This page covers a group of dicotyledon families (Lauraceae to Salicaceae). For the background to this list see parent article List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland.
Status key: * indicates an introduced species and e indicates an extinct species.
This division of the eudicots is shown in the following cladogram:Based on:
Order Ceratophyllales Family Ceratophyllaceae (coontails, hornworts)
English name Scientific name Status Rigid hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum Soft hornwort Ceratophyllum submersum
Order Ranunculales Family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)
English name Scientific name Status Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris Globeflower Trollius europaeus Stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus Green hellebore Helleborus viridis Lenten-rose Helleborus orientalis * Winter aconite Eranthis hyemalis * Love-in-a-mist Nigella damascena * Monk's-hood Aconitum napellus Wolf's-bane Aconitum lycoctonum * Larkspur Consolida ajacis * Baneberry Actaea spicata Wood anemone Anemone nemorosa Blue anemone Anemone apennina * Yellow anemone Anemone ranunculoides * Liverleaf Anemone hepatica * Pasqueflower Pulsatilla vulgaris Traveller's joy Clematis vitalba Virgin's-bower Clematis flammula * Orange-peel clematis Clematis tangutica * Himalayan clematis Clematis montana * Purple clematis Clematis viticella * Meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens Bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus Hairy buttercup Ranunculus sardous St Martin's buttercup Ranunculus marginatus * Rough-fruited buttercup Ranunculus muricatus * Small-flowered buttercup Ranunculus parviflorus Corn buttercup Ranunculus arvensis Jersey buttercup Ranunculus paludosus Goldilocks buttercup Ranunculus auricomus Celery-leaved buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus Greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua Lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula Creeping spearwort Ranunculus reptans Adder's-tongue spearwort Ranunculus ophioglossifolius Aconite-leaved buttercup Ranunculus aconitifolius * Lesser celandine Ranunculus ficaria Ivy-leaved crowfoot Ranunculus hederaceus Round-leaved crowfoot Ranunculus omiophyllus Three-lobed crowfoot Ranunculus tripartitus Brackish water-crowfoot Ranunculus baudotii Thread-leaved water-crowfoot Ranunculus trichophyllus Common water-crowfoot Ranunculus aquatilis Pond water-crowfoot Ranunculus peltatus Stream water-crowfoot Ranunculus penicillatus River water-crowfoot Ranunculus fluitans Fan-leaved water-crowfoot Ranunculus circinatus Pheasant's-eye Adonis annua * Mousetail Myosurus minimus Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris Pyrenean columbine Aquilegia pyrenaica * French meadow-rue Thalictrum aquilegiifolium * Chinese meadow-rue Thalictrum delavayi * Common meadow-rue Thalictrum flavum Lesser meadow-rue Thalictrum minus Alpine meadow-rue Thalictrum alpinum
Order Gunnerales Family Gunneraceae English name Scientific name Status Giant-rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria *
Basal angiosperms Order Nymphaeales Family Nymphaeaceae (waterlilies)
English name Scientific name Status White water-lily Nymphaea alba Yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea Least water-lily Nuphar pumila Spatter-dock Nuphar advena *
Magnoliids Order Laurales Family Lauraceae (laurel family)
English name Scientific name Status Bay laurel Laurus nobilis *
Order Piperales Family Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family)
English name Scientific name Status Asarabacca Asarum europaeum * Birthwort Aristolochia clematitis * Smearwort Aristolochia rotunda *
Superasterids Order Caryophyllales Family Aizoaceae (ice plants, carpet weeds)
English name Scientific name Status Indian pokeweed Phytolacca acinosa * Heart-leaf ice-plant Aptenia cordifolia * Shrubby dewplant Ruschia caroli * Sickle-leaved dewplant Lampranthus falciformis * Rosy dewplant Lampranthus multiradiatus (syn. L. roseus) * Deltoid-leaved dewplant Oscularia deltoides * Purple dewplant Disphyma crassifolium * Pale dewplant Drosanthemum floribundum * Lesser sea-fig Erepsia heteropetala * Sally-my-handsome Carpobrotus acinaciformis * Hottentot-fig Carpobrotus edulis * Angular sea-fig Carpobrotus glaucescens *
Order Santalales Family Santalaceae (sandalwoods) English name Scientific name Status Mistletoe Viscum album
Asterids Order Cornales Family Hydrangeaceae (hydrangea family) English name Scientific name Status Mock-orange Philadelphus coronarius *
Order Escalloniales Family Escalloniaceae (Escallonia family) English name Scientific name Status Escallonia Escallonia macrantha *
Order Ericales Family Balsaminaceae (balsam family) English name Scientific name Status Touch-me-not balsam Impatiens noli-tangere Orange balsam Impatiens capensis * Small balsam Impatiens parviflora * Himalayan balsam Impatiens glandulifera *
Campanulids Order Asterales Family Menyanthaceae English name Scientific name Status Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata Fringed water-lily Nymphoides peltata
Family Asteraceae (aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family)
