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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 47,497–47,520

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 yetBuchtienia roseaName author: GarayAccepted speciesOrchidaceaeBuchtienia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetBuckinghamia celsissimaName author: F.Muell.Accepted speciesProteaceaeBuckinghamia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetBuckinghamia ferruginifloraName author: Foreman & B.HylandAccepted speciesProteaceaeBuckinghamia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetBuckleya angulosaName author: S.B.Zhou & X.H.GuoAccepted speciesSantalaceaeBuckleya genusNo guide yet
No photo yetBuckleya distichophyllaName author: (Nutt.) Torr.Accepted speciesSantalaceaeBuckleya genusNo guide yet
No photo yetBuckleya graebnerianaName author: DielsAccepted speciesSantalaceaeBuckleya genusNo guide yet
No photo yetBuckleya henryiName author: DielsAccepted speciesSantalaceaeBuckleya genusNo guide yet
No photo yetBuckleya lanceolataName author: (Siebold & Zucc.) Miq.Accepted speciesSantalaceaeBuckleya genusNo guide yet
No photo yetBuckollia tomentosaName author: (E.A.Bruce) Venter & R.L.Verh.Accepted speciesApocynaceaeBuckollia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetBuckollia volubilisName author: (Schltr.) Venter & R.L.Verh.Accepted speciesApocynaceaeBuckollia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetBucquetia glutinosaName author: DC.Accepted speciesMelastomataceaeBucquetia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetBucquetia nigritellaName author: TrianaAccepted speciesMelastomataceaeBucquetia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetBucquetia vernicosaName author: GleasonAccepted speciesMelastomataceaeBucquetia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetBuddleja acuminataName author: Poir.Accepted speciesScrophulariaceaeBuddleja genus
No photo yetBuddleja alataName author: Rehder & E.H.WilsonAccepted speciesScrophulariaceaeBuddleja genus
No photo yetBuddleja albifloraName author: Hemsl.Accepted speciesScrophulariaceaeBuddleja genus
No photo yetBuddleja alternifoliaName author: Maxim.Accepted speciesScrophulariaceaeBuddleja genus
No photo yetBuddleja americanaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)Accepted speciesScrophulariaceaeBuddleja genus
No photo yetBuddleja anchoensisName author: KuntzeAccepted speciesScrophulariaceaeBuddleja genus
No photo yetBuddleja angusticarpaName author: (E.M.Norman & L.B.Sm.) G.P.Coelho & MiottoAccepted speciesScrophulariaceaeBuddleja genus
No photo yetBuddleja araucanaName author: Phil.Accepted speciesScrophulariaceaeBuddleja genus
No photo yetBuddleja aromaticaName author: J.RémyAccepted speciesScrophulariaceaeBuddleja genus
No photo yetBuddleja asiaticaName author: Lour.Accepted speciesScrophulariaceaeBuddleja genus
No photo yetBuddleja auriculataName author: Benth.Accepted speciesScrophulariaceaeBuddleja genus
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 1230 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.