This is a list of garden plants, plants that are known to be used in gardening, listed alphabetically by genus.

See also: List of flowers

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Abelia
• Abeliophyllum (white forsythia )
• Abelmoschus (okra)
• Abies (fir)
• Abromeitiella (obsolete)
• Abronia (sand verbena )
• Abutilon
• Acacia (wattle)
• Acaena
• Acalypha
• Acantholimon
• Acanthophoenix
• Acanthus
• Acca
• Acer (maple)
• Achillea (yarrow)
• Achimenantha (hybrid genus)
• Achimenes
• Acinos (calamint )
• Aciphylla
• Acmena
• Acoelorraphe (saw palm )
• Acokanthera
• Aconitum (aconite, monkshood)
• Acorus
• Acrocomia
• Actaea (baneberry )
• Actinidia (kiwifruit)
• Ada
• Adansonia
• Adenia
• Adenium
• Adenocarpus
• Adenophora
• Adenostoma
• Adiantum (maidenhair fern)
• Adlumia
• Adonis
• Adromischus
• Aechmea
• Aegopodium
• Aeonium
• Aerangis (an orchid genus)
• Aerides (an orchid genus)
• Aeschynanthus
• Aesculus (buckeye, horse-chestnut)
• Aethionema
• Agapanthus
• Agapetes
• Agastache
• Agathis
• Agave
• Ageratum
• Aglaonema
• Agonis
• Agrostemma (corn cockle )
• Agrostis
• Aichryson
• Ailanthus
• Aiphanes
• Aira (hair grass )
• Ajania
• Ajuga (bugleweed )
• Akebia
• Alangium
• Albizia (silk tree )
• Albuca
• Alcea (hollyhock)
• Alchemilla
• Aleurites
• Aliceara (hybrid genus)
• Alisma (water plantain)
• Alkanna
• Allamanda
• Allium (onion)
• Alluaudia

• Alnus (alder)
• Alocasia
• Aloe
• Aloinopsis
• Alopecurus (foxtail grass )
• Aloysia
• Alpinia (ginger lily )
• Alsobia
• Alstroemeria
• Alternanthera
• Althaea
• Alyogyne
• Alyssum
• Amaranthus
• Amarcrinum (hybrid genus)
• Amarygia (hybrid genus)
• Amaryllis
• Amberboa
• Amelanchier
• Amesiella
• Amherstia
• Amicia
• Ammi
• Ammobium
• Amorpha
• Amorphophallus
• Ampelopsis
• Amsonia
• Anacampseros
• Anacyclus
• Anagallis (pimpernel)
• Ananas (pineapple)
• Anaphalis
• Anchusa
• Andromeda
• Andropogon
• Androsace
• Anemone (windflower)
• Anemonella
• Anemonopsis
• Anemopaegma
• Anethum (dill)
• Angelica
• Angelonia
• Angophora
• Angraecum (an orchid genus)
• Anguloa (an orchid genus)
• Angulocaste (hybrid genus)
• Anigozanthos
• Anicacanthus
• Anisodontea
• Anoda
• Anomatheca
• Anopterus
• Anredera
• Antennaria
• Anthemis
• Anthericum
• Anthriscus
• Anthurium
• Anthyllis
• Antigonon
• Antirrhinum (snapdragon)
• Aphelandra
• Aphyllanthes
• Aponogeton
• Aporocactus
• Aporoheliocereus (hybrid genus)
• Aptenia
• Aquilegia (columbine)
• Arabis (rock cress )
• Arachnis (scorpion orchid )
• Araeococcus
• Aralia
• Araucaria (monkey-puzzle)
• Araujia
• Arbutus (madrone)
• Archontophoenix (king palm )
• Arctostaphylos (bearberry, manzanita)
• Arctotheca
• Arctotis (African daisy )
• Ardisia
• Areca
• Arenaria (sandwort )
• Arenga
• Argemone (prickly poppy )
• Argyranthemum
• Argyreia
• Argyroderma
• Ariocarpus
• Arisaema
• Arisarum
• Aristea
• Aristolochia
• Armoracia
• Arnebia
• Arnica
• Aronia (chokeberry )
• Arrabidaea
• Arrhenatherum (oat grass )
• Artemisia (mugwort, sagebrush, wormwood)
• Arthropodium
• Arum
• Aruncus
• Arundinaria
• Arundo
• Asarina
• Asarum
• Asclepias (milkweed, silkweed )
• Ascocenda (hybrid genus) (an orchid genus)
• Asimina
• Asparagus
• Asperula (woodruff )
• Asphodeline
• Asphodelus (asphodel)
• Aspidistra
• Asplenium
• Astelia
• Aster
• Asteranthera
• Astilbe
• Astilboides
• Astragalus (milk vetch )
• Astrantia
• Astrophytum
• Atherosperma
• Athrotaxis
• Athyrium
• Atriplex
• Aubrieta
• Aucuba
• Aurinia
• Austrocedrus
• Azara
• Azolla
• Azorella
• Azorina
• Aztekium

B

• Babiana
• Baccharis
• Backhousia
• Backopa (water hyssop )
• Baeckea
• Ballota
• Balsamorhiza (balsam root )
• Bambusa (bamboo)
• Banksia
• Baptisia
• Barbarea
• Barkeria (an orchid genus)
• Barleria
• Bassia
• Bauera
• Bauhinia
• Beaucarnea
• Beaufortia
• Beaumontia
• Begonia
• Belancanda
• Bellevalia
• Bellis (daisy)
• Bellium
• Berberidopsis
• Berberis (barberry)
• Berchemia
• Bergenia
• Bergerocactus
• Berkheya
• Berlandiera
• Bertolonia
• Beschorneria
• Bessera
• Beta (beet)
• Betula (birch)
• Biarum
• Bidens
• Bignonia
• Billardiera
• Billbergia
• Bixa
• Blandfordia
• Blechnum (hard fern )
• Bletilla (an orchid genus)
• Bloomeria
• Blossfeldia
• Boenninghausenia
• Bolax
• Bolbitis
• Bollea
• Boltonia
• Bolusanthus
• Bomarea
• Bombax
• Bongardia
• Borago
• Borassus
• Boronia
• Bothriochloa
• Bougainvillea
• Bouteloua
• Bouvardia
• Bowenia
• Bowiea
• Brachychiton
• Brachyglottis
• Brachyscome
• Brachysema
• Brachystelma
• Bracteantha
• Brahea (Hesper palm )
• Brassavola (an orchid genus)
• Brassia (an orchid genus)
• Brassica (mustard, cabbage)
• Brassocattleya (hybrid orchids)
• Brassolaeliocattleya (trigeneric hybrid orchids)
• Breynia
• Briggsia
• Brimeura
• Briza (quaking grass )
• Brodiaea
• Bromelia
• Broughtonia
• Broussonetia
• Browallia
• Brownea
• Browningia
• Bruckenthalia
• Brugmansia
• Brunfelsia
• Brunnera
• Brunsvigia
• Buddleja
• Buglossoides
• Bulbine
• Bulbinella
• Bulbocodium
• Bulbophyllum (an orchid genus)
• Buphthalmum
• Bupleurum
• Burchardia
• Burchellia
• Bursera
• Butea
• Butia
• Butomus
• Buxus (boxwood)

