Browse the Western Australian Flora

Browse the complete list of WA’s families of plants, fungi, algae and protists. Icons to the right indicate additional content available, and the navigation element to the left of each name will expand the family listing to include its component genera. The same functions are then available for the genera in order to display all WA species for that group.

	Cactaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 310 (1789)
	Caesalpiniaceae R.Br. Voy.Terra Austral. 2:551 (1814)
	Calceolariaceae Olmstead Amer.J.Bot. 88:357 (2001)
	Caliciaceae Chevall. Fl.Gen.Env.Paris 1:314 (1826)
	Callicostaceae
	Calliergonaceae
	Callithamniaceae Kütz. Phycol.General. 370 (1843)
	Callitrichaceae Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1:7 (1821)
	Calomniaceae
	Calostomataceae E.Fisch. Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(1**):339 (1900)
	Calymperaceae Kindb. Gen.Eur.N.-Amer.Bryin. 11 (1897)
	Calypogeiaceae
	Campanulaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 163 (1789)
	Candelariaceae Hakul. Ann.Bot.Soc.Zool.-Bot.Fenn. "Vanamo" 27(3):11 (1954)
	Cannabaceae Martinov Tekhno-Bot.Slovar 99 (1820)
	Cannaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 62 (1789)
	Cantharellaceae J.Schröt. Krypt.-Fl.Schlesien 413 (1888)
	Capnodiaceae
	Capparaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 242 (1789)
	Caprifoliaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 242 (1789)
	Carbonicolaceae Bendiksby & Timdal Taxon 62:950 (2013)
	Caricaceae Dumort. Anal.Fam.Pl. 37, 42 (1829)
	Caryophyllaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 299 (1789)
	Casuarinaceae R.Br. Voy.Terra Austral. 2:571 (1814)
	Catillariaceae Hafellner Beih.Nova Hedwigia 79:271 (1984)
	Catinariaceae Hafellner Beih.Nova Hedwigia 79:272 (1984)
	Catoscopiaceae
	Caulacanthaceae Kütz. Phycol.General. 389, 394 (1843)
	Caulerpaceae Kütz. Phycol.General. 302, 307 (1843)
	Celastraceae R.Br. Voy.Terra Austral. 2:554 (1814)
	Celotheliaceae Lücking, Aptroot & Sipman Biblioth.Lichenol. 97:12 (2008)
	Centrolepidaceae Endl. Gen.Pl. 2:119 (1836)
	Cephalotaceae Dumort. Anal.Fam.Pl. 59, 61 (1829)
	Cephaloziaceae
	Cephaloziellaceae Douin Bull.Soc.Bot.France 29:1,5,13 (1920)
	Ceramiaceae Dumort. Commentat.Bot. (Dumort.) 71, 100 (1822)
	Ceratiomyxaceae J.Schröt. Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(1):15 (1897)
	Ceratophyllaceae Gray Nat.Arr.Brit.Pl. 2:395 (1822)
	Chaetomiaceae
	Chaetophyllopsidaceae
	Chaetosiphonaceae F.F.Blackman & Tansley New Phytol. 1:142 (1902)
	Chamonixiaceae
	Champiaceae Kütz. Phycol.General. 438, 439 (1843)
	Characeae Gray Nat.Arr.Brit.Pl. 2:27 (1821)
	Chenopodiaceae Vent. Tabl.Regn.Vég. 2:253 (1799)
	Chiodectonaceae Zahlbr. Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(1):102 (1905)
	Chloanthaceae Hutch. Fam.Fl.Pl., Dicot. Ed. 2, 396 (1959)
	Chlorophyceae
	Chnoosporaceae Setch. & N.L.Gardner Univ.Calif.Publ.Bot. 8:552 (1925)
	Chonecoleaceae
	Chordariaceae Grev. Algae Brit. 44 (1830)
	Chrysobalanaceae R.Br. Narr.Exped.Zaire 433 (1818)
	Chrysothricaceae
	Chrysotrichaceae Zahlbr. Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(1):107 (1905)
	Cladiaceae Filson J.Hattori Bot.Lab. 49:12 (1981)
	Cladoniaceae Zenker Pharm.Waaren. 1:124 (1827)
	Cladophoraceae Wille Handb.Syst.Bot. 30 (1884)
	Cladosporiaceae Chalm. & R.G.Archibald The Yearbook of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1:25 (1915)
