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 Mozambique.

It is intended eventually to include all families, genera and species which are cultivated in Mozambique 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 Checklist
Agavaceae Family description Checklist
Aizoaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Amaranthaceae Family description Checklist
Amaryllidaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Anacardiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Annonaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Apocynaceae subfamilies Apocynoideae and Rauvolfioideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Apocynaceae subfamily Periplocoideae Family description Checklist
Araceae Family description Checklist
Araucariaceae Family description Checklist
Arecaceae Family description Checklist
Asteraceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

B
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Balsaminaceae Family description Checklist
Basellaceae Family description Checklist
Bignoniaceae Family description Checklist
Bixaceae Family description Checklist
Brassicaceae Family description Checklist
Bromeliaceae Family description Checklist

C
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Cactaceae Family description Checklist
Cannaceae Family description Checklist
Caprifoliaceae Family description Checklist
Caricaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Casuarinaceae Family description Checklist
Combretaceae Family description Checklist
Commelinaceae Family description Checklist
Convolvulaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Crassulaceae Family description Checklist
Cucurbitaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

D
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Dilleniaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Dracaenaceae Family description Checklist

E
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Ericaceae Family description Checklist
Euphorbiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

F
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Fabaceae subfamily Mimosoideae Family description Checklist
Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Fagaceae Family description Checklist

G
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Gesneriaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

I
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Iridaceae Family description Checklist

L
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Lamiaceae Family description Checklist
Lauraceae Family description Checklist
Lecythidaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Lythraceae Family description Checklist

M
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Malvaceae subfamily Bombacoideae Family description Checklist
Malvaceae subfamily Malvoideae Family description Checklist
Malvaceae: Byttnerioideae, Helicteroideae & Sterculioideae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Meliaceae Family description Checklist
Moraceae Family description Checklist
Moringaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Musaceae Family description Checklist
Myrtaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

N
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Nyctaginaceae Family description Checklist

O
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Oleaceae Family description Checklist
Oxalidaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist

P
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Pandanaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Passifloraceae Family description Checklist
Pedaliaceae Family description Checklist
Phyllanthaceae Family description Checklist
Plumbaginaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Poaceae Family description Checklist
Polygalaceae Family description Checklist
Polygonaceae Family description Checklist
Portulacaceae Family description Checklist
Punicaceae Checklist

R
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Rosaceae Family description Checklist
Rubiaceae Family description, Sample image Checklist
Rutaceae Family description Checklist

S
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Sapindaceae Family description Checklist
Sapotaceae Family description Checklist
Solanaceae Family description Checklist
Strelitziaceae Family description Checklist

T
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Theaceae Family description Checklist

V
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Verbenaceae Family description Checklist
Viscaceae Family description Checklist
Vitaceae Family description Checklist

Z
FamilyContentDisplay checklist
Zamiaceae Family description Checklist
Zingiberaceae Family description Checklist

No. of families found: 77


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: List of cultivated plant families.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/index.php, retrieved 19 March 2024

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