| Rank |
Taxon |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Family |
ACANTHACEAE (bear's breeches) |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
2 |
| Family |
ACERACEAE (maples) |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Acer (maples) |
6 |
28 |
21 |
|
3 |
363 |
| Family |
ADOXACEAE (moschatel) |
1 |
12 |
12 |
5 |
1 |
17 |
| Family |
AIZOACEAE (dew-plants) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Carpobrotus (hottentot figs) |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
| Family |
ANACARDIACEAE (sumachs, smoke-tree) |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Family |
APIACEAE (umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae) |
82 |
345 |
85 |
10 |
11 |
580 |
| Family |
APOCYNACEAE (periwinkles) |
3 |
|
7 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
| Family |
AQUIFOLIACEAE (hollies) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Ilex aquifolium L. (Holly) |
|
7 |
|
6 |
|
109 |
| Family |
ARALIACEAE (ivies) |
4 |
21 |
6 |
9 |
1 |
124 |
| Family |
ASCLEPIDACEAE (a family of tender plants) |
2 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
| Family |
ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae) |
299 |
891 |
478 |
13 |
22 |
1665 |
| Family |
BALSAMINACEAE (balsams) |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Impatiens (balsams) |
5 |
21 |
7 |
|
|
10 |
| Family |
BEGONIACEAE (begonia family) |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Begonia (begonias) |
3 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
| Family |
BERBERIDACEAE (barberrys) |
38 |
5 |
16 |
|
|
65 |
| Family |
BETULACEAE (birches) |
13 |
75 |
94 |
7 |
3 |
1099 |
| Family |
BIGNONIACEAE (bean trees) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Catalpa bignonoides Walt. (Indian Bean-tree) |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Family |
BORAGINACEAE (comfreys and forget-me-nots) |
41 |
152 |
101 |
2 |
1 |
118 |
| Family |
BRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae) |
108 |
339 |
200 |
8 |
7 |
364 |
| Family |
BUDDLEJACEAE (butterfly-bushes) |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Buddleja (butterfly bushes) |
2 |
|
|
|
|
9 |
| Family |
BUXACEAE (boxes) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Buxus sempervirens L. (Box) |
|
2 |
|
|
|
41 |
| Family |
CACTACEAE (cacti) |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| Family |
CALLITRICHACEAE (water-starworts) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Callitriche L. (water-starworts) |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Family |
CAMPANULACEAE (bellflowers) |
17 |
71 |
27 |
|
5 |
64 |
| Family |
CANNABINACEAE (hops) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
23 |
| Family |
CAPRIFOLIACEAE (elder and honeysuckles) |
20 |
47 |
30 |
|
4 |
215 |
| Family |
CARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions) |
67 |
256 |
263 |
19 |
7 |
241 |
| Family |
CELASTRACEAE (spindles) |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Euonymus (spindles) |
5 |
10 |
7 |
|
|
27 |
| Family |
CERATOPHYLLACEAE (hornworts) |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
3 |
| Family |
CHENOPODIACEAE (goosefoots, oraches and glassworts) |
29 |
92 |
43 |
|
|
104 |
| Family |
CISTACEAE (rockroses) |
9 |
19 |
1 |
|
9 |
46 |
| Family |
CLUSIACEAE (St John’s-worts - formerly Guttiferae) |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Hypericum (St. John's worts) |
17 |
70 |
41 |
|
1 |
59 |
| Family |
CONVOLVULACEAE (bindweeds) |
11 |
92 |
1 |
|
1 |
27 |
| Family |
CORNACEAE (dogwood) |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Cornus (dogwoods) |
3 |
5 |
5 |
|
|
38 |
| Family |
CRASSULACEAE (stonecrops) |
13 |
46 |
21 |
|
1 |
27 |
| Family |
CUCURBITACEAE (cucumbers) |
6 |
14 |
|
|
|
24 |
| Family |
CUSCUTACEAE (dodders) |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Cuscuta (dodders) |
4 |
13 |
5 |
|
|
19 |
| Family |
DIAPENSIACEAE (diapensias) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Diapensia lapponica L. (Diapensia) |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