	Cladostephaceae Oltm. Morph.Biol.Alg. 102 (1922)
	Clastodermataceae Alexop. & T.E.Brooks Mycologia 63:926 (1971)
	Clathraceae
	Claustulaceae G.Cunn. Proc.Linn.Soc.New South Wales 56:198 (1931)
	Clavariaceae Chevall. Fl.Gen.Env.Paris 1:102 (1826)
	Clavariadelphaceae
	Clavicipitaceae Rogerson Mycologia 62(5):900 (1970)
	Clavicloniaceae Kraft & G.W.Saunders Austral.Syst.Bot. 34:323 (2021)
	Clavicoronaceae
	Clavulariaceae
	Clavulinaceae Donk Beih.Nova Hedwigia 1:407 (1970)
	Cleomaceae Bercht. & J.Presl Prir.Rostlin 2:253 (1825)
	Cleveaceae
	Climaciaceae
	Clusiaceae Lindl. Intr.Nat.Syst.Bot. 74 (1836)
	Coccocarpiaceae Henssen Syst.Ascomycetum 5:314 (1986)
	Coccotremataceae J.C.David & D.Hawksw. Syst.Ascomycetum 10:14 (1991)
	Cochlearidiaceae
	Cochlospermaceae Planch. London J.Bot. 6:305 (1847)
	Codiaceae Kütz. Phycol.General. 302, 308-309 (1843)
	Colaconemataceae J.T.Harper & G.W.Saunders Eur.J.Phycol. 37:471 (2002)
	Colchicaceae DC. Essai Propr.Méd.Pl. 56 (1804)
	Coleofasciculaceae Komárek, Kaštovský, J.Mareš & J.R.Johans. Preslia 86:309 (2014)
	Coleosporiaceae
	Collemataceae Zenker Pharm.Waaren. 1:124 (1827)
	Combretaceae R.Br. Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 351 (1810)
	Commelinaceae Mirb. Hist.Nat.Pl. 8:177 (1804)
	Compsopogonaceae
	Coniocybaceae Rchb. Handb.Nat.Pfl.-Syst. 132 (1837)
	Coniophoraceae Ulbr. Krypt.-Fl.Anf. Ed. 3, 120 (1928)
	Coniothyriaceae W.B.Cooke Revista Biol. (Lisbon) 289 (1983)
	Conocephalaceae
	Convolvulaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 132 (1789)
	Coprinaceae Overeem & Weese Icon.Fungorum Malayensium 6:3 (1924)
	Corallinaceae J.V.Lamour. Nouv.Bull.Sci.Soc.Philom.Paris 3:185 (1812)
	Cordycipitaceae G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora Stud.Mycol. 57:48 (2007)
	Coriolaceae Singer Publ.Inst.Micol.Univ.Recife 304:6 (1961)
	Corsiniaceae
	Corticiaceae Herter Krypt.-Fl.Brandenburg 6(1):70 (1910)
	Cortinariaceae Pouzar Ceska Mykol. 37:174 (1983)
	Coryneliaceae Berl. & Voglino Syll.Fung. Additamenta ad Volumina i-iv:193 (1886)
	Corynocystaceae Kraft Canad.J.Bot. 82:64 (2004)
	Corynomorphaceae M.S.Balakr. Proc.Symp.Algol.New Delhi 1959:91 (1960)
	Corynophlaeaceae Oltm. Morph.Biol.Alg. 23-29 (1922)
	Crassulaceae J.St.-Hil. Expos.Fam.Nat. 2:123 (1805)
	Craterellaceae
	Crepidotaceae Singer Lilloa 22:584 (1951)
	Cribrariaceae Corda Icon.Fungorum (Corda) 2:22 (1838)
	Crocyniaceae Hafellner Beih.Nova Hedwigia 79:274 (1984)
	Cronartiaceae
	Cryphaeaceae
	Cryphonectriaceae Gryzenh. & M.J.Wingf. Mycologia 98:246 (2006)
	Cucurbitaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 393 (1789)
	Cucurbitariaceae G.Winter Rabenh.Krypt.-Fl. edn. 2, 1:308 (1885)
	Cunoniaceae R.Br. Voy.Terra Austral. 2:548 (1814)
	Cupressaceae Gray Nat.Arr.Brit.Pl. 2:222 (1822)
	Cuscutaceae (Dumort.) Dumort. Anal.Fam.Pl. p20, 25 (1829)
	Cutleriaceae J.W.Griff. & Henfr. Microgr.Dict. 211 (1856)
	Cyatheaceae Kaulf. Wesen Farrenk. [119] (1827)
	Cycadaceae Pers.
	Cymodoceaceae Vines Stud.Text-Book Bot. p553 (1895)
	Cyperaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 26 (1789)
	Cyphellaceae Lotsy Vortr.Bot.Stammesgesch. 1:695 (1907)
	Cyrtopodaceae
	Cystocloniaceae Kütz. Phycol.General. 390 (1843)
	Cystoseiraceae
	Cyttariaceae

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A taxon name that is no longer current will retain its ‘Threatened’, ‘Extinct’, or ‘Extinct in the Wild’ status until a new name has been published in a Biodiversity Conservation Order.