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 Caprivi.

It is intended eventually to include all families, genera and species which are cultivated in Caprivi but at this stage only a very few species are included.

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
Achariaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Adiantaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Agavaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Aizoaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Alangiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Alismataceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Amaranthaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Amaryllidaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Anacardiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Anemiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Anisophylleaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Annonaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Anthericaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Apiaceae Family description, Sample image 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, Sample image Checklist
Apodanthaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Aquifoliaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Araceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Araliaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Arecaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Aristolochiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Asparagaceae Family description Checklist
Asphodelaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Aspleniaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Asteraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

B
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Balsaminaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Basellaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Begoniaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Bignoniaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Bixaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Blechnaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Boraginaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Brassicaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Burmanniaceae Family description Checklist
Burseraceae Family description Checklist

C
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Cabombaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Cactaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Campanulaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Cannabaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Cannaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Capparaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Caprifoliaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Cardiopteridaceae Family description Checklist
Caricaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Caryophyllaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Casuarinaceae Family description Checklist
Celastraceae Family description Checklist
Ceratophyllaceae Family description Checklist
Chrysobalanaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Clusiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Colchicaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Combretaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Commelinaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Connaraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Convolvulaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Cornaceae Family description Checklist
Costaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Crassulaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Cucurbitaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Cupressaceae Family description Checklist
Cyatheaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Cyperaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

D
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Davalliaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Dennstaedtiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Dichapetalaceae Family description Checklist
Dilleniaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Dioscoreaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Dipterocarpaceae Family description Checklist
Dracaenaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Droseraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Dryopteridaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

E
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Ebenaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Elatinaceae Family description Checklist
Equisetaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Ericaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Eriocaulaceae Family description, Sample image 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

G
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Gelsemiaceae Family description Checklist
Gentianaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Geraniaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Gesneriaceae Family description Checklist
Gisekiaceae Family description Checklist
Gleicheniaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

H
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Haloragaceae Family description Checklist
Hamamelidaceae Family description Checklist
Hyacinthaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Hydrocharitaceae Family description Checklist
Hymenophyllaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Hypoxidaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

I
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Iridaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Isoetaceae Family description Checklist
Iteaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

J
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Juncaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

L
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Lamiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Lauraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Lentibulariaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Linaceae Family description Checklist
Linderniaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Lindsaeaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Loganiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Lomariopsidaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Loranthaceae Family description Checklist
Lycopodiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Lygodiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Lythraceae Family description Checklist

M
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Magnoliaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Malpighiaceae Family description Checklist
Malvaceae subfamily Bombacoideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Malvaceae subfamily Grewioideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Malvaceae subfamily Malvoideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Malvaceae: Byttnerioideae, Helicteroideae & Sterculioideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Marattiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Marsileaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Melastomataceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Meliaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Melianthaceae Family description Checklist
Menispermaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Menyanthaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Molluginaceae Family description Checklist
Monimiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Moraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Moringaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Musaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Myristicaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Myrsinaceae Family description Checklist
Myrtaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

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

O
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Ochnaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Olacaceae Family description Checklist
Oleaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Oleandraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Onagraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Ophioglossaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Opiliaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Orchidaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Orobanchaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Osmundaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Oxalidaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

P
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Pandaceae Checklist
Papaveraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Parkeriaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Passifloraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Pedaliaceae Family description Checklist
Penaeaceae Family description Checklist
Pentaphylacaceae Family description Checklist
Peraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Phyllanthaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Phytolaccaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Piperaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Pittosporaceae Family description Checklist
Plantaginaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Plumbaginaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Poaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Podocarpaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Podostemaceae Family description Checklist
Polygalaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Polygonaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Polypodiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Pontederiaceae Family description Checklist
Portulacaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Potamogetonaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Primulaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Proteaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Pteridaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Putranjivaceae Family description Checklist

R
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Ranunculaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Resedaceae Family description Checklist
Rhamnaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Rhizophoraceae 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
Salvadoraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Salviniaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Santalaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Sapindaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Sapotaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Scrophulariaceae Family description Checklist
Selaginellaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Simaroubaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Sinopteridaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Smilacaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Solanaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Sphenocleaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Stilbaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Strelitziaceae Family description Checklist

T
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Tectariaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Thelypteridaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Thymelaeaceae Family description Checklist
Tropaeolaceae Family description Checklist
Turneraceae Family description Checklist
Typhaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

U
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Urticaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

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

W
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Woodsiaceae Family description Checklist

X
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Xyridaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

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

No. of families found: 209


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: List of cultivated plant families.
https://www.capriviflora.com/cult/index.php, retrieved 29 March 2024

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