Sapindales | Burseraceae | 750 | |
| Sapindales | Rutaceae | 2,195 | |
| Sapindales | Sapindaceae | 2,014 | Existing partial TEN Sapindaceae subfam Hippocastanoideae |
| Saxifragales | Crassulaceae | 1,702 | |
| Saxifragales | Saxifragaceae | 890 | |
| Solanales | Convolvulaceae | 1962 | |
| Vitales | Vitaceae | 1061 | |
| Zingiberales | Marantaceae | 591 |