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.

	Pallaviciniaceae Miq. Krypt-Fl.Deutschl. 1:423 (1904)
	Palmophyllaceae J.Phycol. 46:1292-1293 (2010)
	Panaceae Miettinen, Justo & Hibbett Fungal Biology 121(9):817 (2017)
	Pandanaceae R.Br. Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 340 (1810)
	Pannariaceae Tuck. Gen.Lich. xii (1872)
	Papaveraceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 235 (1789)
	Papilionaceae Giseke Prael.Ord.Nat.Pl. 415 (1792)
	Parkeriaceae Hook. Exot.Fl. 2, Tab. 147 (1825)
	Parmeliaceae Zenker Pharm.Waaren. 1:124 (1827)
	Passifloraceae Roussel Fl.Calvados p334 (1806)
	Paxillaceae Lotsy Vortr.Bot.Stammesgesch. 716-717 (1907)
	Pedaliaceae R.Br. Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 519 (1810)
	Pelliaceae
	Peltigeraceae Dumort. Comment.Bot. 68,78 (1822)
	Peltulaceae Büdel Syst.Ascomycetum 5:149 (1986)
	Peniophoraceae Lotsy Vortr.Bot.Stammesgesch. 1:687 (1907)
	Peronosporaceae de Bary Ann.Sci.Nat., Bot. ser. 4, 20:102-104 (1863)
	Perssoniellaceae
	Pertusariaceae Körb. Systema Lichenum Germaniae 377 (1855)
	Pestalotiopsidaceae Maharachch. & K.D.Hyde Fung.Diversity 73:106 (2015)
	Peyssonneliaceae Denizot Alg.Florid.Encrout. 86, 308 (1968)
	Pezizaceae Dumort. Syst.Mycol. 3:72 (1829)
	Phacelocarpaceae
	Phaeophilaceae
	Phaeosphaeriaceae M.E.Barr Mycologia 71:948 (1979)
	Phakopsoraceae Cummins & Hirats.f. Illustrated Genera of Rust Fungi 13 (1983)
	Phallaceae Corda Icon.Fungorum (Corda) 5:29 (1842)
	Phallogastraceae Locq. Rev.Bryol.Lichenol. 1A:56 (1974)
	Phanerochaetaceae Jülich Biblioth.Mycol. 85:384 (1982)
	Phelloriniaceae
	Philydraceae Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1:5 (1821)
	Phlogicylindriaceae Senan. & K.D.Hyde Fung.Diversity 73:107 (2015)
	Phlyctidaceae J.C.David & D.Hawksw. Syst.Ascomycetum 10:15 (1991)
	Phormiaceae J.Agardh Theoria Syst.Pl. 7-8 (1858)
	Phormidiaceae Anagn. & Komárek Algol.Stud. 80:400 (1988)
	Phragmidiaceae
	Phragmopelthecaceae L.Xavier Phragmopeltecaceae uma Nova Familia de Microascoliquens 42 (1976)
	Phrymaceae Schauer Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11:520 (1847)
	Phycolepidoziaceae
	Phyllachoraceae Theiss. & P.Syd. Ann.Mycol. 13:168 (1915)
	Phyllacoraceae
	Phyllanthaceae Martinov Tekhno-Bot.Slovar 369 (1820)
	Phyllodrepaniaceae
	Phyllogoniaceae
	Phyllophoraceae Willk. Anleit.Stud.Bot. 2:148 (1854)
	Phyllopsoraceae Zahlbr. Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(1):138 (1905)
	Phyllothalliaceae
	Physalacriaceae Corner Beih.Nova Hedwigia 33:10 (1970)
	Physaraceae Chevall. Fl.Gen.Env.Paris 1:332 (1826)
	Physciaceae Zahlbr. Syllabus Ed.2:46 (1898)
	Physodermataceae
	Phytolaccaceae R.Br. Narr.Exped.Zaire 454 (1818)
	Picrodendraceae Small J.New York Bot.Gard. 18:184 (1917)
	Pihiellaceae Huisman, A.R.Sherwood & I.A.Abbott J.Phycol. 39:981 (2003)
	Pileolariaceae
	Pilocarpaceae Zahlbr. Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] (I)1:116 (1905)
	Pinaceae F.Rudolphi
	Piperaceae Giseke Prael.Ord.Nat.Pl. p123 (1792)
	Pittosporaceae R.Br. Voy.Terra Austral. 2:542 (1814)
	Placentophoraceae Dumilag, W.A.Nelson & Kraft Phycologia 58:271 (2019)
