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.

	Macarthuriaceae Christenh. Phytotaxa 181:240 (2014)
	Magnaporthaceae
	Makinoaceae
	Malvaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 271 (1789)
	Marantaceae R.Br. Voy.Terra Austral. 2:575 (1814)
	Marasmiaceae Kühner Bull.Mens.Soc.Linn.Lyon 49:76 (1980)
	Marchantiaceae Lindl. Nat.Syst.Bot. edn. 2:412 (1836)
	Marsileaceae Mirb. Hist.Nat.Vég. 5:126 (1802)
	Marthamycetaceae Baral, Lantz, Hustad & Minter Index Fungorum 225:2-3 (2015)
	Martyniaceae Horan.
	Massariaceae
	Mastophoraceae (Setch.) R.A.Towns. & Huisman Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 2. Red Algae 110 (2018)
	Meesiaceae Schimp. Coroll.Bryol.Eur. 82 (1856)
	Megalariaceae Hafellner Beih.Nova Hedwigia 79:302 (1984)
	Megalosporaceae Hafellner & Bellem. Nova Hedwigia 35:216 (1982)
	Megasporaceae Lumbsch J.Hattori Bot.Lab. 75:302 (1994)
	Melampsoraceae
	Melanogastraceae
	Melanotaeniaceae Begerow, R.Bauer & Oberw. Canad.J.Bot. 75:2053 (1997)
	Melaspileaceae Walt.Watson New Phytol. 28:94 (1929)
	Melastomataceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 328 (1789)
	Meliaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 263 (1789)
	Melianthaceae Horan. Prim.Lin.Syst.Nat. 100 (1834)
	Meliolaceae
	Meliolinaceae
	Menispermaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 284 (1789)
	Menyanthaceae Dumort. Anal.Fam.Pl. p20, 25 (1829)
	Meruliaceae Rea Brit.Basidiomyc. 620 (1922)
	Mesophelliaceae Jülich Biblioth.Mycol. 85:379 (1982)
	Mesoptychiaceae
	Meteoriaceae
	Metzgeriaceae H.Klinggr. Höh.Crypt.Preuss. 10 (1858)
	Micareaceae Hafellner Beih.Nova Hedwigia 79:306 (1984)
	Microascaceae Malloch Mycologia 62:734-735 (1970)
	Microbotryaceae R.T.Moore Mycotaxon 59:17 (1996)
	Microcaliciaceae Tibell Beih.Nova Hedwigia 79:701 (1984)
	Microcoleaceae O.Strunecky, J.R.Johans. & Komárek J.Phycol. 49:1176 (2013)
	Microcystaceae Elenkin Trudy Bot.Inst.Akad.Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 2, Sporov.Rast. 1:19 (1933)
	Micropeltidaceae
	Microthyriaceae
	Mimosaceae R.Br. Voy.Terra Austral. 2:551 (1814)
	Mitosporic Fungi
	Mitteniaceae
	Mizutaniaceae
	Mniaceae Schwägr. Sp.Musc.Frond. 25 (1830)
	Molluginaceae Bartl. Beitr.Bot. 2:158 (1825)
	Monoblastiaceae Walt.Watson New Phytol. 28:106 (1929)
	Monocarpaceae Schelpe J.S.African Bot. 35:110 (1969)
	Monocleaceae
	Monosoleniaceae
	Monostromataceae
	Montiaceae Raf. Ann.Gen.Sci.Phys. 5:349 (1820)
	Moraceae Gaudich. Gen.Pl. p13 (1835)
	Morchellaceae Rchb. Consp.Regn.Veg. 172 (1828)
	Moringaceae Martinov Tekhno-Bot.Slovar 404 (1820)
	Musaceae Juss.
	Mycenaceae Overeem Icon.Fungorum Malayensium 14 (1926)
	Mycenastraceae
	Mychodeaceae Kylin Acta Univ.Lund. ser. 2, 28:62 (1932)
	Mychodeophyllidaceae
	Mycobilimbiaceae Hafellner Beih.Nova Hedwigia 79:308 (1984)
	Mycoblastaceae Hafellner Beih.Nova Hedwigia 79:310 (1984)
	Mycocaliciaceae A.F.W.Schmidt Mitt.Staatsinst.Allg.Bot.Hamburg 13:127 (1970)
	Mycoporaceae Zahlbr. Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(1):77 (1903)
	Mycosphaerellaceae Lindau Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(1):421 (1897)
	Myoporaceae R.Br. Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 514 (1810)
	Myriangiaceae Nyl. Mém.Soc.Sci.Nat.Cherbourg 2:9 (1854)
	Myristicaceae R.Br. Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 399 (1810)
	Myrsinaceae R.Br. Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 532 (1810)
	Myrtaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 322 (1789)
	Myuriaceae
	Myxomycota (division/family fudge)

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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.