List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C)

|from Arabic for musky (the seeds)

| Malvaceae || Malvales

| CS||

|Brazilian name

| Cucurbitaceae || Cucurbitales

| St||G

|inedible

| Malvaceae || Malvales

| St||G

|dainty leaves

| Rousseaceae || Asterales

| St||G

|from an Arabic name or Greek

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|Arabic name

| Malvaceae || Malvales

| CS||G

|thorns

| Rosaceae || Rosales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Euphorbiaceae || Malpighiales

| CS||G

|unbending (the flowers or stems)

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||

|thorn-Cereus

| Cactaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||

|thorn-Limonium

| Plumbaginaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||G

|thorn-Phoenix

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||

|thorn spike (the bracts)

| Bromeliaceae || Poales

| St||

|Peruvian name

| Myrtaceae || Myrtales

| CS||

|Latin name

| Sapindaceae || Sapindales

| CS||G

|Achilles of mythology{{efn-la|This list includes fictional and unattested characters; also see List of plant genera named for people (A–C).}}

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|(unknown)

| Gesneriaceae || Lamiales

| CS||G

|Achlys of mythology

| Berberidaceae || Ranunculales

| CS||G

|motionless (the lips)

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||

|sharp leaves

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| Ba || G

|Acis of Greek mythology

| Amaryllidaceae || Asparagales

| Ba ||

|Māori name

| Cunoniaceae || Oxalidales

| St||

|not hollow-seamed

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| Ba || G

|sharp-tipped anthers

| Apocynaceae || Gentianales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Ranunculaceae || Ranunculales

| CS||G

|Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Acoraceae || Acorales

| CS||G

|apex glands

| Rutaceae || Sapindales

| Ba || G

|top lock of hair (the leaves)

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||

|end claw (on the petals)

| Rutaceae || Sapindales

| St||

|end leaves

| Cunoniaceae || Oxalidales

| St||

|Greek and Latin name

| Ranunculaceae || Ranunculales

| CS||G

|glandular male parts

| Rutaceae || Sapindales

| St||

|glandular anthers

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||

|Arabic name

| Passifloraceae || Malpighiales

| Ba || G

|Arabic name

| Passifloraceae || Malpighiales

| St||G

|glandular (sticky) fruit

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|glandular mouth (the calyx)

| Rosaceae || Rosales

| St||

|Adonis of mythology

| Ranunculaceae || Ranunculales

| CS||G

|without stature{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Viburnaceae || Dipsacales

| St||G

|thick stems

| Crassulaceae || Saxifragales

| Ba || G

|pointed (the calyx)

| Bromeliaceae || Poales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Poaceae || Poales

| St||G

|Aegle, a Naiad

| Rutaceae || Sapindales

| St||G

|Aegle, a Naiad

| Rutaceae || Sapindales

| Bu ||

|goat's foot (the leaves)

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| CS||G

|Aeolus (wind god) + flower

| Lamiaceae || Lamiales

| Bu || G

|Latin name

| Crassulaceae || Saxifragales

| CS||G

|Arabic name

| Amaranthaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||

|Latin name

| Sapindaceae || Sapindales

| CS||G

|odd filament (the stamens)

| Brassicaceae || Brassicales

| CS||G

|Aethusa, daughter of the god Poseidon

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| Bu || G

|African Amomum

| Zingiberaceae || Zingiberales

| St||G

|gentleness

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||

|gentle scent

| Apocynaceae || Gentianales

| St||

|love flowers

| Amaryllidaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|loved ones

| Ericaceae || Ericales

| St||G

|ball of thread (the catkins)

| Araucariaceae || Pinales

| CS||G

|good scent

| Rutaceae || Sapindales

| St||G

|praiseworthy (the flowers)

| Asparagaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|Ageratum-like

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| Ba ||

|never-aging (the flowers)

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|Aglaea of mythology

| Meliaceae || Sapindales

| St||

|shining thread (the stamens)

| Araceae || Alismatales

| CS||G

|congregation (the seeds)

| Myrtaceae || Myrtales

| St||

|goat lettuce

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| Ba ||

|Greek name

| Rosaceae || Rosales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Poaceae || Poales

| St||G

|Moluccan name

| Simaroubaceae || Sapindales

| CS||G

|ragged (the leaves) or ever-shining (the flowers)