| Family |
DIPSACACEAE (scabiouses and teasels) |
14 |
64 |
27 |
9 |
2 |
63 |
| Family |
DROSERACEAE (sundews) |
3 |
22 |
|
|
5 |
5 |
| Family |
ELAEAGNACEAE (elaeagnus and sea buckthorn) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Hippophae rhamnoides L. (Sea Buckthorn) |
|
9 |
7 |
|
|
3 |
| Family |
ELATINACEAE (waterworts) |
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
| Family |
EMPETRACEAE (crowberries) |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Empetrum nigrum L. (Crowberry) |
2 |
23 |
|
|
|
6 |
| Family |
ERICACEAE (heaths and heathers) |
109 |
97 |
14 |
8 |
9 |
310 |
| Family |
EUPHORBIACEAE (spurges) |
28 |
108 |
25 |
5 |
2 |
102 |
| Family |
FABACEAE (vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae) |
130 |
491 |
270 |
41 |
11 |
1063 |
| Family |
FAGACEAE (forest trees) |
16 |
87 |
74 |
19 |
8 |
1677 |
| Family |
FUMARIACEAE (fumitories) |
7 |
77 |
31 |
|
1 |
6 |
| Family |
GENTIANACEAE (gentians and felworts) |
17 |
68 |
33 |
21 |
9 |
23 |
| Family |
GERANIACEAE (geraniums and storksbills) |
23 |
88 |
87 |
1 |
3 |
109 |
| Family |
GESNERIACEAE (African violets) |
4 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
| Species |
Globularia punctata (Globularia) |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Family |
GROSSULARIACEAE (currants and gooseberry) |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Ribes (currants) |
10 |
3 |
19 |
|
|
122 |
| Family |
GUNNERACEAE (gunneras) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Gunnera tinctoria (Molina) Mirbel (Giant Rhubarb) |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
| Family |
HALORAGACEAE (water-milfoils) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Myriophyllum (water milfoils) |
|
|
|
|
1 |
7 |
| Family |
HIPPOCASTANACEAE (horse-chestnuts) |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Aesculus (horse chestnuts) |
2 |
28 |
3 |
|
1 |
65 |
| Family |
HIPPURIDACEAE (mare's tails) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Hippuris vulgaris L. (Mare's Tail) |
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
| Family |
HYDRANGEACEAE (mock oranges and hydrangeas) |
3 |
7 |
|
|
|
2 |
| Family |
ILLECEBRACEAE (coral necklaces) |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Family |
JUGLANDACEAE (walnuts, wingnuts) |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Juglans (walnuts) |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
16 |
| Family |
LAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs - formerly Labiatae) |
73 |
292 |
169 |
|
6 |
284 |
| Family |
LAURACEAE (bay trees) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Laurus nobilis L. (Bay, Bay Laurel) |
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
| Family |
LENTIBULARIACEAE (butterworts and bladderworts) |
7 |
51 |
11 |
15 |
4 |
19 |
| Family |
LINACEAE (flaxes) |
5 |
35 |
11 |
|
|
19 |
| Family |
LYTHRACEAE (purple loosestrife and water purslane) |
4 |
14 |
16 |
|
1 |
28 |
| Family |
MAGNOLIACEAE (magnolias) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Liriodendron tulipifera L. (Tulip Tree) |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Family |
MALVACEAE (mallows) |
11 |
41 |
8 |
|
1 |
59 |
| Family |
MENISPERMACEAE (a family of house plants) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Spirospermum sodirei (a house plant) |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Family |
MENYANTHACEAE (bogbean) |
2 |
30 |
14 |
10 |
1 |
2 |
| Family |
MONOTROPACEAE (bird’s-nests) |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Monotropa hypopitys L. (Yellow Bird's-nest) |
1 |
17 |
2 |
|
2 |
3 |
| Family |
MORACEAE (mulberries, figs) |
4 |
|
|
|
1 |
8 |
| Family |
MYRICACEAE (myrtles) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Myrica gale L. (Bog Myrtle, Sweet Gale) |
|
11 |
7 |
|
|
13 |
| Family |
MYRTACEAE (gums and tea-trees) |
14 |
|
|
|
1 |
22 |
| Family |
NYMPHAEACEAE (water-lilies) |
3 |
20 |
|
|
3 |
17 |
| Family |
OLEACEAE (olive family) |
8 |
14 |
27 |
|
|
381 |
| Family |