C

• Cabomba
• Caesalpina
• Caladium
• Calamagrostis (reed grass , smallweed )
• Calamintha (calamint )
• Calamus
• Calandrinia
• Calanthe
• Calathea
• Calceolaria (slipperwort )
• Calendula (marigold)
• Calibanus
• Calla
• Calliandra
• Callianthemum
• Callicarpa (beautyberry)
• Callirhoe (poppy mallow)
• Callisia
• Callistemon (bottlebrush )
• Callistephus (Chinese aster )
• Callitriche (water starwort )
• Calltris
• Calluna (heather)
• Calocedrus (incense-cedar)
• Calochone
• Calochortus
• Calomeria
• Caloscordum
• Calothamnus
• Calpurnia
• Caltha (kingcup , marsh marigold)
• Calycanthus
• Calymmanthium
• Calypso (an orchid genus)
• Calytrix (starflower )
• Camassia (quamash)
• Camellia
• Campanula (bellflower)
• Campsis (trumpet vine)
• Campylotropsis
• Canarina
• Canistrum
• Canna
• Cantua
• Capsicum (pepper)
• Caragana (peashrub )
• Caralluma
• Cardamine (bittercress )
• Cardiocrinum
• Cardiospermum
• Carex (sedge)
• Carissa
• Carlina
• Carludovica
• Carmichaelia
• Carnegiea (saguaro)
• Carpentaria
• Carpenteria
• Carpinus (hornbeam)
• Carpobrotus
• Carthamus (safflower)
• Carum (caraway)
• Carya (hickory, pecan)
• Caryopteris
• Caryota (fishtail palm )
• Cassia
• Cassinia
• Cassiope
• Castanea (chestnut)
• Castanopsis
• Castanospermum
• Casuarina
• Catalpa
• Catananche
• Catasetum (an orchid genus)
• Catharanthus (Madagascar Periwinkle)
• Catopsis
• Cattleya (an orchid genus)
• Caulophyllum
• Cautleya
• Cavendishia
• Ceanothus (California-lilac )
• Cedronella
• Cedrus (cedar)
• Ceiba (Kapok
• Celastrus (staff-vine)
• Celmisia (New Zealand daisy )
• Celosia (cockscomb )
• Celtis (hackberry)
• Centaurea
• Centaurium
• Centradenia
• Centranthus (valerian)
• Cephalaria
• Cephalocereus
• Cephalophyllum
• Cephalotaxus (plum-yew )
• Ceraria
• Cerastium
• Ceratopetalum
• Ceratophyllum
• Ceratopteris
• Ceratostigma
• Ceratozamia
• Cercidiphyllum
• Cercis
• Cercocarpus
• Cereus
• Ceropegia
• Cestrum
• Chaenomeles (flowering quince )
• Chaenorhinum (dwarf snapdragon )
• Chaerophyllum
• Chamaecyparis (cypress)
• Chamaecytisus
• Chamaedaphne
• Chamaedorea
• Chamaelirium
• Chamaemelum (chamomile)
• Chamaerops
• Chamelaucium
• Chasmanthe
• Chasmanthium
• Cheilanthes
• Cheiridopsis
• Chelidonium
• Chelone (turtlehead )
• Chiastophyllum
• Chiliotrichum
• Chilopsis (desert willow )
• Chimaphila
• Chimonanthus (wintersweet )
• Chimonobambusa
• Chionanthus (fringe tree )
• Chionochloa
• Chionodoxa (glory of the snow )
• Chionoscilla (hybrid genus)
• Chirita
• Chlidanthus
• Choisya
• Chorisia
• Chorizema
• Chrysalidocarpus
• Chrysanthemum
• Chrysogonum
• Chrysolepis
• Chrysosplenium
• Chrysothemis
• Chusquea
• Cibotium
• Cicerbita
• Cichorium (chicory, endive)
• Cimicifuga (bugbane )
• Cinnamomum
• Cionura
• Cirsium
• Cissus
• Cistus (rockrose, sun rose)
• Citrofortunella (hybrid genus)
• Citrus (lime, lemon)
• Cladanthus
• Cladrastis
• Clarkia
• Claytonia
• Cleistocactus
• Clematis
• Cleome (spider flower )
• Clerodendrum
• Clethra (summersweet )
• Cleyera
• Clianthus
• Clintonia
• Clitoria
• Clivia
• Clusia
• Clytostoma
• Cobaea
• Coccoloba (sea grape)
• Coccothrinax (thatch palm )
• Cocculus
• Cochlioda
• Cocos (coconut)
• Codiaeum (croton)
• Codonanthe
• Codonopsis
• Coelia
• Coelogyne (an orchid genus)
• Coix
• Colchicum (autumn crocus , meadow saffron )
• Coleonema
• Colletia
• Collinsia
• Collomia
• Colocasia (taro)
• Colquhounia
• Columnea
• Colutea (bladder senna )
• Coluteocarpus
• Colvillea
• Combretum
• Commelina (day flower , spiderwort)
• Comptonia
• Conandron
• Congea
• Conicosia
• Coniogramme
• Conophytum
• Consolida (larkspur)
• Convallaria (lily-of-the-valley)
• Convolvulus (bindweed, morning glory)
• Copernicia (wax palm )
• Copiapoa
• Coprosma
• Coptis (goldthread )
• Cordia
• Cordyline
• Coreopsis (tickseed)
• Coriandrum (coriander cilantro)
• Coriaria
• Cornus (dogwood)
• Corokia
• Coronilla
• Correa
• Corryocactus
• Cortaderia (pampas grass , tussock grass )
• Cortusa
• Corydalis
• Corylopsis (winter-hazel )
• Corylus (hazel, filbert )
• Corynocarpus
• Corypha
• Coryphantha
• Cosmos
• Costus
• Cotinus (smoke tree )
• Cotoneaster
• Cotula
• Cotyledon
• Crambe
• Craspedia
• Crassula
• Crataegus (hawthorn)
• Crepis
• Crinodendron
• Crinum
• Crocosmia
• Crocus
• Crossandra
• Crotalaria (rattlebox)
• Crowea
• Cryptanthus
• Cryptbergia (hybrid genus)
• Cryptocoryne (water trumpet)
• Cryptomeria (Sugi)
• Ctenanthe
• Cunila
• Cunninghamia (China-fir )
• Cunonia
• Cuphea
• Cupressus (cypress)
• Curcuma
• Cyananthus
• Cyanotis
• Cyathea (tree fern)
• Cyathodes
• Cybistax
• Cycas (cycad, sago "palm")
• Cyclamen
  