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Poaceae || Poales

| St||G

|Ayan, Russia

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| Ba || G

|Latin name

| Lamiaceae || Lamiales

| CS||G

|Japanese name

| Lardizabalaceae || Ranunculales

| CS||G

|Keralan name

| Cornaceae || Cornales

| St||G

|Latin: whitish

| Asparagaceae || Asparagales

| Ba || G

|Greek and Latin name

| Malvaceae || Malvales

| CS||G

|Arabic name

| Rosaceae || Rosales

| CS||G

|meal-grinder (they are powdery)

| Nartheciaceae || Dioscoreales

| St||G

|floury (they are sometimes powdery)

| Euphorbiaceae || Malpighiales

| St||G

|Greek name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Alismataceae || Alismatales

| CS||G

|Arabic name

| Boraginaceae || Boraginales

| St||G

|Latin: garlic-like

| Brassicaceae || Brassicales

| Ba || G

|Latin name

| Amaryllidaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|Latin name

| Betulaceae || Fagales

| CS||G

|separate from Colocasia

| Araceae || Alismatales

| CS||G

|Arabic name

| Asphodelaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|like Aloe

| Aizoaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||G

|grove fragrance{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Alseuosmiaceae || Asterales

| St||G

|grove life

| Gesneriaceae || Lamiales

| Ba ||

|Latin: alternating anthers (are fertile)

| Amaranthaceae || Caryophyllales

| CS||G

| Greek name

| Malvaceae || Malvales

| CS||G

|whole female parts

| Malvaceae || Malvales

| Ba || G

|Latin and Greek name

| Brassicaceae || Brassicales

| CS||G

|chain (the fruits), possibly

| Apocynaceae || Gentianales

| St||

| unfading{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Amaranthaceae || Caryophyllales

| CS||G

|Amaryllis, a Greek shepherdess from classical poetry{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Amaryllidaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|ambrosia

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|French name

| Rosaceae || Rosales

| CS||G

|Greek and Latin name

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| CS||G

|sand-living

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Zingiberaceae || Zingiberales

| St||G

|Amomis + Myrtus

| Myrtaceae || Myrtales

| Ba ||

|deformed (the corollas)

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| CS||G

|deformed phallus

| Araceae || Alismatales

| CS||G

|vine-like

| Vitaceae || Vitales

| CS||G

|Greek name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Anacampserotaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||G

|bending back (possibly the orchid's spur)

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||G

|Greek name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Anacardiaceae || Sapindales

| St||G

|flowerless circle (the corollas)

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|Greek and Latin name

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|Tupi (South American) name

| Bromeliaceae || Poales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|resurrection (it recovers quickly from drought)

| Brassicaceae || Brassicales

| St||G

|Greek and Latin name

| Boraginaceae || Boraginales

| CS||G

|Brazilian name

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Phyllanthaceae || Malpighiales

| St||G

|Andromeda of mythology

| Ericaceae || Ericales

| CS||G

|man beard (the spikelets)

| Poaceae || Poales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Primulaceae || Ericales

| CS||G

|wind plume

| Poaceae || Poales

| Ba ||

|without filaments (the stamens)

| Asparagaceae || Asparagales

| St||G

|like Anemone

| Ranunculaceae || Ranunculales

| CS||G

|wind-playing

| Bignoniaceae || Lamiales

| St||G

|like Anemone

| Saururaceae || Piperales

| CS||

|Greek name

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| CS||G

|Latin: angelic

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| CS||G

|South American name

| Plantaginaceae || Lamiales

| CS||G

|Malay name

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|troublesome (maybe taxonomically)

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||

|wide-open flowers, perhaps

| Haemodoraceae || Commelinales

| St||G

|unequal teeth

| Malvaceae || Malvales

| Ba || G

|jagged (the leaves)

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| St||G

|Taíno name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Annonaceae || Magnoliales

| St||G

|perhaps a Sinhalese name

| Malvaceae || Malvales

| St||G

|open lips

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||

|upturned wings

| Escalloniaceae || Escalloniales

| Ba || G

|(unclear)

| Basellaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||

|Latin: antenna-like (the bristles)

