WFO Wish List - Smaller Families with less than 500 species
These 255 Families represent about 17K 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 | Species | Note |
Acorales | Acoraceae | 2 | |
Alismatales | Alismataceae | 121 | |
Alismatales | Aponogetonaceae | 60 | |
Alismatales | Butomaceae | 2 | |
Alismatales | Cymodoceaceae | 18 | |
Alismatales | Hydrocharitaceae | 140 | |
Alismatales | Juncaginaceae | 35 | |
Alismatales | Maundiaceae | 1 | |
Alismatales | Posidoniaceae | 15 | |
Alismatales | Potamogetonaceae | 193 | |
Alismatales | Ruppiaceae | 11 | |
Alismatales | Scheuchzeriaceae | 1 | |
Alismatales | Tofieldiaceae | 29 | |
Alismatales | Zosteraceae | 21 | |
Amborellales | Amborellaceae | 1 | |
Apiales | Griseliniaceae | 7 | |
Apiales | Myodocarpaceae | 15 | |
Apiales | Pennantiaceae | 3 | |
Apiales | Pittosporaceae | 298 | |
Apiales | Torricelliaceae | 9 | |
Aquifoliales | Cardiopteridaceae | 44 | |
Aquifoliales | Helwingiaceae | 4 | |
Aquifoliales | Phyllonomaceae | 5 | |
Aquifoliales | Stemonuraceae | 79 | |
Arecales | Dasypogonaceae | 20 | |
Asparagales | Asteliaceae | 37 | |
Asparagales | Blandfordiaceae | 4 | |
Asparagales | Boryaceae | 12 | |
Asparagales | Doryanthaceae | 2 | |
Asparagales | Hypoxidaceae | 164 | |
Asparagales | Ixioliriaceae | 5 | |
Asparagales | Lanariaceae | 1 | |
Asparagales | Tecophilaeaceae | 29 | |
Asparagales | Xeronemataceae | 2 | |
Asterales | Alseuosmiaceae | 9 | |
Asterales | Argophyllaceae | 22 | |
Asterales | Calyceraceae | 56 | |
Asterales | Goodeniaceae | 443 | |
Asterales | Menyanthaceae | 76 | |
Asterales | Pentaphragmataceae | 32 | |
Asterales | Phellinaceae | 8 | |
Asterales | Rousseaceae | 15 | |
Asterales | Stylidiaceae | 291 | |
Austrobaileyales | Austrobaileyaceae | 1 | |
Austrobaileyales | Schisandraceae | 78 | |
Austrobaileyales | Trimeniaceae | 8 | |
Berberidopsidales | Aextoxicaceae | 1 | |
Berberidopsidales | Berberidopsidaceae | 3 | |
Brassicales | Akaniaceae | 2 | |
Brassicales | Bataceae | 2 | |
Brassicales | Capparaceae | 430 | |
Brassicales | Caricaceae | 47 | |
Brassicales | Cleomaceae | 245 | |
Brassicales | Emblingiaceae | 1 | |
Brassicales | Gyrostemonaceae | 19 | |
Brassicales | Koeberliniaceae | 2 | |
Brassicales | Limnanthaceae | 8 | |
Brassicales | Moringaceae | 14 | |
Brassicales | Pentadiplandraceae | 1 | |
Brassicales | Resedaceae | 119 | |
Brassicales | Salvadoraceae | 10 | |
Brassicales | Setchellanthaceae | 1 | |
Brassicales | Tovariaceae | 2 | |
Brassicales | Tropaeolaceae | 97 | |
Bruniales | Columelliaceae | 8 | |
Canellales | Canellaceae | 21 | |
Canellales | Winteraceae | 93 | |
Celastrales | Lepidobotryaceae | 2 | |
Ceratophyllales | Ceratophyllaceae | 6 | |
Chloranthales | Chloranthaceae | 73 | |
Cornales | Cornaceae | 105 | |
Cornales | Curtisiaceae | 1 | |
Cornales | Grubbiaceae | 3 | |
Cornales | Hydrangeaceae | 210 | |
Cornales | Hydrostachyaceae | 21 | |
Cornales | Loasaceae | 335 | |
Cornales | Nyssaceae | 34 | |
Crossosomatales | Aphloiaceae | 1 | |
Crossosomatales | Crossosomataceae | 8 | |
Crossosomatales | Geissolomataceae | 1 | |
