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Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana

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Appendix A: Vascular Plant Families of the Venezuelan Guayana

The following information is based on a working checklist for the Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Minor changes may occur upon publication of individual treatments. Volume 2 has been published and includes all the pteridophytes and the first eleven families of spermatophytes from Acanthaceae through Araceae. Projected volume breakdowns are indicated for the remaining families.

The angiosperm families follow Cronquist (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants. Whereas some authors recognize a single family of legumes with three subfamilies, this system recognizes three families, the Fabaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, and the Mimosaceae. Cronquist also recognizes certain segregate families that may not be recognized in other systems, such as the Hugoniaceae and the Ixonanthaceae (often placed in the Linaceae) and the Costaceae (sometimes included in the Zingiberaceae). On the other hand, certain traditionally recognized families are subsumed into others, such as the Cochlospermaceae into the Bixaceae, and the Martyniaceae into the Pedaliaceae, and the Liliaceae are treated in an inclusive sense to include segregate families such as the Amaryllidaceae. Changes in family circumscriptions since the publication of Cronquist's system are reflected here, such as the publication of the Euphroniaceae and the placement of the genus Pakaraimaea in the Monotaceae instead of the Dipterocarpaceae.

Volume 2: Pteridophytes, Spermatophytes (Acanthaceae through Araceae). 1995.
Volume 3: Araliaceae through Cactaceae. 1997.
Volume 4: Caesalpiniaceae through Ericaceae. 1998.
Volume 5: Eriocaulaceae through Lentibulariaceae. 1999.
Volume 6: Liliaceae through Myrsinaceae. 2001.
Volume 7: Myrtaceae through Plumbaginaceae.
Volume 8: Poaceae through Rubiaceae.
Volume 9: Rutaceae through Zygophyllaceae.