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Asparagaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|flowers of yellow

| Poaceae || Poales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| CS||G

|flower tail (the spikes)

| Araceae || Alismatales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| CS||G

|Javanese derivation

| Moraceae || Rosales

| St||G

|Anticlea, mother of the mythological hero Odysseus

| Melanthiaceae || Liliales

| Bu ||

|(unclear)

| Phyllanthaceae || Malpighiales

| St||G

|perhaps angled or zig-zag

| Polygonaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||G

|Anubis

| Araceae || Alismatales

| St||G

|earless (the simple calyx)

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||

|inconspicuous adornment (the flower heads)

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||

|simple male part (the anthers)

| Acanthaceae || Lamiales

| CS||G

|pear (the shape of the tubers)

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| CS||G

|Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| CS||G

|(orchid flowers) without a spur

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||

| Greek name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Apocynaceae || Gentianales

| St||G

|near (hot springs at) Abano Terme{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Aponogetonaceae || Alismatales

| St||G

|eagle

| Ranunculaceae || Ranunculales

| CS||G

|like Arabis

| Brassicaceae || Brassicales

| St||G

|Arabian

| Brassicaceae || Brassicales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|Arachne, mythological woman who was transformed into a spider

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| Bu ||

|French-Canadian name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Araliaceae || Apiales

| CS||G

|Araucanos (now Mapuche)

| Araucariaceae || Pinales

| CS||G

|Latin name

| Ericaceae || Ericales

| CS||G

|Greek and Latin name

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|bear casing

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| Ba ||

|bear's ear (the scales)

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|Malabar name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||G

|Latin: sand

| Caryophyllaceae || Caryophyllales

| CS||G

|Malayan or Moluccan name

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||G

|Arethusa

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||

|Moroccan name

| Sapotaceae || Ericales

| St||

|Greek name

| Papaveraceae || Ranunculales

| CS||G

|silver flowers

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|silvery (the backs of the leaves)

| Convolvulaceae || Solanales

| St||G

|silver Cytisus

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| Ba ||

|fruit like Sorbus aria

| Cactaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||

|Arum-blood

| Araceae || Alismatales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Araceae || Alismatales

| CS||G

|Greek: best, Latin: pointed, or awned (the bracts)

| Iridaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|best childbirth (for which some species used to be prescribed){{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Aristolochiaceae || Piperales

| CS||G

|French and Latin name

| Plumbaginaceae || Caryophyllales

| CS||G

|Latin name

| Brassicaceae || Brassicales

| CS||G

|Arabic name

| Boraginaceae || Boraginales

| St||G

|Latin name

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Rosaceae || Rosales

| CS||G

|sickle-shaped leaves

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||

|Spanish name

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| St||

|male bristle (the male awns)

| Poaceae || Poales

| CS||G

| Latin name

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|jointed Cereus

| Cactaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||

|jointed foot (the flower stalks)

| Asparagaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|bread fruit

| Moraceae || Rosales

| St||G

|Greek and Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Araceae || Alismatales

| CS||G

|Latin name

| Rosaceae || Rosales

| CS||G

|like Arundo

| Poaceae || Poales

| CS||G

|Latin: reeds

| Poaceae || Poales

| CS||G

|Spanish name

| Plantaginaceae || Lamiales

| CS||G

|Greek and Latin name

| Aristolochiaceae || Piperales

| CS||G

|Greek and Latin name

| Apocynaceae || Gentianales

| CS||G

|Indian name

| Annonaceae || Magnoliales

| CS||G

|Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Asparagaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|little rough

| Rubiaceae || Gentianales

| St||G

|like Asphodelus

| Asphodelaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|Greek name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Asphodelaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|Astarte, a god

| Myrtaceae || Myrtales

| Bu || G

|Astarte, a god

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| Bu ||

|trunkless

| Asteliaceae || Asparagales

| Ba || G

|star anthers

| Gesneriaceae || Lamiales

| CS||G

|Asteropeia, daughter of the mythological king Pelias

| Asteropeiaceae || Caryophyllales

| Bu ||

|dull (the leaves)

| Saxifragaceae || Saxifragales

| CS||G

|Astilbe-like

| Saxifragaceae || Saxifragales

| Ba || G

|Astraea, a goddess

| Euphorbiaceae || Malpighiales

| Bu ||

|Greek and Latin name

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|possibly Medieval Latin: stars