  

  Pink Cyclamen
• Cycnoches
• Cydonia (quince)
• Cymbalaria (Ivy-leaved toadflax)
• Cymbidium (an orchid genus)
• Cymbopogon
• Cynara
• Cynoglossum
• Cypella
• Cyperus
• Cyphomandra (tree tomato )
• Cyphostemma
• Cypripedium (an orchid genus)
• Cyrilla
• Cyrtanthus
• Cyrtomium
• Cyrtostachys
• Cystopteris (bladder fern )
• Cytisus (broom)

D

• Daboecia
• Dacrydium
• Dactylis
• Dactylorhiza (marsh orchid )
• Dahlia
• Dais
• Dalea (indigo bush )
• Damasonium
• Dampiera
• Danae
• Daphne
• Daphniphyllum
• Darmera
• Darwinia (scent myrtle )
• Dasylirion
• Davallia
• Davidia
• Decaisnea
• Decarya
• Decumaria
• Deinanthe
• Delonix
• Delosperma
• Delphinium
• Dendranthema
• Dendrobium (an orchid genus)
• Dendrocalamus
• Dendrochilum
• Dendromecon (tree poppy)
• Denmoza
• Dennstaedtia
• Deschampsia (hair grass )
• Desfontainia
• Desmodium
• Deutzia
• Dianella (flax lily )
• Dianthus (carnation, pink )
• Diascia
• Dicentra (bleeding heart)
• Dichelostemma
• Dichondra
• Dichorisandra
• Dicksonia
• Dicliptera
• Dictamnus
• Dictyosperma (princess palm )
• Didymochlaena
• Dieffenbachia
• Dierama
• Diervilla (bush honeysuckle )
• Dietes
• Digitalis (foxglove)
• Dillenia
• Dillwynia
• Dimorphotheca (African daisy )
• Dionaea (Venus flytrap)
• Dionysia
• Dioon
• Dioscorea (yam)
• Diospyros
• Dipcadi
• Dipelta
• Diphylleia
• Diplarrhena
• Diplazium
• Diplocyclos
• Dipsacus (teasel)
• Dipteronia
• Dirca
• Disa (an orchid genus)
• Disanthus
• Discaria
• Dischidia
• Discocactus
• Disocactus
• Disporopsis
• Disporum (fairy bells )
• Distictis
• Distylium
• Docynia
• Dodecatheon (shooting stars )
• Dodonaea
• Dombeya
• Doodia
• Doronicum
• Dorotheanthus (ice plant)
• Dorstenia
• Doryanthes (spear lily )
• Doryopteris
• Draba
• Dracaena
• Dracocephalum
• Dracula (an orchid genus)
• Dracununculus
• Dregea
• Drimys
• Drosanthemum
• Drosera (sundew)
• Dryandra
• Dryas
• Drynaria
• Dryopteris (buckler fern )
• Duchesnea
• Dudleya
• Duranta
• Duvalia
• Dyckia

E

• Ebracteola
• Ecballium
• Eccremocarpus
• Echeveria
• Echidnopsis
• Echinacea (coneflower)
• Echinocactus
• Echinocereus
• Echinops (globe thistle)
• Echinopsis
• Echium
• Edgeworthia
• Edithcolea
• Edraianthus
• Egeria
• Ehretia
• Eichhornia (water hyacinth)
• Elaeagnus
• Elaeis (oil palm)
• Elaeocarpus
• Elatostema
• Eleocharis (spike rush )
• Elettaria
• Eleutherococcus
• Elodea (pondweed )
• Elsholtzia
• Elymus (wild rye )
• Embothrium
• Emilia (tassel flower)
• Emmenopterys
• Encelia
• Encephalartos (Kaffir bread )
• Encyclia (an orchid genus)
• Enkianthus
• Ensete
• Eomecon (snow poppy )
• Epacris
• Ephedra (ephedra)
• Epidendrum (an orchid genus)
• Epigaea
• Epilobium
• Epimedium (barrenwort )
• Epipactis (helleborine , an orchid genus)
• Epiphyllum (orchid cactus )
• Episcia (flame violet )
• Epithelantha
• Equisetum (horsetail)
• Eragrostis (love grass)
• Eranthemum
• Eranthis (winter aconite )
• Ercilla
• Eremophila (emu bush )
• Eremurus
• Erica (heath, heather)
• Erigeron (fleabane)
• Erinacea
• Erinus
• Eriobotrya
• Eriogonum
• Eriophorum (cotton grass )
• Eriophyllum
• Eriostemon (waxflower )
• Eritrichium
• Erodium
• Eryngium (eryngo, sea holly)
• Erysimum (wallflower)
• Erythrina (coral tree)
• Erythronium
• Escallonia
• Eschscholzia (California poppy)
• Escobaria
• Espostoa
• Etlingera
• Eucalyptus (gum, ironbark )
• Eucharis
• Eucomis
• Eucommia
• Eucryphia
• Eulophia (an orchid genus)
• Euonymus
• Eupatorium
• Euphorbia (milkweed, spurge)
• Euptelea
• Eurya
• Euryale
• Euryops
• Eustoma
• Evolvulus
• Exacum
• Exochorda

