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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.

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
Peronosporaceae de Bary
Ann.Sci.Nat., Bot. ser. 4, 20:102-104 (1863)
Perssoniellaceae
Pertusariaceae Korb.
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. p526 (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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