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| CS||G

|star lobes

| Asphodelaceae || Asparagales

| St||

|Astydameia, a mythological woman

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| Bu ||

|not joined (the corolla lobes)

| Campanulaceae || Asterales

| St||G

|Atalanta

| Rutaceae || Sapindales

| St||G

|probably Athamas

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| St||G

|Athena, a god

| Solanaceae || Solanales

| Bu ||

|awned seeds, or a reference to the fruit{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Atherospermataceae || Laurales

| St||G

|arranged in crowds

| Cupressaceae || Pinales

| Ba || G

|Latin name

| Amaranthaceae || Caryophyllales

| CS||G

|Atropos

| Solanaceae || Solanales

| CS||G

|(unclear)

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||

|Japanese name

| Garryaceae || Garryales

| CS||G

|southern cedar

| Cupressaceae || Pinales

| Ba || G

|southern Cylindropuntia

| Cactaceae || Caryophyllales

| Ba ||

|southern Cortaderia

| Poaceae || Poales

| Ba ||

|Latin name

| Poaceae || Poales

| CS||G

|dry-killing (drought kills them)

| Salviniaceae || Salviniales

| CS||G

|Azores + small

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| Ba || G

|Azores

| Campanulaceae || Asterales

| Ba ||

|Aztecs

| Cactaceae || Caryophyllales

| Ba ||

|Bacchus

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|South American name

| Plantaginaceae || Lamiales

| St||G

|walking stick

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||G

|Bahia, a state of Brazil

| Apocynaceae || Gentianales

| Bu ||

|Fijian name

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||

|Greek name

| Lamiaceae || Lamiales

| CS||G

|Greek name + root

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| Ba || G

|Malayan name

| Poaceae || Poales

| St||G

|dye

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|Saint Barbara

| Brassicaceae || Brassicales

| CS || G

|Malabar name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Basellaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||G

|like Bellis

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|San Benito County, California

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| Bu ||

|Bentley College in Perth, Western Australia (present-day Curtin University)

| Pittosporaceae || Apiales

| Bu ||

|like Berberis{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Berberidopsidaceae || Berberidopsidales

| CS||G

|Arabic name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Berberidaceae || Ranunculales

| CS||G

|Bernica, the ravine in Réunion where the plant was discovered

| Campanulaceae || Asterales

| Bu ||

|Latin name

| Amaranthaceae || Caryophyllales

| CS||G

|from the name of a Spanish plant

| Lamiaceae || Lamiales

| St||G

|Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Betulaceae || Fagales

| CS||G

|Bia, a goddess

| Euphorbiaceae || Malpighiales

| Bu ||

|Greek name

| Araceae || Alismatales

| Ba || G

|double bridle (the pollinia stalks)

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||

|life plant

| Oxalidaceae || Oxalidales

| Ba || G

| Medieval Latin name

| Polygonaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||G

|Carib name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Bixaceae || Malvales

| St||G

|gushing (the habitat), possibly

| Hydrocharitaceae || Alismatales

| St||

|clod

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| Ba || G

| spadix of the date palm

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||G

|pitted grass

| Poaceae || Poales

| Ba || G

|short-tongued

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| Ba || G

|short-footed

| Poaceae || Poales

| Ba || G

|short lock of hair (the pappuses). Previously Brachycome.

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Brassicaceae || Brassicales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Poaceae || Poales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Poaceae || Poales

| CS||G

|edible

| Moraceae || Rosales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Cucurbitaceae || Cucurbitales

| St||G

|Buglossum-like (now Anchusa)

| Boraginaceae || Boraginales

| Ba || G

| Greek name

| Asphodelaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|little Bulbine

| Asphodelaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| St||G

|Brazilian name

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||G

|ox-cutting (the inedible leaves harm cattle){{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Butomaceae || Alismatales

| CS||G

|Greek and Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Buxaceae || Buxales

| CS||G

|Byblis, a mythological character

| Byblidaceae || Lamiales

| Bu || G

|Malay name

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|Arabic name

| Brassicaceae || Brassicales

| Ba || G

|Malay name

| Araceae || Alismatales

| CS||G

|reed grass

| Poaceae || Poales

| Ba || G

|Greek name

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||G

|attractive flowers

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|first day of the month

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|attractive

| Araceae || Alismatales

| CS||G

|attractive fruit

| Lamiaceae || Lamiales

| CS||G

|attractive hair

| Cunoniaceae || Oxalidales

| St||G

|Callirrhoe

| Malvaceae || Malvales

| CS||G

|beauty

| Commelinaceae || Commelinales

| CS||G

|attractive stamens

| Myrtaceae || Myrtales

| CS||G

|attractive crown (the flowers)