F

• Fabiana
• Fagus (beech)
• Fallopia
• Farfugium
• Fargesia
• Fascicularia
• Fatshederae (hybrid genus)
• Fatsia
• Faucaria
• Felicia (blue daisy )
• Fendlera
• Fenestraria
• Ferocactus
• Ferraria
• Ferula (giant fennel )
• Festuca (fescue )
• Fibigia
• Ficus (fig)
• Filipendula
• Firmiana
• Fittonia
• Fitzroya
• Fockea
• Foeniculum (fennel)
• Fontanesia
• Forsythia
• Fortunella (kumquat)
• Fothergilla
• Fouquieria
• Fragaria (strawberry)
• Frailea
• Francoa
• Franklinia
• Fraxinus (ash)
• Freesia
• Fremontodendron
• Fritillaria (fritillary)
• Fuchsia
• Furcraea

G

• Gagea
• Gaillardia
• Galanthus (snowdrop)
• Galax
• Galega
• Galium (bedstraw )
• Galtonia
• Gardenia
• Garrya
• Gasteria
• Gaultheria
• Gaura
• Gaylussacia (huckleberry)
• Gazania
• Geissorhiza
• Gelsemium
• Genista
• Gentiana (gentian)
• Gentianopsis
• Geranium (cranesbill, not same as Pelargonium)
• Gerbera
• Gesneria
• Geum (avens)
• Gevuina
• Gibbaeum
• Gilia
• Gillenia
• Ginkgo
• Gladiolus
• Glaucidium
• Glaucium
• Gleditsia (honey locust)
• Globba
• Globularia (globe daisy )
• Gloriosa
• Glottiphyllum
• Gloxinia
• Glyceria
• Glycyrrhiza
• Gomphocarpus
• Gomphrena
• Goniolimon
• Goodyera (jewel orchid )
• Gordonia
• Graptopetalum
• Graptophyllum
• Graptoveria (hybrid genus)
• Grevillea
• Grewia
• Greyia
• Grindelia
• Griselina
• Gunnera (dinosaur food )
• Guzmania
• Gymnocalycium
• Gymnocarpium
• Gymnocladus
• Gynandriris
• Gynura
• Gypsophila

H

• Haageocereus
• Haastia
• Habenaria (an orchid genus)
• Haberlea
• Habranthus
• Hacquetia
• Haemanthus (blood lily )
• Hakea
• Hakonechloa
• Halesia (silverbell )
• Halimiocistus (hybrid genus)
• Halimium
• Halimodendron
• Hamamelis (witch-hazel)
• Haplopappus
• Hardenbergia (coral pea )
• Harrisia
• Hatiora
• Haworthia
• Hebe
• Hechtia
• Hedera (ivy)
• Hedychium
• Hedyotis (bluets )
• Hedysarum
• Hedyscepe (umbrella palm )
• Helenium (sneezeweed )
• Helianthemum (rock rose)
• Helianthus (sunflower)
• Helichrysum
• Heliconia
• Helictotrichon
• Heliocereus
• Heliophila
• Heliopsis (ox eye )
• Heliotropium (heliotrope )
• Helleborus (hellebore)
• Heloniopsis
• Hemerocallis (daylily)
• Hemigraphis
• Hepatica
• Heptacodium
• Heracleum
• Herbertia
• Hereroa
• Hermannia
• Hermodactylus
• Hesperaloe
• Hesperantha
• Hesperis
• Hesperocallis
• Heterocentron
• Heterotheca
• Heuchera (coral flower )
• Heucherella (hybrid genus)
• Hibbertia
• Hibiscus (hibiscus, rose of Sharon)
• Hieracium (hawkweed)
• Himalayacalamus
• Hippeastrum (amaryllis)
• Hippocrepis
• Hippophae
• Hohenbergia
• Hohenbergiopsis
• Hoheria
• Holboellia
• Holcus
• Holmskioldia
• Holodiscus
• Homalocladium (ribbon bush )
• Homeria
• Hoodia
• Hordeum (barley)
• Horminium
• Hosta (plantain lily )
• Hottonia
• Houttuynia
• Hovea
• Hovenia
• Howea (sentry palm )
• Hoya (wax flower )
• Huernia
• Humulus (hops)
• Hummemannia
• Huntleya
• Hyacinthella
• Hyacinthoides
• Hyacinthus (hyacinth)
• Hydrastis (goldenseal)
• Hydrocharis (frogbit )
• Hydrocleys
• Hydrocotyle (pennywort )
• Hygrophila
• Hylocereus
• Hylomecon
• Hymenocallis
• Hymenosporum
• Hyophorbe (bottle palm )
• Hyoscyamus (henbane )
• Hypericum (St. John's wort, rose of Sharon)
• Hyphaene (doum palm)
• Hypocalymma
• Hypoestes
• Hypoxis (starflower )
• Hypsela
• Hyssopus (hyssop)

I

• Iberis (candytuft )
• Ibervillea
• Idesia
• Ilex (holly)
• Illicium
• Impatiens (balsam)
• Imperata
• Incarvillea
• Indigofera
• Inula
• Iochroma
• Ipheion
• Ipomoea (morning glory)
• Ipomopsis
• Iresine
• Iris
• Isatis
• Isoplexis
• Isopyrum
• Itea
• Ixia (corn lily )
• Ixiolirion
• Ixora

J

• Jaborosa
• Jacaranda
• Jacquemontia
• Jamesia
• Jancaea
• Jasione
• Jasminum (jasmine, jessamine )
• Jatropha
• Jeffersonia
• Jovellana
• Jovibarba
• Juanulloa
• Jubaea (Chilean wine palm )
• Juglans (walnut)
• Juncus (rush)
• Juniperus (juniper)
• Justicia