	Placynthiaceae Å.E.Dahl Meddel.Grønland 150:49 (1950)
	Plagiochilaceae
	Plagiotheciaceae
	Plantaginaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 89 (1789)
	Plasmodiophoraceae
	Platanaceae T.Lestib. Botanogr.Élém. 526 (1826)
	Platygloeaceae Racib. Bull.Int.Acad.Sci.Cracovie, Cl.Sci.Math., Ser.B, Sci.Nat. 3:346 (1909)
	Platyzomataceae Nakai Bull.Natl.Sci.Mus.,Tokyo 29:4 (1950)
	Pleosporaceae Nitschke Verh.Naturhist.Vereines Preuss.Rheinl.Westphalens 26(2):74 (1869)
	Pleurophascaceae Broth. Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I(3):774 (1906)
	Pleurotaceae Kühner Bull.Mens.Soc.Linn.Lyon 49:184 (1980)
	Pleuroziaceae
	Plocamiaceae Kütz. Phycol.General. 442, 449 (1843)
	Plumbaginaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 92 (1789)
	Pluteaceae Kotl. & Pouzar Ceska Mykol. 26:218 (1972)
	Poaceae Barnhart Bull.Torrey Bot.Club 22:7 (1895)
	Podaxaceae
	Podocarpaceae Endl.
	Podostemaceae Kunth Nov.Gen.Sp. 1:246 (1816)
	Polemoniaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 136 (1789)
	Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link Fl.Portug. 1:62 (1809)
	Polygonaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 82 (1789)
	Polyidaceae
	Polyphysaceae Kütz. Phycol.General. 302, 311 (1843)
	Polypodiaceae J.Presl & C.Presl Delic.Prag. 159 (1822)
	Polyporaceae Corda Icon.Fungorum (Corda) 3:49 (1839)
	Polytrichaceae Schwägr. Sp.Musc.Frond. 1 (1830)
	Pontederiaceae Kunth Nov.Gen.Sp. 1:265 (1816)
	Porellaceae
	Porinaceae Rchb. Consp.Regn.Veg. 20 (1828)
	Porolithaceae (A.Kato & M.Baba) R.A.Towns. & Huisman Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 2. Red Algae 114-115 (2018)
	Porphyridiaceae Kylin Förh.Kungl.Fysiogr.Sällsk.Lund. 7:122 (1937)
	Porpidiaceae
	Portulacaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 312 (1789)
	Posidoniaceae Vines Stud.Text-Book Bot. p553 (1895)
	Potamogetonaceae Bercht. & J.Presl Prir.Rostlin 1(7):3 (1823)
	Pottiaceae Schimp. Coroll.Bryol.Eur. 24 (1856)
	Primulaceae Borkh. Bot.Wörterb. 2:240 (1797)
	Prionodontaceae
	Proteaceae Juss. Gen.Pl. [Jussieu] 78 (1789)
	Protophallaceae
	Psathyrellaceae Vilgalys, Moncalvo & Redhead Taxon 50(1):226 (2001)
	Pseudocodiaceae Hillis-Col. Systematics of the Green Algae 286 (1984)
	Pseudoditrichaceae
	Pseudofusicoccaceae Tao Yang & Crous Fungal Biology 121(4):340 (2016)
	Pseudolepicoleaceae
	Psilotaceae J.W.Griff. & Henfr. Microgr.Dict. 540 (1855)
	Psoraceae Zahlbr. Syllabus Ed. 2, 44 (1898)
	Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn. Acta Phytotax.Sin. 13(1):96 (1975)
	Pterobryaceae
	Pterocladiaceae G.P.Felicini & C.Perrone Bot.Mar. 49:31 (2006)
	Pterocladiophilaceae
	Ptilidiaceae
	Ptychomitriaceae
	Ptychomniaceae
	Pucciniaceae Chevall. Fl.Gen.Env.Paris 1:413 (1826)
	Pucciniastraceae
	Pucciniosiraceae
	Punctariaceae (Thur.) Kjellm. Handb.Skand.Hafsalgfl. 1:60 (1890)
	Putranjivaceae Meisn.
	Pyrenulaceae Rabenh. Krypt.-Fl.Sachsen 2:42 (1870)
	Pyronemataceae Corda Anleit.Stud.Mykol. 149 (1842)
	Pythiaceae
	Pyxinaceae J.W.Griff. & Henfr. Microgr.Dict. Ed. 2, 422 (1860)

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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.