Crossosomatales | Guamatelaceae | 1 | |
Crossosomatales | Stachyuraceae | 12 | |
Crossosomatales | Staphyleaceae | 42 | |
Crossosomatales | Strasburgeriaceae | 2 | |
Cucurbitales | Anisophylleaceae | 71 | |
Cucurbitales | Apodanthaceae | 11 | |
Cucurbitales | Coriariaceae | 16 | |
Cucurbitales | Corynocarpaceae | 5 | |
Cucurbitales | Datiscaceae | 2 | |
Cucurbitales | Tetramelaceae | 2 | |
Dioscoreales | Burmanniaceae | 188 | |
Dioscoreales | Nartheciaceae | 38 | |
Ericales | Actinidiaceae | 385 | |
Ericales | Clethraceae | 92 | |
Ericales | Cyrillaceae | 11 | |
Ericales | Diapensiaceae | 16 | |
Ericales | Fouquieriaceae | 11 | |
Ericales | Lecythidaceae | 372 | |
Ericales | Marcgraviaceae | 139 | |
Ericales | Mitrastemonaceae | 2 | |
Ericales | Polemoniaceae | 441 | |
Ericales | Roridulaceae | 2 | |
Ericales | Sarraceniaceae | 48 | |
Ericales | Sladeniaceae | 3 | |
Ericales | Symplocaceae | 403 | |
Ericales | Tetrameristaceae | 3 | |
Ericales | Theaceae | 315 | |
Escalloniales | Escalloniaceae | 129 | |
Fabales | Quillajaceae | 2 | |
Fabales | Surianaceae | 9 | |
Fagales | Betulaceae | 207 | |
Fagales | Casuarinaceae | 91 | |
Fagales | Juglandaceae | 88 | |
Fagales | Myricaceae | 57 | |
Fagales | Nothofagaceae | 44 | |
Fagales | Ticodendraceae | 1 | |
Garryales | Eucommiaceae | 1 | |
Garryales | Garryaceae | 27 | |
Gentianales | Gelsemiaceae | 15 | |
Geraniales | Francoaceae | 34 | |
Gunnerales | Gunneraceae | 65 | |
Gunnerales | Myrothamnaceae | 2 | |
Huerteales | Dipentodontaceae | 20 | |
Huerteales | Gerrardinaceae | 2 | |
Huerteales | Petenaeaceae | 1 | |
Huerteales | Tapisciaceae | 6 | |
Icacinales | Icacinaceae | 191 | |
Icacinales | Oncothecaceae | 2 | |
Lamiales | Byblidaceae | 8 | |
Lamiales | Calceolariaceae | 276 | |
Lamiales | Carlemanniaceae | 4 | |
Lamiales | Lentibulariaceae | 386 | |
Lamiales | Linderniaceae | 291 | |
Lamiales | Martyniaceae | 18 | |
Lamiales | Mazaceae | 40 | |
Lamiales | Paulowniaceae | 11 | |
Lamiales | Pedaliaceae | 76 | |
Lamiales | Phrymaceae | 218 | |
Lamiales | Plocospermataceae | 1 | |
Lamiales | Schlegeliaceae | 37 | |
Lamiales | Stilbaceae | 42 | |
Lamiales | Tetrachondraceae | 3 | |
Lamiales | Thomandersiaceae | 6 | |
Laurales | Atherospermataceae | 20 | |
Laurales | Calycanthaceae | 11 | |
Laurales | Gomortegaceae | 1 | |
Laurales | Hernandiaceae | 74 | |
Laurales | Monimiaceae | 273 | |
Laurales | Siparunaceae | 59 | |
Liliales | Alstroemeriaceae | 261 | |
Liliales | Campynemataceae | 4 | |
Liliales | Colchicaceae | 292 | |
Liliales | Corsiaceae | 27 | |
Liliales | Melanthiaceae | 176 | |
Liliales | Petermanniaceae | 1 | |
Liliales | Philesiaceae | 2 | |
Liliales | Ripogonaceae | 6 | |
Liliales | Smilacaceae | 267 | |
Magnoliales | Degeneriaceae | 2 | |
Magnoliales | Eupomatiaceae | 3 | |
Magnoliales | Himantandraceae | 1 | |
Magnoliales | Magnoliaceae | 311 | |
Malpighiales | Achariaceae | 190 | |
Malpighiales | Balanopaceae | 9 | |
Malpighiales | Bonnetiaceae | 42 | |
Malpighiales | Caryocaraceae | 26 | |
Malpighiales | Centroplacaceae | 9 | |
Malpighiales | Ctenolophonaceae | 2 | |