K

• Kadsura
• Kaempferia
• Kalanchoe
• Kalimeris
• Kalmia
• Kalmiopsis
• Kalopanax
• Kelseya
• Kerria
• Kigellia (sausage tree )
• Kirengeshoma
• Kitaibela
• Kleinia
• Knautia
• Knightia
• Kniphofia
• Koeleria
• Koelreuteria (golden rain tree)
• Kohleria
• Kolkwitzia (beautybush )
• Kosteletzkya
• Kunzea

L

• Lablab
• Laburnocytisus
• Laburnum (laburnum)
• Laccospadix
• Lachenalia (Cape cowslip )
• Laelia (an orchid genus)
• Laeliocattleya (hybrid orchid genus)
• Lagarosiphon
• Legenophora
• Lagerstroemia
• Lagunaria
• Lagurus
• Lamarckia
• Lambertia
• Lamium (deadnettle )
• Lampranthus
• Lantana (shrub verbena )
• Lapageria
• Lardizabala
• Larix (larch)
• Larrea (creosote bush)
• Latania (Latan palm )
• Lathraea
• Lathryus
• Laurelia
• Laurus
• Lavandula (lavender)
• Lavatera (mallow)
• Lawsonia
• Layia
• Ledebouria
• Ledodendron (hybrid genus)
• Ledum
• Leea
• Legousia
• Leiophyllum
• Leipoldtia
• Leitneria
• Lemboglossum
• Lenophyllum
• Leonotis
• Leontice
• Leontopodium (edelweiss)
• Lepidozamia
• Leptinella
• Leptodactylon
• Leschenaultia
• Lespedeza (bush clover )
• Leucadendron
• Leucanthemella
• Leucanthemopsis
• Leucanthemum
• Leuchtenbergia
• Leucocoryne
• Leucogenes
• Leucojum (snowflake)
• Leucophyllum
• Leucophyta
• Leucopogon
• Leucoraoulia (hybrid genus)
• Leucospermum (pincushion)
• Leucothoe
• Lewisia
• Leycesteria
• Leymus
• Liatris
• Libertia
• Libocedrus
• Ligularia
• Ligustrum (privet)
• Lilium (lily)
• Limnanthes
• Limnocharis
• Limonium (sea lavender)
• Linanthus
• Linaria (toadflax)
• Lindelofia
• Lindera
• Lindheimeria (star daisy )
• Linnaea (twinflower )
• Linospadix
• Linum (flax)
• Liquidambar (sweetgum)
• Liriodendron (tulip tree)
• Liriope (lilyturf)
• Lithocarpus
• Lithodora
• Lithophragma
• Lithops
• Littonia
• Livistona
• Lloydia
• Loasa
• Lobelia
• Lobularia (sweet alyssum )
• Lodoicea (coco-de-mer)
• Loiseleuria
• Lomandra (mat rush )
• Lomatia
• Lomatium
• Lomatophyllum
• Lonicera (honeysuckle)
• Lopezia
• Lophomyrtus
• Lophospermum
• Lophostemon
• Loropetalum
• Lotus
• Luculia
• Ludwigia
• Luma
• Lunaria
• Lupinus (lupin)
• Luzula (woodrush )
• Lycaste (an orchid genus)
• Lychnis (campion)
• Lycium
• Lycopodium (club moss )
• Lycoris
• Lygodium (climbing fern)
• Lyonia
• Lyonothamnus
• Lycichiton (skunk cabbage )
• Lysiloma
• Lysimachia (loosestrife )
• Lythrum

M

• Maackia
• Macfadyena
• Machaeranthera
• Mackaya
• Macleania
• Macleaya
• Maclura
• Macropidia
• Macrozamia
• Magnolia
• Mahonia
• Maianthemum (May lily )
• Maihuenia
• Malcolmia
• Malephora
• Malope
• Malpighia
• Malus (apple, crabapple)
• Malva (mallow)
• Malvastrum
• Malvaviscus
• Mammillaria
• Mandevilla
• Mandragora (mandrake)
• Manettia
• Manglietia
• Maranta
• Margyricarpus
• Marrubium (horehound)
• Marsilea (pepperwort )
• Masdevallia (an orchid genus)
• Matteuccia
• Matthiola (stock)
• Maurandella
• Maurandya
• Maxillaria (an orchid genus)
• Maytenus
• Mazus
• Meconopsis
• Medicago (alfalfa)
• Medinilla
• Meehania
• Megacodon
• Megaskepasma
• Melaleuca (paperbark)
• Melasphaerula
• Melastoma
• Melia
• Melianthus
• Melica (melick )
• Melicytus
• Melinis
• Meliosma
• Melissa (balm )
• Melittis (bastard balm )
• Melocactus
• Menispermum (moonseed)
• Mentha (mint)
• Mentzelia (starflower )
• Menyanthes
• Menziesia
• Merendera
• Merremia
• Mertensia
• Mespilus
• Metasquoia (dawn redwood)
• Metrosideros
• Meum
• Mexicoa
• Michauxia
• Michelia
• Microbiota
• Microcachrys
• Microlepia
• Micromeria
• Mikania
• Milium
• Milla
• Millettia
• Miltonia (an orchid genus)
• Miltoniopsis (pansy orchid )
• Mimetes
• Mimosa (mimosa, or sensitive plant)
• Mimulus (monkey flower )
• Mirabilis
• Miscanthus
• Mitchella (partridge berry )
• Mitella
• Mitraria
• Molinia
• Moltkia
• Moluccella
• Monadenium
• Monanthes
• Monarda (bee balm )
• Monardella
• Monstera
• Moraea
• Morina
• Morisia
• Morus (mulberry)
• Mucuna
• Muehlenbeckia
• Mukdenia
• Musa (banana, plantain)
• Muscari (grape hyacinth )
• Mussaenda
• Mutisia
• Myoporum
• Myosotidium
• Myosotis (forget-me-not)
• Myrica
• Myriophyllum (milfoil )
• Myrrhis (sweet cicely )
• Myrsine
• Myrteola
• Myrtillocactus
• Myrtus (myrtle)

