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A WIDER WORLD OF FLOWERS

The botanical directory

From familiar garden flowers to species you have yet to meet. Explore the flowering plant tree through accepted scientific names, botanical families, and synonyms.

Accepted species
347,476
Synonym names
710,971
Botanical families
430
Genera
13,895

Find a flower. Follow its family.

Search scientific names or try a familiar florist name, like rose or peony.

Scientific names and synonyms are searchable from two characters. Familiar florist names link to their broader genus; common names are not available for every species.

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347,476 speciesShowing 3,049–3,072

Photos show the identified species; cultivars and commercial forms can vary. Related genus guides cover other plants in the same group. Name authors credit the botanists behind a scientific name; “L.” stands for Carl Linnaeus. Swipe across the table to see family and guide links.

Flowering species, botanical families, photographs, and available florist guides
PhotoSpeciesFamily & genusFlower guides
No photo yetAchlys japonicaName author: Maxim.Accepted speciesBerberidaceaeAchlys genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchlys triphyllaName author: DC.Accepted speciesBerberidaceaeAchlys genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum brandisiiName author: (Mez) Z.L.WuAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum bromoidesName author: (L.) P.Beauv.Accepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum calamagrostisName author: (L.) P.Beauv.Accepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum confusumName author: (Litv.) TzvelevAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum haussknechtiiName author: (Boiss.) M.NobisAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum inebriansName author: (Hance) KengAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum jacquemontiiName author: (Jaub. & Spach) P.C.Kuo & S.L.LuAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum mandavilleiName author: (Freitag) M.NobisAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum nakaiiName author: (Honda) TateokaAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum paradoxumName author: (L.) Banfi, Galasso & BartolucciAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum parviflorumName author: (Desf.) M.NobisAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum pekinenseName author: (Hance) OhwiAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum pelliotiiName author: (Danguy) Röser & HamashaAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum pilosumName author: Z.S.Zhang & W.L.ChenAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum pubicalyxName author: (Ohwi) Keng f. ex P.C.KuoAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum sibiricumName author: (L.) Keng ex TzvelevAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum staintoniiName author: (Bor) M.Nobis & P.D.GudkovaAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum turcomanicumName author: (Roshev.) TzvelevAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnatherum virescensName author: (Trin.) Banfi, Galasso & BartolucciAccepted speciesPoaceaeAchnatherum genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnophora tateiName author: F.Muell.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeAchnophora genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnopogon steyermarkiiName author: Aristeg.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeAchnopogon genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAchnopogon virgatusName author: Maguire, Steyerm. & WurdackAccepted speciesAsteraceaeAchnopogon genusNo guide yet
THE SOURCE & THE SCOPE

A living reference.
A documented starting point.

Taxonomy changes as plants are studied. This directory preserves the accepted names and synonym relationships in a specific World Flora Online release, so you can trace every entry to its source.

View the June 2026 source dataset

What is included?

All 347,476 accepted species classified under Angiosperms in this snapshot, plus 710,971 names treated as synonyms of those species. Flowering trees, grasses, and other less familiar flowering plants belong here too.

Is this every flower that has ever existed?

No complete list of every historical or undiscovered species exists. This collection excludes unresolved names, subspecies and varieties as separate records, non-flowering plants, and most cultivated forms. It is not a complete fossil or cultivar register.

Can I order these flowers?

A botanical record does not establish cut-flower availability or suitability for an arrangement. Our 980 florist guides cover commercial flowers, specialty garden cuts, and foliage, with design notes, photos, and calculator links. Calculator selection uses that florist collection; other ingredients can be entered as custom items.

Taxonomy: World Flora Online Consortium · CC0 public domain · Published June 21, 2026. Photographs and editorial florist guides have separate credits.