Plants of Southern California: Plant Family Abbreviations Beware that 16 families have the same three letter abbreviation.
Abbreviation Family ACA Acanthaceae ACE Aceraceae AIZ Aizoaceae ALI Alismataceae AMA Amaranthaceae ANA Anacardiaceae API Apiaceae APO Apocynaceae APO Aponogetonaceae ARA Araceae ARA Araliaceae ARE Arecaceae ARI Aristolochiaceae ASC Asclepiadaceae ASP Aspleniaceae AST Asteraceae AZO Azollaceae BAL Balsaminaceae BAS Basellaceae BAT Bataceae BER Berberidaceae BET Betulaceae BIG Bignoniaceae BLE Blechnaceae BOR Boraginaceae BRA Brassicaceae BUD Buddlejaceae BUR Burseraceae CAB Cabombaceae CAC Cactaceae CAL Callitrichaceae CAL Calycanthaceae CAM Campanulaceae CAN Cannabaceae CAP Capparaceae CAP Caprifoliaceae CAR Caryophyllaceae CAS Casuarinaceae CEL Celastraceae CER Ceratophyllaceae CHE Chenopodiaceae CIS Cistaceae COM Commelinaceae CON Convolvulaceae COR Cornaceae CRA Crassulaceae CRO Crossosomataceae CUC Cucurbitaceae CUP Cupressaceae CUS Cuscutaceae CYM Cymodoceaceae CYP Cyperaceae DAT Datiscaceae DEN Dennstaedtiaceae DIP Dipsacaceae DRY Dryopteridaceae ELA Elaeagnaceae ELA Elatinaceae EPH Ephedraceae EQU Equisetaceae ERI Ericaceae EUP Euphorbiaceae FAB Fabaceae FAG Fagaceae FOU Fouquieriaceae FRA Frankeniaceae GAR Garryaceae GEN Gentianaceae GER Geraniaceae GRO Grossulariaceae HAL Haloragaceae HIP Hippocastanaceae HIP Hippuridaceae HYD Hydrocharitaceae HYD Hydrophyllaceae HYP Hypericaceae IRI Iridaceae ISO Isoetaceae JUG Juglandaceae JUN Juncaceae JUN Juncaginaceae KOE Koeberliniaceae KRA Krameriaceae LAM Lamiaceae LAU Lauraceae LEM Lemnaceae LEN Lennoaceae LEN Lentibulariaceae LIL Liliaceae LIM Limnanthaceae LIN Linaceae LOA Loasaceae LYT Lythraceae MAL Malvaceae MAR Marsileaceae MAR Martyniaceae MEL Meliaceae MOL Molluginaceae MOR Moraceae MYO Myoporaceae MYR Myricaceae MYR Myrtaceae NEL Nelumbonaceae NYC Nyctaginaceae NYM Nymphaeaceae OLE Oleaceae ONA Onagraceae OPH Ophioglossaceae ORC Orchidaceae ORO Orobanchaceae OXA Oxalidaceae PAE Paeoniaceae PAP Papaveraceae PAS Passifloraceae PHI Philadelphaceae PHY Phytolaccaceae PIN Pinaceae PIT Pittosporaceae PLA Plantaginaceae PLA Platanaceae PLU Plumbaginaceae POA Poaceae POL Polemoniaceae POL Polygalaceae POL Polygonaceae POL Polypodiaceae PON Pontederiaceae POR Portulacaceae POT Potamogetonaceae PRI Primulaceae PSI Psilotaceae PTE Pteridaceae PUN Punicaceae RAF Rafflesiaceae RAN Ranunculaceae RES Resedaceae RHA Rhamnaceae ROS Rosaceae RUB Rubiaceae RUT Rutaceae SAL Salicaceae SAN Santalaceae SAP Sapindaceae SAR Sarraceniaceae SAU Saururaceae SAX Saxifragaceae SCR Scrophulariaceae SEL Selaginellaceae SIM Simaroubaceae SIM Simmondsiaceae SOL Solanaceae STE Sterculiaceae STY Styracaceae TAM Tamaricaceae TAX Taxodiaceae THE Thelypteridaceae TRO Tropaeolaceae TYP Typhaceae ULM Ulmaceae URT Urticaceae VAL Valerianaceae VER Verbenaceae VIO Violaceae VIS Viscaceae VIT Vitaceae ZAN Zannichelliaceae ZOS Zosteraceae ZYG Zygophyllaceae
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