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 | TEN proposal submitted |
| Lamiales | Bignoniaceae | 928 | TEN proposal submitted |
| 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 | TEN Proposal submitted |
| Malpighiales | Ochnaceae | 631 | Existing partial TEN Ochnaceae subfam. Quiinoideae. Full Family TEN in development. |
| 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 proposal submitted |
| 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 | TEN in development |
| Vitales | Vitaceae | 1061 | |
| Zingiberales | Marantaceae | 591 |