List of cultivated plant families

Welcome to the main entry page. The purpose of this part of the site is to provide information about the cultivated plants of Zimbabwe.

It is intended eventually to include all families, genera and species which are cultivated in Zimbabwe but at this stage the list is provisional and incomplete.

There are 3 columns of information.

  1. The first column is a series of links to the families. Click on a link to enter the family pages.
  2. The purpose of the second column, which is headed 'Content', is to indicate in a simple way whether there is any content for that particular family. Specifically, it indicates whether the family description has been done and whether there is a sample image for the family.
  3. The third column provides links to the genera and species laid out in a checklist format.

See here for a list of recently updated cultivated species.

Click on a letter below to take you to the first family whose name begins with that letter.

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

Links to families


A
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Acanthaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Aceraceae Family description Checklist
Achariaceae Family description Checklist
Actinidiaceae Family description Checklist
Adiantaceae Family description Checklist
Agavaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Aizoaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Alismataceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Alliaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Alstroemeriaceae Family description Checklist
Altingiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Amaranthaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Amaryllidaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Anacardiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Annonaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Anthericaceae Family description Checklist
Aphloiaceae Family description Checklist
Apiaceae Family description Checklist
Apocynaceae subfamilies Apocynoideae and Rauvolfioideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Apocynaceae subfamilies Asclepiadoideae and Secamonoideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Apocynaceae subfamily Periplocoideae Family description Checklist
Aquifoliaceae Family description Checklist
Araceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Araliaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Araucariaceae Family description Checklist
Arecaceae Family description Checklist
Aristolochiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Asparagaceae Family description Checklist
Asphodelaceae Family description Checklist
Aspleniaceae Family description Checklist
Asteraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

B
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Balsaminaceae Family description Checklist
Basellaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Begoniaceae Family description Checklist
Berberidaceae Family description Checklist
Bignoniaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Bixaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Boraginaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Brassicaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Bromeliaceae Family description Checklist
Burseraceae Family description Checklist
Buxaceae Family description Checklist

C
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Cactaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Calceolariaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Campanulaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Canellaceae Family description Checklist
Cannabaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Cannaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Capparaceae Family description Checklist
Caprifoliaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Caricaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Caryophyllaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Casuarinaceae Family description Checklist
Celastraceae Family description Checklist
Cistaceae Family description Checklist
Clusiaceae Family description Checklist
Colchicaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Combretaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Commelinaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Convallariaceae Checklist
Convolvulaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Cornaceae Family description Checklist
Corynocarpaceae Family description Checklist
Costaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Crassulaceae Family description Checklist
Cucurbitaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Cunoniaceae Family description Checklist
Cupressaceae Family description Checklist
Cyatheaceae Family description Checklist
Cycadaceae Family description Checklist
Cyperaceae Family description Checklist

D
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Didiereaceae Family description Checklist
Dilleniaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Dioscoreaceae Family description Checklist
Dipsacaceae Family description Checklist
Dracaenaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

E
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Ebenaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Elaeagnaceae Family description Checklist
Ericaceae Family description Checklist
Erythroxylaceae Family description Checklist
Escalloniaceae Family description Checklist
Euphorbiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

F
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Fagaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Fouquieriaceae Checklist

G
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Gelsemiaceae Family description Checklist
Gentianaceae Family description Checklist
Geraniaceae Family description Checklist
Gesneriaceae Family description Checklist
Ginkgoaceae Family description Checklist
Greyiaceae Family description Checklist

H
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Haemodoraceae Family description Checklist
Haloragaceae Family description Checklist
Hamamelidaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Heliconiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Heteropyxidaceae Family description Checklist
Hyacinthaceae Family description Checklist
Hydrangeaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Hydrophyllaceae Family description Checklist
Hypoxidaceae Family description Checklist

I
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Iridaceae Family description Checklist

J
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Juglandaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

L
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Lamiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Lauraceae Family description Checklist
Lecythidaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Liliaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Limnocharitaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Linaceae Family description Checklist
Linderniaceae Family description Checklist
Loganiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Lythraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

M
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Magnoliaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Malpighiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Malvaceae subfamily Bombacoideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Malvaceae subfamily Grewioideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Malvaceae subfamily Malvoideae Family description Checklist
Malvaceae: Byttnerioideae, Helicteroideae & Sterculioideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Marantaceae Family description Checklist
Melastomataceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Meliaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Melianthaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Menispermaceae Family description Checklist
Metteniusaceae Family description Checklist
Moraceae Family description Checklist
Moringaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Musaceae Family description Checklist
Myrsinaceae Family description Checklist
Myrtaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

N
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Nelumbonaceae Family description Checklist
Nephrolepidaceae Family description Checklist
Nyctaginaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Nymphaeaceae Family description Checklist

O
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Ochnaceae Family description Checklist
Oleaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Onagraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Orchidaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Oxalidaceae Family description Checklist

P
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Pandanaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Papaveraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Passifloraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Paulowniaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Pedaliaceae Family description Checklist
Phormiaceae Checklist
Phrymaceae Family description Checklist
Phyllanthaceae Family description Checklist
Phytolaccaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Pinaceae Family description Checklist
Piperaceae Family description Checklist
Pittosporaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Plantaginaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Platanaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Plumbaginaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Poaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Podocarpaceae Family description Checklist
Polemoniaceae Family description Checklist
Polygalaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Polygonaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Polypodiaceae Family description Checklist
Pontederiaceae Family description Checklist
Portulacaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Primulaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Proteaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Ptaeroxylaceae Family description Checklist
Punicaceae Checklist
Putranjivaceae Family description Checklist

R
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Ranunculaceae Family description Checklist
Resedaceae Family description Checklist
Rhamnaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Rosaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Rubiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Rutaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

S
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Salicaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Sapindaceae Family description Checklist
Sapotaceae Family description Checklist
Saxifragaceae Family description Checklist
Scrophulariaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Simaroubaceae Family description Checklist
Solanaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Sonneratiaceae Family description Checklist
Stilbaceae Family description Checklist
Strelitziaceae Family description Checklist
Styracaceae Family description Checklist

T
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Tamaricaceae Family description Checklist
Taxodiaceae Checklist
Theaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Thymelaeaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Tropaeolaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

U
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Ulmaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Urticaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

V
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Valerianaceae Family description Checklist
Verbenaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Violaceae Family description Checklist
Vitaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

Z
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Zamiaceae Family description Checklist
Zingiberaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Zygophyllaceae Family description Checklist

No. of families found: 198


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: List of cultivated plant families.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/index.php, retrieved 3 December 2024

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