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|attractive hair

| Plantaginaceae || Lamiales

| St||G

|attractive triples (the leaves, for instance)

| Cupressaceae || Pinales

| St||G

|tidying or beautifying

| Ericaceae || Ericales

| CS||G

|attractive cedar

| Cupressaceae || Pinales

| CS||G

|attractive grass

| Liliaceae || Liliales

| CS||G

|attractive tree

| Rutaceae || Sapindales

| St||G

|attractive lentil

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|beautiful leaves{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Calophyllaceae || Malpighiales

| St||G

|attractive beard (on the lips)

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||G

|attractive shrub

| Myrtaceae || Myrtales

| St||G

| Latin name

| Ranunculaceae || Ranunculales

| CS||G

|calyx flower (the sepals are like the petals){{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Calycanthaceae || Laurales

| CS||G

|Calypso

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||G

|cup or calyx roof

| Convolvulaceae || Solanales

| Ba || G

|Chinookan name

| Asparagaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|Camonea, a nymph

| Convolvulaceae || Solanales

| Bu ||

|camphor-scented

| Amaranthaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||G

|Campsis-like

| Bignoniaceae || Lamiales

| St||G

|curved (the stamens)

| Bignoniaceae || Lamiales

| CS||G

|Malayan name

| Annonaceae || Magnoliales

| St||G

|Canary Islands

| Campanulaceae || Asterales

| St||G

|Malabar name

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|little Canna{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Canellaceae || Canellales

| St||G

|Irish Celtic word for a reed or cane{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Cannaceae || Zingiberales

| CS||G

|Greek and Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Cannabaceae || Rosales

| St||G

|reed-like

| Restionaceae || Poales

| Ba ||

|Peruvian name

| Polemoniaceae || Ericales

| CS||G

|anagram of Alciope, a nymph

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| Bu ||

|Greek name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Capparaceae || Brassicales

| St||G

|bite (the spiciness)

| Solanaceae || Solanales

| CS||G

|Mongol name

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| CS||G

|Telugu name, possibly

| Apocynaceae || Gentianales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Brassicaceae || Brassicales

| CS||G

|little Carduus

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|Latin name

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|Latin name

| Cyperaceae || Poales

| CS||G

|Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Caricaceae || Brassicales

| St||G

|originally from Sanskrit

| Apocynaceae || Gentianales

| St||G

|Gulf of Carpentaria

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| Bu ||

|Latin name

| Betulaceae || Fagales

| CS||G

|edible fruit

| Aizoaceae || Caryophyllales

| CS||G

|constricted fruit (narrower in the middle)

| Rousseaceae || Asterales

| St||G

|from Arabic

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Juglandaceae || Fagales

| CS||G

|nut wing (the wings on the fruit)

| Lamiaceae || Lamiales

| CS||G

|nut

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|Cassiopeia

| Ericaceae || Ericales

| CS||G

|Greek and Latin name

| Fagaceae || Fagales

| CS||G

|Castanea-like

| Fagaceae || Fagales

| St||G

|Castanea seed

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|From a Malaysian word for cassowary{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Casuarinaceae || Fagales

| St||G

|Native American name

| Bignoniaceae || Lamiales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|Arabic name

| Celastraceae || Celastrales

| St||G

|spotless flowers

| Apocynaceae || Gentianales

| Ba || G

|stem-leaf (the single large leaf)

| Berberidaceae || Ranunculales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Rhamnaceae || Rosales

| CS||G

|Cecrops I

| Urticaceae || Rosales

| St||G

|Latin: little cedar

| Meliaceae || Sapindales

| St||G

|Latin: little cedar

| Lamiaceae || Lamiales

| St||G

|Greek and Latin name

| Pinaceae || Pinales

| CS||G

|South American name

| Malvaceae || Malvales

| St||G

|Greek name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Celastraceae || Celastrales

