Plants of Southern California: Plant Family Abbreviations

Beware that 16 families have the same three letter abbreviation.

AbbreviationFamily
ACAAcanthaceae
ACEAceraceae
AIZAizoaceae
ALIAlismataceae
AMAAmaranthaceae
ANAAnacardiaceae
APIApiaceae
APOApocynaceae
APOAponogetonaceae
ARAAraceae
ARAAraliaceae
AREArecaceae
ARIAristolochiaceae
ASCAsclepiadaceae
ASPAspleniaceae
ASTAsteraceae
AZOAzollaceae
BALBalsaminaceae
BASBasellaceae
BATBataceae
BERBerberidaceae
BETBetulaceae
BIGBignoniaceae
BLEBlechnaceae
BORBoraginaceae
BRABrassicaceae
BUDBuddlejaceae
BURBurseraceae
CABCabombaceae
CACCactaceae
CALCallitrichaceae
CALCalycanthaceae
CAMCampanulaceae
CANCannabaceae
CAPCapparaceae
CAPCaprifoliaceae
CARCaryophyllaceae
CASCasuarinaceae
CELCelastraceae
CERCeratophyllaceae
CHEChenopodiaceae
CISCistaceae
COMCommelinaceae
CONConvolvulaceae
CORCornaceae
CRACrassulaceae
CROCrossosomataceae
CUCCucurbitaceae
CUPCupressaceae
CUSCuscutaceae
CYMCymodoceaceae
CYPCyperaceae
DATDatiscaceae
DENDennstaedtiaceae
DIPDipsacaceae
DRYDryopteridaceae
ELAElaeagnaceae
ELAElatinaceae
EPHEphedraceae
EQUEquisetaceae
ERIEricaceae
EUPEuphorbiaceae
FABFabaceae
FAGFagaceae
FOUFouquieriaceae
FRAFrankeniaceae
GARGarryaceae
GENGentianaceae
GERGeraniaceae
GROGrossulariaceae
HALHaloragaceae
HIPHippocastanaceae
HIPHippuridaceae
HYDHydrocharitaceae
HYDHydrophyllaceae
HYPHypericaceae
IRIIridaceae
ISOIsoetaceae
JUGJuglandaceae
JUNJuncaceae
JUNJuncaginaceae
KOEKoeberliniaceae
KRAKrameriaceae
LAMLamiaceae
LAULauraceae
LEMLemnaceae
LENLennoaceae
LENLentibulariaceae
LILLiliaceae
LIMLimnanthaceae
LINLinaceae
LOALoasaceae
LYTLythraceae
MALMalvaceae
MARMarsileaceae
MARMartyniaceae
MELMeliaceae
MOLMolluginaceae
MORMoraceae
MYOMyoporaceae
MYRMyricaceae
MYRMyrtaceae
NELNelumbonaceae
NYCNyctaginaceae
NYMNymphaeaceae
OLEOleaceae
ONAOnagraceae
OPHOphioglossaceae
ORCOrchidaceae
OROOrobanchaceae
OXAOxalidaceae
PAEPaeoniaceae
PAPPapaveraceae
PASPassifloraceae
PHIPhiladelphaceae
PHYPhytolaccaceae
PINPinaceae
PITPittosporaceae
PLAPlantaginaceae
PLAPlatanaceae
PLUPlumbaginaceae
POAPoaceae
POLPolemoniaceae
POLPolygalaceae
POLPolygonaceae
POLPolypodiaceae
PONPontederiaceae
PORPortulacaceae
POTPotamogetonaceae
PRIPrimulaceae
PSIPsilotaceae
PTEPteridaceae
PUNPunicaceae
RAFRafflesiaceae
RANRanunculaceae
RESResedaceae
RHARhamnaceae
ROSRosaceae
RUBRubiaceae
RUTRutaceae
SALSalicaceae
SANSantalaceae
SAPSapindaceae
SARSarraceniaceae
SAUSaururaceae
SAXSaxifragaceae
SCRScrophulariaceae
SELSelaginellaceae
SIMSimaroubaceae
SIMSimmondsiaceae
SOLSolanaceae
STESterculiaceae
STYStyracaceae
TAMTamaricaceae
TAXTaxodiaceae
THEThelypteridaceae
TROTropaeolaceae
TYPTyphaceae
ULMUlmaceae
URTUrticaceae
VALValerianaceae
VERVerbenaceae
VIOViolaceae
VISViscaceae
VITVitaceae
ZANZannichelliaceae
ZOSZosteraceae
ZYGZygophyllaceae


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