Order Apiales Family Pittosporaceae English name Scientific name Status Karo Pittosporum crassifolium * Kohuhu Pittosporum tenuifolium *
Family Araliaceae (ginseng family) English name Scientific name Status Persian ivy Hedera colchica * Ivy Hedera helix Chinese angelica-tree Aralia chinensis * Japanese angelica-tree Aralia elata * American-spikenard Aralia racemosa * Marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris Hairy pennywort Hydrocotyle moschata * New Zealand pennywort Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae *
Family Apiaceae (celery, carrot or parsley family; umbellifers) English name Scientific name Status Sanicle Sanicula europaea Astrantia Astrantia major * Tall eryngo Eryngium giganteum * Blue eryngo Eryngium planum * Sea-holly Eryngium maritimum Field eryngo Eryngium campestre Hairy chervil Chaerophyllum hirsutum * Golden chervil Chaerophyllum aureum * Rough chervil Chaerophyllum temulum Cow parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Bur chervil Anthriscus caucalis Shepherd's-needle Scandix pecten-veneris Sweet cicely Myrrhis odorata * Coriander Coriandrum sativum * Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum * Perfoliate alexanders Smyrnium perfoliatum * Great pignut Bunium bulbocastanum Pignut Conopodium majus Greater burnet-saxifrage Pimpinella major Burnet-saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria * Greater water-parsnip Sium latifolium Lesser water-parsnip Berula erecta Rock samphire Crithmum maritimum Moon carrot Seseli libanotis Tubular water-dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa Narrow-leaved water-dropwort Oenanthe silaifolia Corky-fruited water-dropwort Oenanthe pimpinelloides Parsley water-dropwort Oenanthe lachenalii Hemlock water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata River water-dropwort Oenanthe fluviatilis Fine-leaved water-dropwort Oenanthe aquatica Fool's parsley Aethusa cynapium Fennel Foeniculum vulgare * Pepper-saxifrage Silaum silaus Spignel Meum athamanticum Bladderseed Physospermum cornubiense Hemlock Conium maculatum Shrubby hare's-ear Bupleurum fruticosum * Sickle-leaved hare's-ear Bupleurum falcatum Slender hare's-ear Bupleurum tenuissimum Small hare's-ear Bupleurum baldense False thorow-wax Bupleurum subovatum * Honewort Trinia glauca Wild celery Apium graveolens Fool's water-cress Apium nodiflorum Creeping marshwort Apium repens Lesser marshwort Apium inundatum Garden parsley Petroselinum crispum * Corn parsley Petroselinum segetum Stone parsley Sison amomum Cowbane Cicuta virosa Bullwort Ammi majus * Longleaf Falcaria vulgaris * Caraway Carum carvi * Whorled caraway Carum verticillatum Cambridge milk-parsley Selinum carvifolia Scots lovage Ligusticum scoticum Wild angelica Angelica sylvestris Garden angelica Angelica archangelica * Lovage Levisticum officinale * Hog's fennel Peucedanum officinale Milk-parsley Peucedanum palustre Masterwort Peucedanum ostruthium * Wild parsnip Pastinaca sativa Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum * Hartwort Tordylium maximum * Upright hedge-parsley Torilis japonica Spreading hedge-parsley Torilis arvensis Knotted hedge-parsley Torilis nodosa Wild carrot Daucus carota
Family Polemoniaceae (Jacob's-ladder or phlox family) English name Scientific name Status Jacob's-ladder Polemonium caeruleum
Order Aquifoliales Family Aquifoliaceae (holly) English name Scientific name Status Holly Ilex aquifolium
Order Dipsacales Family Adoxaceae (moschatel family) English name Scientific name Status Red-berried elder Sambucus racemosa * Elder Sambucus nigra American elder Sambucus canadensis * Dwarf elder Sambucus ebulus Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus Wayfaring-tree Viburnum lantana Laurustinus Viburnum tinus * Wrinkled viburnum Viburnum rhytidophyllum * Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus * Twinflower Linnaea borealis Himalayan honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa * Box-leaved honeysuckle Lonicera pileata * Wilson's honeysuckle Lonicera nitida * Californian honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata * Fly honeysuckle Lonicera xylosteum Henry's honeysuckle Lonicera henryi * Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica * Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum Perfoliate honeysuckle Lonicera caprifolium * Moschatel Adoxa moschatellina
Family Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family) English name Scientific name Status Common cornsalad Valerianella locusta Keeled-fruited cornsalad Valerianella carinata Broad-fruited cornsalad Valerianella rimosa Narrow-fruited cornsalad Valerianella dentata Hairy-fruited cornsalad Valerianella eriocarpa * Common valerian Valeriana officinalis Pyrenean valerian Valeriana pyrenaica * Marsh valerian Valeriana dioica Red valerian Centranthus ruber * Annual valerian Centranthus calcitrapae * Wild teasel Dipsacus fullonum Fuller's teasel Dipsacus sativus * Small teasel Dipsacus pilosus Yellow-flowered teasel Dipsacus strigosus * Giant scabious Cephalaria gigantea * Field scabious Knautia arvensis Devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis Small scabious Scabiosa columbaria Sweet scabious Scabiosa atropurpurea *
Superrosids
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