List of dicotyledons of Great Britain and Ireland

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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:[1]

eudicots

Order Ceratophyllales[edit]

Family Ceratophyllaceae (coontails, hornworts)[edit]

English name Scientific name Status
Rigid hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum
Soft hornwort Ceratophyllum submersum

Order Ranunculales[edit]

Family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)[edit]

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[edit]

Family Gunneraceae[edit]

English name Scientific name Status
Giant-rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria *

Basal angiosperms[edit]

Order Nymphaeales[edit]

Family Nymphaeaceae (waterlilies)[edit]

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[edit]

Order Laurales[edit]

Family Lauraceae (laurel family)[edit]

English name Scientific name Status
Bay laurel Laurus nobilis *

Order Piperales[edit]

Family Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family)[edit]

English name Scientific name Status
Asarabacca Asarum europaeum *
Birthwort Aristolochia clematitis *
Smearwort Aristolochia rotunda *

Superasterids[edit]

Order Caryophyllales[edit]

Family Aizoaceae (ice plants, carpet weeds)[edit]

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[edit]

Family Santalaceae (sandalwoods)[edit]

English name Scientific name Status
Mistletoe Viscum album

Asterids[edit]

Order Cornales[edit]

Family Hydrangeaceae (hydrangea family)[edit]
English name Scientific name Status
Mock-orange Philadelphus coronarius *

Order Escalloniales[edit]

Family Escalloniaceae (Escallonia family)[edit]
English name Scientific name Status
Escallonia Escallonia macrantha *

Order Ericales[edit]

Family Balsaminaceae (balsam family)[edit]
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[edit]

Order Asterales[edit]
Family Menyanthaceae[edit]
English name Scientific name Status
Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata
Fringed water-lily Nymphoides peltata
Family Asteraceae (aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family)[edit]
Order Apiales[edit]
Family Pittosporaceae[edit]
English name Scientific name Status
Karo Pittosporum crassifolium *
Kohuhu Pittosporum tenuifolium *
Family Araliaceae (ginseng family)[edit]
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)[edit]
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)[edit]
English name Scientific name Status
Jacob's-ladder Polemonium caeruleum
Order Aquifoliales[edit]
Family Aquifoliaceae (holly)[edit]
English name Scientific name Status
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Order Dipsacales[edit]
Family Adoxaceae (moschatel family)[edit]
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)[edit]
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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Based on:
    Stevens, P.F. (2001–2014). "Trees". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Archived from the original on 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
    Stevens, P.F. (2001–2016). "Eudicots". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2014-11-17.