ONAGRACEAE (willowherbs and evening primroses) |
31 |
95 |
113 |
12 |
4 |
207 |
| Family |
OROBANCHACEAE (broomrapes) |
18 |
41 |
5 |
8 |
|
49 |
| Family |
OXALIDACEAE (wood-sorrels) |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Oxalis (sorrels) |
5 |
30 |
3 |
6 |
|
7 |
| Family |
PAEONIACEAE (peonies) |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Paeonia (peonies) |
2 |
|
|
|
|
13 |
| Family |
PAPAVERACEAE (poppies) |
16 |
96 |
40 |
|
1 |
44 |
| Family |
PITTOSPORACEAE (pittosporums) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Pittosporum (pittosporums) |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| Family |
PLANTAGINACEAE (plantains) |
7 |
42 |
|
9 |
1 |
81 |
| Family |
PLATANACEAE (plane trees) |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Platanus L. (planes) |
3 |
|
|
|
|
10 |
| Family |
PLUMBAGINACEAE (thrifts and sea lavenders) |
12 |
17 |
2 |
|
1 |
30 |
| Family |
POLEMONIACEAE (Jacob’s ladder family) |
4 |
2 |
|
|
|
5 |
| Family |
POLYGALACEAE (milkworts) |
4 |
20 |
7 |
|
|
1 |
| Family |
POLYGONACEAE (docks and knotgrasses) |
43 |
80 |
105 |
|
7 |
327 |
| Family |
PORTULACACEAE (purslanes) |
5 |
31 |
22 |
|
1 |
|
| Family |
PRIMULACEAE (primroses and pimpernels) |
28 |
234 |
79 |
28 |
7 |
64 |
| Family |
PYROLACEAE (wintergreens) |
5 |
9 |
|
|
|
9 |
| Family |
RANUNCULACEAE (buttercups, crowfoots) |
63 |
270 |
57 |
54 |
7 |
319 |
| Family |
RESEDACEAE (weld and mignonette) |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Reseda (mignonettes) |
3 |
13 |
8 |
|
1 |
12 |
| Family |
RHAMNACEAE (buckthorns) |
3 |
19 |
18 |
|
|
36 |
| Family |
ROSACEAE (roses and fruit trees) |
142 |
373 |
263 |
9 |
16 |
1687 |
| Family |
RUBIACEAE (madder, goosegrass and bedstraws) |
17 |
95 |
36 |
|
2 |
148 |
| Family |
SALICACEAE (poplars and willows) |
55 |
140 |
103 |
9 |
11 |
1152 |
| Family |
SANTALACEAE (sandalwoods) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Thesium humifusum DC. (Bastard-toadflax) |
|
17 |
10 |
12 |
|
6 |
| Family |
SARRACENIACEAE (pitcher plants) |
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
| Family |
SAXIFRAGACEAE (saxifrages) |
20 |
75 |
19 |
13 |
5 |
33 |
| Family |
SCROPHULARIACEAE (figworts, foxgloves and speedwells) |
92 |
372 |
177 |
34 |
8 |
289 |
| Family |
SOLANACEAE (nightshades) |
18 |
20 |
8 |
|
2 |
104 |
| Family |
TAMARICACEAE (tamarisks) |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
3 |
| Family |
THYMELAEACEAE (daphnes) |
2 |
12 |
12 |
2 |
|
2 |
| Family |
TILIACEAE (limes) |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Tilia (limes) |
3 |
5 |
51 |
|
1 |
136 |
| Family |
TROPAEOLACEAE (garden nasturtiums) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Tropaeolum (garden nasturtiums) |
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
| Family |
ULMACEAE (elms) |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Ulmus (elms) |
4 |
19 |
4 |
|
3 |
294 |
| Family |
URTICACEAE (nettles) |
6 |
19 |
|
4 |
3 |
114 |
| Family |
VALERIANACEAE (valerians and corn salads) |
11 |
45 |
6 |
|
1 |
32 |
| Family |
VERBENACEAE (vervain) |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Genus |
Verbena (vervains) |
5 |
2 |
|
|
|
6 |
| Family |
VIOLACEAE (violets, pansies) |
23 |
112 |
36 |
1 |
1 |
104 |
| Family |
VISCACEAE (mistletoe) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Species |
Viscum album L. (Mistletoe) |
|
38 |
|
|
1 |
34 |
| Family |
VITACEAE (vines and Virgina creepers) |
22 |
3 |
|
|
|
29 |
| Informal |
(Broadleaved trees) |
153 |
527 |
475 |
44 |
34 |
176961 |
| Informal |
(Broadleaved trees and shrubs) |
321 |
673 |
356 |
25 |
36 |
171161 |
| Informal |
(Broadleaved trees, shrubs and climbers) |
335 |
810 |
363 |
34 |
37 |
2921723 |
| Informal |
(Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees) |
84 |
302 |
271 |
35 |
22 |
2925651 |
| Informal |
(Herbaceous Plants) |
2026 |
7356 |
3712 |
388 |
285 |
62406 |
| Informal |
(Shrubs) |
321 |
673 |
356 |
25 |
36 |
85383 |
| Informal |
(Soft Fruit) |
39 |
128 |
89 |
9 |
2 |
82317 |
| Informal |
(Woody plants) |
118 |
116 |
15 |
8 |
18 |
620141 |