N

• Nandina (heavenly bamboo )
• Narcissus (daffodil)
• Nasturtium (watercress)
• Nautilocalyx
• Nectaroscordium
• Neillia
• Nelumbo (lotus)
• Nematanthus
• Nemesia
• Nemopanthus (mountain holly )
• Nemophila
• Neobuxbaumia
• Neolitsea
• Neolloydia
• Neomarica
• Neoporteria
• Neoregelia
• Nepenthes (pitcher plant)
• Nepeta (catmint)
• Nephrolepsis
• Nerine
• Nerium (oleander )
• Nertera
• Nicandra
• Nicotiana (tobacco)
• Nidularium
• Nierembergia
• Nigella
• Nipponanthemum
• Nolana
• Nomocharis
• Nopalxochia
• Nothofagus (southern beech)
• Notholirion
• Nothoscordum (false garlic )
• Notospartium
• Nuphar (spatterdock )
• Nymania
• Nymphaea (waterlily)
• Nymphoides (floating heart )
• Nyssa (tupelo)

O

• Obregonia
• Ochagavia
• Ochna
• Ocimum
• Odontioda (hybrid orchid genus)
• Odontocidium (hybrid orchid genus)
• Odontoglossum (an orchid genus)
• Odontonema
• Odontonia (hybrid orchid genus)
• Oemleria
• Oenanthe (water dropwort)
• Oenothera (evening primrose, sundrops )
• Olea (olive)
• Olearia (daisy bush )
• Olneya
• Olsynium
• Omphalodes (navelwort )
• Omphalogramma
• Oncidium (an orchid genus)
• Onoclea
• Ononis (restharrow )
• Onopordum
• Onosma
• Oophytum
• Ophiopogon (lilyturf)
• Ophrys (an orchid genus)
• Ophthalmophyllum
• Oplismenus
• Opuntia (prickly-pear , peyote and many other cactus species)
• Orbea
• Orbeopsis
• Orchis (an orchid genus)
• Oreocereus
• Origanum (marjoram, oregano)
• Orixa
• Ornithogalum
• Ornithophora
• Orontium (golden club )
• Orostachys
• Oroya
• Ortegocactus
• Orthophytum
• Orthrosanthus
• Orychophragmus
• Oryza (rice)
• Osbeckia
• Osmanthus
• Osmarea
• Osmaronia
• Osmunda (royal fern )
• Osteomeles
• Osteospermum
• Ostrowskia (giant bellflower )
• Ostrya
• Othonna
• Ourisia
• Oxalis (shamrock, sorrel)
• Oxydendrum
• Ozothamnus

P

• Pachycereus
• Pachycormus
• Pachycymbium
• Pachyphragma
• Pachyphytum
• Pachypodium
• Pachysandra
• Pachystachys
• Pachystegia
• Pachystima
• Pachyveria (hybrid genus)
• Paeonia (peony)
• Paliurus
• Pamianthe
• Panax (ginseng)
• Pancratium (sea lily )
• Pandanus (screw pine )
• Pandorea
• Panicum
• Papaver (poppy)
• Paphiopedilum (slipper orchid )
• Paradisea (paradise lily )
• Parahebe
• Paraquilegia
• Parkinsonia
• Parnassia
• Parochetus
• Parodia
• Paronychia
• Parrotia
• Parrotiopsis
• Parthenocissus
• Passiflora (granadilla , passionflower)
• Patersonia
• Patrinia
• Paulownia
• Paurotis
• Pavonia
• Paxistima
• Pedilanthus
• Pediocactus
• Pelargonium (geranium)
• Pellaea
• Peltandra (arrow arum )
• Peltoboykinia
• Peltophorum
• Peniocereus
• Pennisetum
• Penstemon
• Pentachrondra
• Pentaglottis
• Pentas
• Peperomia
• Peraphyllum
• Pereskia
• Perezia
• Pericallis
• Perilla
• Periploca
• Perovskia
• Pernettya (now included in Gaultheria)
• Persea
• Persicaria (fleeceflower , knotweed)
• Petasites (butterbur, sweet coltsfoot)
• Petrea
• Petrocosmea
• Petrophile
• Petrophyton
• Petrophytum
• Petrorhagia
• Petroselinum (parsley)
• Petteria
• Petunia
• Phacelia
• Phaedranassa (queen lily )
• Phaius (an orchid genus)
• Phalaenopsis (moth orchid)
• Phalaris
• Phebalium
• Phegopteris (beech fern )
• Phellodendron (cork tree )
• Philadelphus (mock orange)
• Philageria (hybrid genus)
• Philesia
• Phillyrea
• Philodendron
• Phlebodium
• Phlomis
• Phlox
• Phoenix (date palm)
• Phormium
• Photinia
• Phragmipedium (an orchid genus)
• Phragmites (reed)
• Phuopsis
• Phygelius
• Phylica (Cape myrtle )
• Phylliopsis (hybrid genus)
• Phyllocladus (toatoa )
• Phyllodoce
• Phyllostachys
• Phyllothamnus (hybrid genus)
• Physalis (ground cherry )
• Physaria (bladderpod )
• Physocarpus
• Physoplexis
• Physostegia
• Phyteuma
• Phytolacca (pokeweed)
• Picea (spruce)
• Picrasma
• Pieris
• Pilea
• Pileostegia
• Pileosella
• Pilosocereus
• Pimelea
• Pimpinella
• Pinanga
• Pinckneya
• Pinellia
• Pinguicula (butterwort)
• Pinus (pine)
• Piper (pepper)
• Piptanthus
• Pisonia
• Pistacia (pistachio)
• Pistia
• Pitcairnia
• Pithecellobium
• Pittosporum
• Pityrogramma
• Plantago (plantain)
• Platanus (plane tree, sycamore)
• Platycarya
• Platycerium (staghorn fern )
• Platycladus (Chinese arborvitae)
• Platycodon (balloon flower )
• Platystemon (creamcups )
• Plectranthus
• Pleioblastus
• Pleione (an orchid genus)
• Pleiospilos (living granite )
• Pleurothallis (an orchid genus)
• Plumeria (frangipani)
• Poa
• Podalyria
• Podocarpus
• Podophyllum (mayapple )
• Podranea
• Polemonium (jacob's ladder, abscess root)
• Polianthes
• Poliothyrsis
• Polygala (milkwort , seneca , snakeroot)
• Polygonatum
• Polygonum (knotweed, knotgrass)
• Polypodium
• Polyscias
• Polystichum
• Poncirus
• Pongamia
• Pontederia (pickerel weed )
• Populus (aspen, poplar, cottonwood)
• Porana
• Portea
• Portulaca (purslane, moss rose )
• Portulacaria
• Posoqueria
• Potamogeton
• Potentilla (cinquefoil)
• Pothos
• Potinara (hybrid orchid genus)
• Pratia
• Primula (primrose)
• Prinsepia
• Pritchardia
• Proboscidea (unicorn plant )
• Promenaea
• Prosopis (mesquite)
• Prostanthera (mint bush )
• Protea
• Prumnopitys
• Prunella (selfheal )
• Prunus (almond, apricot, cherry, peach, plum)
• Pseuderanthemum
• Pseudocydonia
• Pseudolarix (golden-larch )
• Pseudopanax
• Pseudosasa
• Pseudotsuga (douglas-fir)
• Pseudowintera
• Psiolotum
• Psychopsis (butterfly orchid )
• Psylliostachys (statice)
• Ptelea
• Pteris (brake, table fern)
• Pterocactus
• Pterocarya (wingnut)
• Pteroceltis
• Pterocephalus
• Pterodiscus
• Pteropogon
• Pterostyrax
• Ptilotus
• Ptychosperma
• Pueraria
• Pulmonaria (lungwort)
• Pulsatilla
• Pultenaea
• Punica (pomegranate)
• Purshia
• Puschkinia
• Putoria
• Puya
• Pycnanthemum
• Pycnostachys
• Pyracantha (firethorn)
• Pyrola (wintergreen)
• Pyrostegia
• Pyrrosia
• Pyrus (pear)

