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
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
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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