 GeneraSpecies
Pteridophytes
Aspleniaceae129
Azollaceae11
Blechnaceae216
Cyatheaceae336
Davalliaceae14
Dennstaedtiaceae945
Dicksoniaceae11
Dryopteridaceae21115
Gleicheniaceae312
Grammitidaceae555
Hymenophyllaceae273
Hymenophyllopsidaceae18
Isoëtaceae13
Lycopodiaceae326
Marattiaceae26
Marsileaceae11
Metaxyaceae11
Ophioglossaceae12
Osmundaceae12
Parkeriaceae12
Plagiogyriaceae11
Polypodiaceae746
Psilotaceae11
Pteridaceae1163
Salviniaceae11
Schizaeaceae418
Selaginellaceae159
Thelypteridaceae132
Vittariaceae412
Spermatophytes
Acanthaceae1965
Agavaceae11
Aizoaceae11
Alismataceae28
Amaranthaceae1124
Anacardiaceae915
Annonaceae17102
Apiaceae23
Apocynaceae34162
Aquifoliaceae169
Araceae20164
Araliaceae464
Arecaceae2468
Aristolochiaceae112
Asclepiadaceae1591
Asteraceae92258
Balanophoraceae22
Basellaceae11
Begoniaceae111
Bignoniaceae38132
Bixaceae24
Bombacaceae 9 38
Boraginaceae547
Brassicaceae11
Bromeliaceae22284
Brunelliaceae12
Burmanniaceae723
Burseraceae758
Buxaceae11
Cabombaceae13
Cactaceae1214
Caesalpiniaceae31195
Campanulaceae59
Cannaceae12
Capparaceae524
Caprifoliaceae23
Caricaceae11
Caryocaraceae29
Caryophyllaceae33
Cecropiaceae330
Celastraceae418
Chenopodiaceae11
Chloranthaceae13
Chrysobalanaceae7123
Clethraceae11
Clusiaceae16142
Combretaceae538
Commelinaceae1016
Connaraceae423
Convolvulaceae1485
Costaceae27
Crassulaceae11
Cucurbitaceae1540
Cunoniaceae113
Cuscutaceae13
Cyclanthaceae823
Cyperaceae35308
Cyrillaceae22
Dichapetalaceae28
Dilleniaceae630
Dioscoreaceae128
Droseraceae114
Ebenaceae113
Elaeocarpaceae141
Eremolepidaceae23
Ericaceae1769
Eriocaulaceae788
Erythroxylaceae129
Euphorbiaceae57237
Euphroniaceae13
Fabaceae66319
Flacourtiaceae1249
Gentianaceae2072
Gesneriaceae1644
Gnetaceae16
Haemodoraceae33
Haloragaceae11
Heliconiaceae112
Hernandiaceae22
Hippocrateaceae1137
Hugoniaceae25
Humiriaceae522
Hydrocharitaceae22
Hydrophyllaceae12
Icacinaceae714
Iridaceae49
Ixonanthaceae2 8
Juncaceae11
Krameriaceae1 2
Lacistemataceae1 1
Lamiaceae930
Lauraceae14143
Lecythidaceae8 35
Lemnaceae44
Lentibulariaceae253
Liliaceae1013
Limnocharitaceae11
Lissocarpaceae12
Loasaceae11
Loganiaceae526
Loranthaceae837
Lythraceae526
Magnoliaceae13
Malpighiaceae22123
Malvaceae1656
Marantaceae959
Marcgraviaceae316
Mayacaceae 1 3
Melastomataceae 50 397
Meliaceae 5 23
Mendonciaceae 1 10
Menispermaceae 12 27
Menyanthyaceae 1 1
Mimosaceae 26 163
Molluginaceae 2 2
Monimiaceae 2 13
Monotaceae 1 1
Moraceae 13 57
Moringaceae 1 1
Musaceae 1 2
Myricaceae 1 1
Myristicaceae 4 20
Myrsinaceae 6 55
Myrtaceae 17 178
Najadaceae 1 1
Nyctaginaceae 6 41
Nymphaeaceae 1 7
Ochnaceae 12 107
Olacaceae 9 30
Oleaceae 1 1
Onagraceae 1 17
Opiliaceae 1 2
Orchidaceae 154 698
Oxalidaceae 2 7
Passifloraceae 3 60
Pedaliaceae 2 2
Peridiscaceae 1 1
Phytolaccaceae 6 10
Piperaceae 2 126
Plantaginaceae 1 1
Plumbaginaceae 1 1
Poaceae 94 420
Podocarpaceae 1 9
Podostemaceae 7 25
Polygalaceae 6 53
Polygonaceae 6 30
Pontederiaceae 2 6
Portulacaceae 2 13
Primulaceae 1 1
Proteaceae 3 17
Quiinaceae 4 17
Rafflesiaceae 1 2
Ranunculaceae 1 1
Rapateaceae 13 70
Rhamnaceae 5 19
Rhizophoraceae 3 8
Rosaceae 3 9
Rubiaceae 83 530
Rutaceae 19 59
Sabiaceae 2 3
Saccifoliaceae 1 1
Santalaceae 1 1
Sapindaceae 16 83
Sapotaceae 10 85
Sarraceniaceae 1 5
Scrophulariaceae 18 42
Simaroubaceae 5 14
Smilacaceae 1 11
Solanaceae 16 79
Sphenocleaceae 1 1
Sterculiaceae 9 40
Strelitziaceae 1 1
Styracaceae 1 8
Symplocaceae 1 10
Taccaceae 1 1
Tepuianthaceae 1 4
Tetrameristaceae 1 1
Theaceae 5 48
Theophrastaceae 2 3
Thurniaceae 1 2
Thymelaeaceae410
Tiliaceae828
Trigoniaceae16
Triuridaceae35
Tropaeolaceae11
Turneraceae221
Typhaceae11
Ulmaceae34
Urticaceae613
Valerianaceae11
Velloziaceae22
Verbenaceae1671
Violaceae832
Viscaceae248
Vitaceae18
Vochysiaceae459
Winteraceae11
Xyridaceae595
Zamiaceae13
Zingiberaceae18
Zygophyllaceae33

For a summary of the number of families, genera, and species in the Venezuelan Guayana see Table 1.

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Scientific Comments:
Paul Berry (peberry@facstaff.wisc.edu) or Kay Yatskievych (kay.yatskievych@mobot.org).

 

 
 
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