List of plant family names with etymologies

[1] Related genera are in turn grouped into families.

[3] The table below contains seed-bearing families from Plants of the World by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz (lead author), Michael F. Fay and Mark W. Chase, with two updated families[a] from Plants of the World Online.

The second column gives the family's original type genus, unless that name is no longer accepted in taxonomic databases.

The fourth column gives an associated meaning, derivation or person.

[2] Except for Plants of the World, these books list genera alphabetically.