Malpighiales | Dichapetalaceae | 209 | |
Malpighiales | Elatinaceae | 63 | |
Malpighiales | Erythroxylaceae | 274 | |
Malpighiales | Euphroniaceae | 3 | |
Malpighiales | Goupiaceae | 2 | |
Malpighiales | Humiriaceae | 65 | |
Malpighiales | Ixonanthaceae | 18 | |
Malpighiales | Lacistemataceae | 16 | |
Malpighiales | Linaceae | 274 | |
Malpighiales | Pandaceae | 17 | |
Malpighiales | Peraceae | 110 | |
Malpighiales | Picrodendraceae | 97 | |
Malpighiales | Podostemaceae | 334 | |
Malpighiales | Rafflesiaceae | 42 | |
Malpighiales | Rhizophoraceae | 153 | |
Malpighiales | Trigoniaceae | 32 | |
Malvales | Bixaceae | 25 | |
Malvales | Cistaceae | 295 | |
Malvales | Cytinaceae | 13 | |
Malvales | Muntingiaceae | 3 | |
Malvales | Neuradaceae | 8 | |
Metteniusales | Metteniusaceae | 27 | |
Myrtales | Alzateaceae | 1 | |
Myrtales | Crypteroniaceae | 12 | |
Myrtales | Penaeaceae | 38 | |
Myrtales | Vochysiaceae | 241 | |
Nymphaeales | Hydatellaceae | 12 | |
Nymphaeales | Nymphaeaceae | 92 | |
Oxalidales | Brunelliaceae | 55 | |
Oxalidales | Cephalotaceae | 1 | |
Oxalidales | Connaraceae | 242 | |
Oxalidales | Cunoniaceae | 337 | TEN in development |
Oxalidales | Huaceae | 5 | |
Pandanales | Cyclanthaceae | 231 | |
Pandanales | Stemonaceae | 36 | |
Pandanales | Triuridaceae | 59 | |
Pandanales | Velloziaceae | 310 | |
Paracryphiales | Paracryphiaceae | 38 | |
Petrosaviales | Petrosaviaceae | 4 | |
Piperales | Saururaceae | 7 | |
Poales | Ecdeiocoleaceae | 3 | |
Poales | Flagellariaceae | 5 | |
Poales | Joinvilleaceae | 4 | |
Poales | Rapateaceae | 97 | |
Poales | Thurniaceae | 4 | |
Poales | Typhaceae | 71 | |
Poales | Xyridaceae | 408 | |
Proteales | Nelumbonaceae | 2 | |
Proteales | Platanaceae | 10 | |
Proteales | Sabiaceae | 160 | |
Ranunculales | Circaeasteraceae | 1 | |
Ranunculales | Eupteleaceae | 2 | |
Ranunculales | Lardizabalaceae | 40 | |
Rosales | Barbeyaceae | 1 | |
Rosales | Cannabaceae | 108 | |
Rosales | Dirachmaceae | 2 | |
Rosales | Elaeagnaceae | 110 | |
Rosales | Ulmaceae | 65 | |
Santalales | Balanophoraceae | 53 | |
Santalales | Misodendraceae | 8 | |
Santalales | Olacaceae | 181 | |
Santalales | Opiliaceae | 33 | |
Santalales | Schoepfiaceae | 37 | |
Sapindales | Biebersteiniaceae | 5 | |
Sapindales | Kirkiaceae | 6 | |
Sapindales | Nitrariaceae | 14 | |
Sapindales | Simaroubaceae | 124 | |
Saxifragales | Altingiaceae | 15 | |
Saxifragales | Cercidiphyllaceae | 2 | |
Saxifragales | Cynomoriaceae | 1 | |
Saxifragales | Daphniphyllaceae | 29 | |
Saxifragales | Grossulariaceae | 208 | |
Saxifragales | Hamamelidaceae | 108 | |
Saxifragales | Iteaceae | 24 | |
Saxifragales | Paeoniaceae | 41 | |
Saxifragales | Peridiscaceae | 11 | |
Solanales | Hydroleaceae | 14 | |
Solanales | Montiniaceae | 5 | |
Solanales | Sphenocleaceae | 2 | |
Trochodendrales | Trochodendraceae | 2 | |
Vahliales | Vahliaceae | 5 | |
Zingiberales | Cannaceae | 11 | |
Zingiberales | Costaceae | 131 | |
Zingiberales | Heliconiaceae | 206 | |
Zingiberales | Strelitziaceae | 12 | |
Zygophyllales | Krameriaceae | 19 | |
Zygophyllales | Zygophyllaceae | 293 |