Family-based Botanical names of different plants
List of different types of plants based on family and their botanical names
This post of “Family-Based Botanical Names of Different Plants” lists a variety of plants with their (based on the family of plants) botanical name. That is, it is a list of different types of plants of the family and their botanical names. Which you will not need to find anywhere else.
Because many types of plants come from the same family. As the crops of vegetables such as bitter gourd, gourd, luffa, pumpkin, cucumber, etc. come under the family of Cucurbits.
Grass family (Poaceae)
Grass family plants are also known as Poaceae or Gramineae family. Almost all cereal crops fall under this family, which we use as food. It is known by the name of the family of grass that all the grasses that fall under this family belong to the following family.
S.N. | Name | Botanical name | Category |
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1 | Lemongrass | Cymbopogon citratus | Grass |
2 | Barley | Hordeum vulgare | Grain |
3 | Black rice | Oryza Sativa Linn | Grain |
4 | Finger millet | Eleusine coracana | Millet’s |
5 | Foxtail millet | Setaria italica | Millet’s |
6 | Japanese barnyard millet | Echinochloa esculenta | Millet’s |
7 | Kodo millet | Paspalum scrobiculatum | Millet’s |
8 | Maize | Zea mays | Grain, corn cob |
9 | Oat | Avena sativa | Grain |
10 | Pearl millet | Pennisetum glaucum | Millet’s |
11 | Popcorn | zea mays var. everta | Grain, Popcorn, corn cob |
12 | Proso millet | Panicum miliaceum | Millet’s |
13 | Rice, Paddy | Oryza sativa | Grain |
14 | Rye | Secale cereale | Grain |
15 | Sorghum | Sorghum bicolor | Grain |
16 | Spelt | Triticum spelta | Grain |
17 | Sweet corn | Zea Mays var. saccharata | Grain, corn cob |
18 | Wheat | Triticum aestivum | Grain |
19 | Wild rice | Zizania | Grain |
20 | Dent corn | Zea mays var. indentata | corn cob |
21 | Flint corn | Zea mays var. indurata | corn cob |
22 | Waxy corn | Zea mays var. ceratina | corn cob |
23 | Pod corn | Zea mays var. tunicata | corn cob |
24 | Khorasan wheat | Triticum turanicum | Grain |
25 | Emmer | Triticum dicoccon | Grain |
26 | Bamboo | Bamboosa aridinarifolia | Bamboo |
27 | Pampas grass | Cortaderia selloana | Grass |
28 | Scutch grass, Dub ghans | Cynodon dactylon | Grass |
29 | Chinese silver grass | Miscanthus sinensis | Grass |
30 | Tall fescue | Festuca arundinacea | Grass |
31 | Eremochloa ophiuroides | Eremochloa ophiuroides | Grass |
32 | Perennial ryegrass | Lolium perenne | Grass |
33 | Common couch | Elymus repens | Grass |
34 | Cat grass | Dactylis glomerata | Grass |
35 | Buffalo grass | Bouteloua dactyloides | Grass |
36 | Muhly grass | Muhlenbergia capillaris | Grass |
37 | Timothy-grass | Phleum pratense | Grass |
38 | Paspalum | Paspalum notatum | Grass |
39 | Mexican feathergrass | Nassella tenuissima | Grass |
40 | Feather reed grass | Calamagrostis acutiflora | Grass |
41 | Augustine grass | Stenotaphrum secundatum | Grass |
42 | Blue fescue | Festuca glauca | Grass |
43 | Cogon grass | Imperata cylindrica | Grass |
44 | Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum | Grass |
45 | Vetiver | Chrysopogon zizanioides | Grass |
46 | Chinese fountain grass | Pennisetum alopecuroides | Grass |
47 | Sweet Grass | Hierochloe odorata | Grass |
48 | Halfa grass | Desmostachya bipinnata | Grass |
49 | Annual bluegrass | Poa annua | Grass |
50 | Reed canary grass | Phalaris arundinacea | Grass |
Legumes family / Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Fabaceae called Leguminosae, or Legumes or two-leafy (seed is one but divided into two parts taking the form of a two-leaf at the time of germination, but not the cereal crops.) Also called family. Which is used as a pulse, is the same reason that it pulses family. And green manure crops also come under this family.