| CS||G

|Celmisios, whose mother was the Greek nymph Alciope

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Cannabaceae || Rosales

| CS||G

|centaur

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|centaur

| Gentianaceae || Gentianales

| St||G

|Chiron, a centaur

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| Bu ||

|Chiron (a centaur) + bush

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| Bu ||

|spur + gland (on the anthers)

| Melastomataceae || Myrtales

| St||G

|spur + standard

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|(flower) heads

| Caprifoliaceae || Dipsacales

| CS||G

|head Cereus

| Cactaceae || Caryophyllales

| CS||G

|head spike (the flower spikes)

| Poaceae || Poales

| St||

|head Taxus

| Taxaceae || Pinales

| St||G

|head-like{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Cephalotaceae || Oxalidales

| ||G

|horn (the shape of the capsules)

| Caryophyllaceae || Caryophyllales

| CS||G

| Greek name

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|horn stigmas

| Plumbaginaceae || Caryophyllales

| CS||G

|horn Zamia (the horned scales)

| Zamiaceae || Cycadales

| St||G

|Cerberus, a mythological monster

| Apocynaceae || Gentianales

| Bu || G

|with leaves like Cercis siliquastrum{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Cercidiphyllaceae || Saxifragales

| CS||G

|weaver's shuttle (the pods)

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| CS||G

|wax

| Boraginaceae || Boraginales

| St||G

|wax fountain (the flowers)

| Apocynaceae || Gentianales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Solanaceae || Solanales

| CS||G

|gaping apples

| Rosaceae || Rosales

| CS||G

|gaping Antirrhinum (the flowers are more open)

| Plantaginaceae || Lamiales

| CS||G

|wide-open mouth

| Scrophulariaceae || Lamiales

| Ba || G

|pleasing leaves (the scent)

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| St||G

| Greek name

| Rosaceae || Rosales

| St||G

|dwarf cypress

| Cupressaceae || Pinales

| CS||G

|ground Cytisus

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| Ba ||

|dwarf Daphne

| Ericaceae || Ericales

| CS||G

|ground gift (the easily accessible fruit)

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| CS||G

|dwarf lily

| Melanthiaceae || Liliales

| CS||G

|ground apple

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| Ba || G

|dwarf Eranthemum

| Acanthaceae || Lamiales

| St||

|dwarf bush

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| CS||G

|(unclear)

| Myrtaceae || Myrtales

| St||

|wide-open flowers

| Poaceae || Poales

| Ba || G

|swallow

| Papaveraceae || Ranunculales

| CS||G

|Chelone-like

| Lamiaceae || Lamiales

| Ba || G

|goose foot

| Amaranthaceae || Caryophyllales

| Ba || G

|crosswise leaves

| Crassulaceae ||Saxifragales

| St||G

|a thousand hairs

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|Chimera (a mythological monster) + grass

| Poaceae || Poales

| Bu ||

|winter-loving (evergreen)

| Ericaceae || Ericales

| St||G

|winter Bambusa

| Poaceae || Poales

| CS||G

|snow grass

| Poaceae || Poales

| Ba || G

|snow-loving (the habitat)

| Plantaginaceae || Lamiales

| St||G

|Chiron

| Gentianaceae || Gentianales

| St||G

|luxury flowers

| Amaryllidaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|green (the flowers)

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||G

|green flowers

| Chloranthaceae || Chloranthales

| Ba || G

|Chloris

| Poaceae || Poales

| St||G

|green milk (the sap)

| Asparagaceae || Asparagales

| St||G

|green plant

| Asparagaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|separated filaments (on the stamens)

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|bearing (turnsole) dye

| Euphorbiaceae || Malpighiales

| St||G

|gold acorns{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Chrysobalanaceae || Malpighiales

| St||G

|gold hair

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|gold knees (yellow flowers, and the stems have joints)

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|gold scales

| Fagaceae || Fagales

| Ba || G

|like gold

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|gold for the spleen

| Saxifragaceae || Saxifragales

| Ba || G

|Colombian name

| Poaceae || Poales

| St||G

|melting (the fused pollinia)

