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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 9,817–9,840

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 yetAlafia erythrophthalmaName author: (K.Schum.) Leeuwenb.Accepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia falcataName author: Leeuwenb.Accepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia fuscataName author: PichonAccepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia insularisName author: PichonAccepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia intermediaName author: PichonAccepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia landolphioidesName author: (A.DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex K.Schum.Accepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia lucidaName author: StapfAccepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia microstylisName author: K.Schum.Accepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia multifloraName author: (Stapf) StapfAccepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia nigrescensName author: PichonAccepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia orientalisName author: K.Schum. ex De Wild.Accepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia parcifloraName author: StapfAccepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia paucifloraName author: Radlk.Accepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia perrieriName author: Jum.Accepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia schumanniiName author: StapfAccepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia thouarsiiName author: Roem. & Schult.Accepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia valliumName author: PichonAccepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia verschuereniName author: De Wild.Accepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia whyteiName author: StapfAccepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlafia zambesiacaName author: KupichaAccepted speciesApocynaceaeAlafia genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlamania puniceaName author: Lex.Accepted speciesOrchidaceaeAlamania genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlangium alpinumName author: (C.B.Clarke) W.W.Sm. & CaveAccepted speciesCornaceaeAlangium genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlangium amplumName author: W.J.de Wilde & DuyfjesAccepted speciesCornaceaeAlangium genusNo guide yet
No photo yetAlangium barbatumName author: (R.Br. ex C.B.Clarke) Baill. ex KuntzeAccepted speciesCornaceaeAlangium 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 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.