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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.
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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