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||G

|Latin name

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|Italian name

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|Arabic and Greek name

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|Latin name

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| St||G

|ashen (the leaves)

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Lauraceae || Laurales

| St||G

|(unclear)

| Iridaceae || Asparagales

| St||G

|Circe, a mythological witch

| Onagraceae || Myrtales

| Bu || G

|Circe, a mythological witch

| Circaeasteraceae || Ranunculales

| Bu ||

|tendril (the long rostella)

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Vitaceae || Vitales

| CS||G

|Greek and Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Cistaceae || Malvales

| CS||G

|lyre wood

| Verbenaceae || Lamiales

| St||G

|like Citrus

| Rutaceae || Sapindales

| St||G

|from Citrus

| Cucurbitaceae || Cucurbitales

| CS||G

|Latin name

| Rutaceae || Sapindales

| CS||G

|little branches

| Cyperaceae || Poales

| St||G

|fragile twigs or shoots. Stearn's spelling is Cladastris.

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Ranunculaceae || Ranunculales

| CS||G

|Clematis and Clethra

| Actinidiaceae || Ericales

| St||G

|brilliance{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Cleomaceae || Brassicales

| St||G

|chance tree (the medical uses)

| Lamiaceae || Lamiales

| CS||G

|Greek name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Clethraceae || Ericales

| CS||G

|Latin: clitoris

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|Clymene, a nymph

| Rutaceae || Sapindales

| Bu ||

|Greek name

| Rutaceae || Sapindales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Polygonaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||G

|berry Thrinax

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||

|spoonlike (the lower leaves)

| Brassicaceae || Brassicales

| St||G

|Spiral male parts. Stearn's spelling is Cochleostema.

| Commelinaceae || Commelinales

| St||

|spiral seeds

| Bixaceae || Malvales

| St||

|Portuguese: mask

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||G

|Moluccan name

| Euphorbiaceae || Malpighiales

| CS||G

|bell flower

| Gesneriaceae || Lamiales

| Ba || G

|hollow

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||

|hollow female parts

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| St||G

|Arabic name

| Rubiaceae || Gentianales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Poaceae || Poales

| CS||G

|West African name

| Malvaceae || Malvales

| St||G

|Colchis{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Colchicaceae || Liliales

| CS||G

|sheath thread (the staminodes)

| Rutaceae || Sapindales

| St||G

|sheath hole

| Commelinaceae || Commelinales

| St||G

|sheath

| Lamiaceae || Lamiales

| Ba || G

|glue (the seeds, which can be sticky)

| Polemoniaceae || Ericales

| St||G

|Greek name, from Arabic

| Araceae || Alismatales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Rosaceae || Rosales

| Ba || G

|Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Combretaceae || Myrtales

| St||G

|hairy seeds

| Polygalaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|conical

| Aizoaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||

|Greek and Latin name

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| St||G

|cone plant

| Aizoaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||G

|Medieval Latin name

| Ranunculaceae || Ranunculales

| St||G

|Latin: valley

| Asparagaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|Latin: twining{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Convolvulaceae || Solanales

| CS||G

|Brazilian name

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|Copiapó, Chile

| Cactaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||G

|dung smell (the leaves)

| Rubiaceae || Gentianales

| CS||G

|cutting (divisions of the leaves)

| Ranunculaceae || Ranunculales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Malvaceae || Malvales

| St||G

|club (the roots)

| Asparagaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|broom-like

| Ericaceae || Ericales

| St||G

|like a bug (the seeds)

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|Greek and Latin name

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| CS||G

|Latin: leather (for tanning){{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Coriariaceae || Cucurbitales

| CS||G

|Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Cornaceae || Cornales

| CS||G

|Māori name

| Argophyllaceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|little crown (the flowers)

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| CS||G

|Argentine name

| Poaceae || Poales

| CS||G

|crested lark (the spurs)

| Papaveraceae || Ranunculales

| CS||G

|like Corylus

| Hamamelidaceae || Saxifragales

| CS||G

| Greek name

| Betulaceae || Fagales

| CS||G

|Latin: clusters (the corymbs)

| Myrtaceae || Myrtales

| Ba || G

|club fruit{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Corynocarpaceae || Cucurbitales

| St||G

|summit (the highest fronds)

| Arecaceae || Arecales

| St||

|summit flowers

| Cactaceae || Caryophyllales

| St||

|ornament

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

| Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Costaceae || Zingiberales

| St||G

|Greek name

| Anacardiaceae || Sapindales

| CS||G

|Greek and Latin name

| Rosaceae || Rosales

| CS||G

|small cup (the leaves and flowerheads)

