Family-based Botanical names of different plants

List of different types of plants based on family and their botanical names

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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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