S.N. | Name | Botanical name | Category |
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1 | Broad bean | Vicia faba | Beans |
2 | Cluster bean / Guar | Cyamopsis tetragonoloba | Vegetable / Beans |
3 | Cranberry bean | Phaseolus vulgaris Cranberry Group | Beans |
4 | Flat bean | Phaseolus vulgaris ‘Helda’ | Beans |
5 | Horse gram | Dolichos biffoeus | Pulses |
6 | Lima bean | Phaseolus limensis | Beans |
7 | Moth bean | Vigna aconitifolia | Beans |
8 | Mung bean | Vigna radiata | Pulses / Beans |
9 | Pea / Green Pea | Pisum sativum | Pulses |
10 | Pigeon pea | Cajanus cajan | Pulses |
11 | Pinto bean | Phaseolus vulgaris Pinto Group | Beans |
12 | Bean / French bean | Phaseolus vulgaris | Beans |
13 | Black gram | Vigna mungo | Pulses |
14 | Snow pea | Pisum sativum var. saccharatum | Pod / vegetable |
15 | Soybean | Glycine max | oil seeds |
16 | Ashoka tree | Saraca asoca | Decking tree |
17 | Gum arabic tree | Vachellia nilotica | Gum tree |
18 | Indian rosewood | Dalbergia sissoo | Earthen wood |
19 | Pongame oiltree / Karanj | Millettia pinnata | Oil tree |
20 | River tamarind / Subabul | Leucaena leucocephala | Tree |
21 | Lentil | Lens culinaris | Oil seeds |
22 | Chickpea / Gram | Cicer arietinum | Pulses |
23 | Cow pea | Vigna unguiculata | Pulses / vegetable |
24 | Hyacinth bean | Lablab purpureus | Beans |
25 | Tonka beans | Dipteryx odorata | Beans |
26 | Alfalfa | Medicago sativa | Flowering plant |
27 | Peanut / Groundnut | Arachis hypogaea | Oil seeds |
28 | Soybean | Glycine max | Oil seeds |
29 | Winged bean | Psophocarpus Tetragonolobus | Beans |
30 | Sweet pea | Lathyrus odoratus | Pulses |
31 | Fenugreek | Trigonella foenum-graecum | spice |
32 | Shameplant | Mimosa pudica | Plant |
33 | Lathyrus | Lathyrus sativus | Pulces |
34 | Partridge pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | Plant |
35 | Rosary pea | Abrus precatorius | perennial climber |
36 | Siberian Peashrub | Caragana arborescens | Peashrub |
37 | Tamarind | Tamarindus indica | Spices |
38 | Carob | Ceratonia siliqua | Pods |
39 | Scotch broom | Cytisus scoparius | Flower / Legume |
40 | Black locust | Robinia pseudoacacia | Deciduous tree |
41 | Persian silk tree | Albizia julibrissin | Silk tree |
42 | Liquorice | Glycyrrhiza glabra | Flowering plant |
43 | Bird’s-foot trefoil | Lotus corniculatus | Flowering plant |
44 | Rooibos | Aspalathus linearis | Herbal tea |
45 | Royal poinciana | Delonix regia | Flowers tree |
46 | Golden chain tree | Laburnum anagyriodes | Flowers tree |
47 | Acacia | Acacia nilotica | Tree |
48 | Clover | Trifolium hybridum | Flower plants |
49 | Lupine | Sundial lupine | Flower plants |
50 | Wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | Flower plants |
Cucurbits plant (Cucurbitaceae or gourd family)
Cucurbitaceae are also known as Cucurbits. Under this family, most vine crops are grown, with a lot of vegetable and fruit crops. About 95 species have been discovered in this family, which has about 965 species.
S.N. | Plant Name | Botanical name | category |
1 | Squash, pumpkin | Cucurbita spp. | edible fruit |
2 | Bitter melon | Momordica charantia | |
3 | Snake gourd | Trichosanthes cucumerina | Vegetable |
4 | Luffa | Luffa aegyptiaca, Luffa acutangula | Vegetable |
5 | Cucumber | Cucumis sativus | Vegetable |
6 | Calabash, Bottle gourd | Lagenaria siceraria | Vegetable |
7 | Ivy gourd | Coccinia grandis | Vegetable |
8 | Watermelon | Citrullus lanatus | Fruit |
9 | Pointed gourd | Trichosanthes dioica | |
10 | Muskmelon | Cucumis melo | |
11 | Spiny gourd | Momordica dioica | Vegetable |
12 | Chayote | Sechium edule | |
13 | Tinda | Praecitrullus fistulosus | Vegetable |
14 | Horned melon | Cucumis metuliferus | |
15 | Colocynth | Citrullus colocynthis | |
16 | Maroon cucumber | Cucumis anguria | Vegetable |
17 | Squirting cucumber | Ecballium elaterium | |
18 | Melothria scabra | Melothria scabra | |
19 | Club gourd | Trichosanthes anguina | |
20 | Momordica | Momordica spp. | Vegetable |
21 | Cucumis | Cucumis spp. | Vegetable |
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Vegetables of the Solanaceae, or Nightshade, family.
If you can get by visiting the link if you are interested in prefer to take information in Hindi and “organic farming.”
For more information on plants of the grass family, you can also visit the Wikipedia site.
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