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|cup-shaped depression (the leaves)

| Crassulaceae || Saxifragales

| CS||G

|Guyanese name

| Rubiaceae || Gentianales

| St||

|Greek and Latin name

| Brassicaceae || Brassicales

| CS||G

|fringe (the pappus)

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||G

|Latin: little thick (the leaves){{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Crassulaceae || Saxifragales

| CS||G

| Greek name

| Rosaceae || Rosales

| CS||G

|Greek and Latin name

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|lily tree (the flowers)

| Elaeocarpaceae || Oxalidales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Amaryllidaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| St||G

|Crocus scent

| Iridaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|Greek name, from a Semitic name

| Iridaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|fringed male parts

| Acanthaceae || Lamiales

| St||G

|rattle (the sound of the seed pods)

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||G

|tick (the seeds)

| Euphorbiaceae || Malpighiales

| St||G

|little cross (the crosswise leaves)

| Rubiaceae || Gentianales

| St||G

|Belgian or Dutch name

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| St||

|hidden flowers

| Bromeliaceae || Poales

| St||G

|hidden (lower parts of the) flowers

| Bromeliaceae || Poales

| St||G

|hidden club (the spadix)

| Araceae || Alismatales

| St||G

|hidden parts

| Cupressaceae || Pinales

| CS||G

|hidden cover (scales inside the corolla)

| Apocynaceae || Gentianales

| St||G

|comb flowers

| Marantaceae || Zingiberales

| Ba || G

|Latin name

| Cucurbitaceae || Cucurbitales

| CS||G

|Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Cucurbitaceae || Cucurbitales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Apiaceae || Apiales

| St||G

|Latin name

| Lamiaceae || Lamiales

| St||G

|curved (the seed pods)

| Lythraceae || Myrtales

| CS||G

|Greek and Latin name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Cupressaceae || Pinales

| CS||G

|Latin: weevil-like (the ovaries)

| Hypoxidaceae || Asparagales

| St||G

|Arabic name

| Zingiberaceae || Zingiberales

| St||G

|Medieval Latin name

| Convolvulaceae || Solanales

| St||G

|blue

| Tecophilaeaceae || Asparagales

| St||G

|blue ear (the petals)

| Commelinaceae || Commelinales

| St||G

|cup-like

| Ericaceae || Ericales

| St||G

|Greek name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Cycadaceae || Cycadales

| CS||G

|Greek name

| Primulaceae || Ericales

| CS||G

|circle of anthers

| Cucurbitaceae || Cucurbitales

| St||G

|circle of flowers{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Cyclanthaceae || Pandanales

| St||G

|circle foot (the base of the calyx)

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| St||

|swan

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| Ba ||

|Greek and Latin name

| Rosaceae || Rosales

| CS||G

|Latin: cylindrical Opuntia

| Cactaceae || Caryophyllales

| Ba ||

|like a cymbal (the leaves)

| Plantaginaceae || Lamiales

| CS||G

|boat-shaped (the lips)

| Orchidaceae || Asparagales

| CS||G

|boat-beard (the spikelets)

| Poaceae || Poales

| St||G

|Cymodoce, a sea nymph

| Cymodoceaceae || Alismatales

| Bu || G

|dog-strangling (the poisonous herbs)

| Apocynaceae || Gentianales

| St||G

| Greek and Latin name

| Asteraceae || Asterales

| CS||G

|dog tooth (the blades)

| Poaceae || Poales

| St||G

|dog tongue (the leaves)

| Boraginaceae || Boraginales

| CS||G

|dog tail

| Poaceae || Poales

| Ba || G

|chalice (the flowers)

| Iridaceae || Asparagales

| St||G

|Greek name{{sfn|Christenhusz}}

| Cyperaceae || Poales

| CS||G

|stubby wreaths

| Vitaceae || Vitales

| Ba ||

|Greek name

| Fabaceae || Fabales

| CS||G