Q

• Quamoclit
• Quaqua
• Quercus (oak)
• Quesnelia
• Quisqualis

R

• Ramonda
• Ranunculus (buttercup, crowfoot )
• Ranzania
• Raoulia
• Raphia (raffia )
• Ratibida
• Ravenala (traveler's tree )
• Rebutia
• Rehderodendron
• Rehmannia
• Reineckia
• Reinwardtia
• Reseda (mignonette )
• Retama
• Rhamnus
• Rhaphidophora
• Rhaphiolepsis
• Rhapidophyllum (needle palm )
• Rhapis (lady palm )
• Rheum (rhubarb)
• Rhexia
• Rhipsalis
• Rhodanthe (strawflower)
• Rhodanthemum
• Rhodiola
• Rhodochiton
• Rhododendron
• Rhodohypoxis
• Rhodophiala
• Rhodothamnus
• Rhodotypos
• Rhoeo
• Rhoicissus
• Rhombophyllum
• Rhus (sumac)
• Rhynchelytrum
• Rhynchostylis (an orchid genus)
• Ribes (currant)
• Richea
• Ricinus (castor-oil plant )
• Rigidella
• Robinia
• Rochea
• Rodgersia
• Rodriguezia
• Rohdea
• Romanzoffia
• Romneya (Matilija poppy, tree poppy)
• Romulea
• Rondeletia
• Rosa (rose)
• Roscoea
• Rosmarinus (rosemary)
• Rossioglossum
• Rothmannia
• Roystonea (royal palm )
• Rubus (raspberry)
• Rudbeckia (coneflower)
• Ruellia
• Rumex (dock)
• Rumohra
• Rupicapnos
• Ruschia
• Ruscus
• Russelia
• Ruta (rue)

S

• Sabal (palmetto)
• Saccharum (plume grass , sugar cane)
• Sadleria
• Sagina (pearlwort )
• Sagittaria (arrowhead)
• Saintpaulia (African violet)
• Salix (willow)
• Salpiglossus
• Salvia (sage)
• Salvinia
• Sambucus (elder)
• Sanchezia
• Sandersonia
• Sanguineria (bloodroot )
• Sanguisorba (burnet )
• Sanservieria
• Santolina
• Sanvitalia (creeping zinnia )
• Sapindus
• Sapium (tallow tree )
• Saponaria (soapwort )
• Sarcocapnos
• Sarcocaulon
• Sarcococca
• Saritaea
• Sarmienta
• Sarracenia (pitcher plant)
• Sasa
• Sassafras
• Satureja (savory)
• Sauromatum
• Saxegoothaea
• Saxifraga (saxifrage )
• Scabiosa (scabious plant )
• Scadoxus (blood lily )
• Scaevola
• Schefflera
• Schima
• Schinus
• Schisandra
• Schizachyrium
• Schizanthus
• Schizopetalon
• Schizophragma
• Schizostylis
• Schlumbergera
• Schoenoplectus
• Schomburgkia
• Schotia
• Schwantesia
• Sciadopitys
• Scilla
• Scindapsus
• Scirpoides
• Sclerocactus
• Scoliopsus
• Scopolia
• Scrophularia (figwort )
• Scutellaria
• Securinega
• Sedum (stonecrop )
• Selaginella
• Selago
• Selenicereus
• Selinum
• Semele
• Semiaquilegia
• Semiarundinaria
• Sempervivum (hens and chicks)
• Senecio (ragwort)
• Senna
• Sequoia (coast redwood)
• Sequoiadendron (giant sequoia)
• Seriphidium
• Serissa
• Serruria
• Sesbania
• Sesleria
• Setaria
• Shepherdia
• Shibataea
• Shortia
• Sibiraea
• Sidalcea
• Sideritis
• Silene (campion)
• Silphium
• Silybum
• Simmondsia (jojoba)
• Sinningia
• Sinocalycanthus
• Sinofranchetia
• Sinojackia
• Sinowilsonia
• Sisyrinchium
• Skimmia
• Smilacina
• Smilax
• Smithiantha
• Smyrnium
• Sobralia
• Solandra
• Solanum (potato, nightshade)
• Soldanella (snowbell )
• Soleirolia
• Solenopsis
• Solenostemon
• Solidago (goldenrod)
• Solidaster (hybrid genus)
• Sollya
• Sonerila
• Sophora
• Sophrolaeliocattleya (trigeneric hybrid orchid)
• Sophronitis (an orchid genus)
• Sorbaria
• Sorbus (rowan, whitebeam)
• Sorghastrum
• Sparaxis
• Sparganium
• Sparrmania
• Spartina (cord grass )
• Spartium (broom)
• Spathiphyllum
• Spathodea
• Sphaeralcea
• Spigelia
• Spiraea (spirea )
• Sprianthes (an orchid genus)
• Sporobolus
• Sprekelia
• Stachys (betony )
• Stachyurus
• Stangeria
• Stanhopea (an orchid genus)
• Stapelia
• Stapelianthus
• Staphylea (bladdernut )
• Stauntonia
• Stenanthium
• Stenocactus
• Stenocarpus
• Stenocereus
• Stenomesson
• Stenotaphron
• Stenotus
• Stephanandra
• Stephanocereus
• Stephanotis
• Sternbergia
• Stewartia
• Stigmaphyllon
• Stipa
• Stokesia
• Stomatium
• Stratiotes
• Strelitzia (bird of paradise (plant) )
• Streptocarpus (Cape primrose )
• Streptosolen
• Strobilanthes
• Stromanthe
• Strombocactus
• Strongylodon
• Stuartia
• Stylidium
• Stylophorum
• Styphelia
• Styrax
• Succisa
• Sulcorebutia
• Sutera
• Sutherlandia
• Swainsona
• Swainsonia
• Syagrus
• Sycoparrotia (hybrid genus)
• Sycopsis
• Symphoricarpos (snowberry)
• Symphyandra
• Symphytum (comfrey)
• Symplocos
• Synadenium
• Syneilesis
• Syngonium
• Synnotia
• Synthyris
• Syringa (lilac)
• Syzygium (rose apple )

T

• Tabebuia
• Tabernaemontana
• Tacca
• Tagetes (mexican or french marigold)
• Talinum (fameflower )
• Tamarix (tamarisk)
• Tanacetum (tansy)
• Tanakaea
• Tanakea
• Tapeinochilus
• Taxodium (bald cypress)
• Taxus (yew)
• Tecoma (plant)
• Tecomanthe
• Tecomaria
• Techophilaea
• Telekia
• Telephium
• Tellima
• Telopea (waratah )
• Templetonia
• Terminalia (plant)
• Ternstroemia
• Tetracentron
• Tetradium (bee tree )
• Tetranema
• Tetraneuris
• Tetrapanax
• Tetrastigma
• Tetratheca
• Teucrium
• Thalia (plant)
• Thalictrum
• Thelesperma
• Thelocactus
• Thelypteris
• Thermopsi
• Thespesia
• Thevetia
• Thlaspi
• Thrinax (thatch palm )
• Thryptomene (heath myrtle )
• Thuja (thuja, arborvitae)
• Thujopsis (hiba)
• Thunbergia
• Thymophylla
• Thymus (thyme)
• Tiarella
• Tibouchina
• Tigridia
• Tilia (linden)
• Tillandsia (air plant, Spanish moss)
• Tipuana
• Titanopsis
• Tithonia (Mexican sunflower )
• Todea
• Tolmiea
• Tolpis
• Toona
• Torenia
• Torreya (nutmeg yew )
• Tovara
• Townsendia
• Trachelium
• Trachelospermum
• Trachycarpus (chusan palm )
• Trachymene
• Tradescantia (spiderwort)
• Trapa (water chestnut)
• Trichodiadema
• Trichosanthes
• Tricyrtis (toad lily )
• Trientalis
• Trifolium (clover)
• Trillium
• Tripetaleia
• Tripterygium
• Triteleia (triplet lily)
• Tritonia
• Trochodendron
• Trollius (globeflower )
• Tropaeolum (nasturtium)
• Tsuga (hemlock)
• Tsusiophyllum
• Tuberaria
• Tulbaghia
• Tulipa (tulip)
• Tweedia
• Tylecodon
• Typha (cattail)

U

• Uebelmannia
• Ugni
• Ulex (gorse)
• Ulmus (elm)
• Umbellularia
• Uncinia
• Uniola
• Urceolina
• Urginea
• Ursinia
• Utricularia (bladderwort)
• Uvularia (merrybells )

V

• Vaccinium (blueberry, cranberry, huckleberry)
• Valeriana (valerian)
• Vallea
• Vancouveria
• Vanda (an orchid genus)
• Vanilla
• Veitchia
• Vellozia
• Veltheimia
• Venidium (cape daisy and others)
• Veratrum
• Verbascum (mullein)
• Verbena
• Vernonia (ironweed)
• Veronica (speedwell )
• Veronicastrum
• Verticordia
• Vestia
• Viburnum
• Victoria (giant waterlily )
• Vigna (cowpea and various beans)
• Viguiera
• Vinca (periwinkle )
• Viola (pansy, violet)
• Virgilia
• Viscaria
• Vitaliana
• Vitex
• Vitis (grape)
• Vriesea

W

• Wachendorfia
• Wahlenbergia
• Waldsteinia
• Washingtonia
• Watsonia
• Weberocereus
• Wedelia
• Weigela
• Weingartia
• Weldenia
• Welwitschia
• Westringia
• Widdringtonia
• Wigandia
• Wigginsia
• Wikstroemia
• Wilsonaria (hybrid orchid genus)
• Wisteria
• Wittrockia
• Wolffia
• Woodsia
• Woodwardia (chain fern )
• Worsleya
• Wulfenia

X

• Xanthoceras
• Xanthorhiza
• Xanthosoma
• Xeranthemum
• Xerophyllum
• Xylosma

Y

• Yucca
• Yushania

Z

• Zaluzianskya
• Zamia
• Zantedeschia (calla lily )
• Zanthoxylum
• Zauschneria
• Zea (maize)
• Zelkova
• Zenobia
• Zephyranthes
• Zigadenus
• Zinnia
• Zizania (wild rice)
• Zygopetalum (an orchid genus)