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Statistics by Plant Families (part M to Z)
The Montréal Botanical Garden favors the classification system of the Russian botanist Armen Takhtajan (1969) to name the flowering plant families (Angiosperms).
| Total Number of Taxons | 21,974 |
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| Families | Genera | Species | Infra-sp.* | Cultivars | Taxons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Magnoliaceae | 2 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 26 |
| Malpighiaceae | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Malvaceae | 23 | 42 | 1 | 69 | 112 | |
| Marantaceae | 8 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 47 | |
| Marattiaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Marcgraviaceae | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Marsileaceae | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Meliaceae | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Melianthaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Menispermaceae | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Menyanthaceae | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Metaxyaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mimosaceae | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Moraceae | 9 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 33 | |
| Moringaceae | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Musaceae | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 13 | |
| Myricaceae | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Myrsinaceae | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Myrtaceae | 15 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 30 | |
| Nandinaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelumbonaceae | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 36 | |
| Nepenthaceae | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Nolanaceae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nyctaginaceae | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Nymphaeaceae | 2 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 47 | |
| Nyssaceae | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ochnaceae | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oleaceae | 12 | 79 | 10 | 289 | 378 | |
| Onagraceae | 6 | 26 | 0 | 58 | 84 | |
| Ophioglossaceae | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orchidaceae | 256 | 1 021 | 38 | 609 | 1 668 | |
| Osmundaceae | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Oxalidaceae | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Paeoniaceae | 1 | 25 | 10 | 197 | 232 |
| Pandanaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Papaveraceae | 13 | 53 | 0 | 57 | 110 | |
| Parnassiaceae | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Passifloraceae | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| Pedaliaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Penthoraceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Phytolaccaceae | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Pinaceae | 9 | 99 | 33 | 258 | 390 | |
| Piperaceae | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 21 | |
| Pittosporaceae | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Plantaginaceae | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Platanaceae | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Plumbaginaceae | 6 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 42 | |
| Poaceae | 87 | 178 | 12 | 92 | 282 | |
| Podocarpaceae | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Podophyllaceae | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Polemoniaceae | 6 | 30 | 0 | 117 | 147 | |
| Polygalaceae | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Polygonaceae | 12 | 60 | 4 | 11 | 75 | |
| Polypodiaceae | 20 | 57 | 6 | 7 | 70 | |
| Pontederiaceae | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Portulacaceae | 8 | 28 | 1 | 25 | 54 | |
| Primulaceae | 12 | 146 | 20 | 101 | 267 | |
| Proteaceae | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Psilotaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pteridaceae | 11 | 42 | 0 | 14 | 56 | |
| Punicaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| Pyrolaceae | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Ranunculaceae | 32 | 326 | 46 | 353 | 725 |
| Resedaceae | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rhamnaceae | 11 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 21 | |
| Rhizophoraceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rosaceae | 56 | 587 | 92 | 1 220 | 1 899 | |
| Rubiaceae | 26 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 46 | |
| Rutaceae | 17 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 35 | |
| Salicaceae | 2 | 82 | 0 | 38 | 120 |
| Salviniaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Santalaceae | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sapindaceae | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Sapotaceae | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Sarraceniaceae | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saururaceae | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saxifragaceae | 19 | 129 | 21 | 215 | 365 | |
| Schisandraceae | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Schizaeaceae | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Scrophulariaceae | 36 | 193 | 27 | 115 | 335 | |
| Selaginellaceae | 2 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 15 | |
| Simaroubaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simmondsiaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Smilacaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Solanaceae | 25 | 40 | 2 | 186 | 228 | |
| Sparganiaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stangeriaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Staphyleaceae | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Sterculiaceae | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Strelitziaceae | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Styracaceae | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Symplocaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tamaricaceae | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Taxaceae | 1 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 55 | |
| Taxodiaceae | 8 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 18 | |
| Tetragoniaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Theaceae | 2 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 21 | |
| Thelypteridaceae | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Theophrastaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Thymelaeaceae | 4 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 18 | |
| Tiliaceae | 5 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 37 | |
| Trapaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tropaeolaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | |
| Typhaceae | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ulmaceae | 5 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 37 |
| Urticaceae | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Valerianaceae | 4 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| Verbenaceae | 14 | 44 | 0 | 17 | 61 | |
| Violaceae | 2 | 38 | 5 | 40 | 83 | |
| Vitaceae | 6 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 36 | |
| Vittariaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Welwitschiaceae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zamiaceae | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Zingiberaceae | 13 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 27 | |
| Zygophyllaceae | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
*: Infra-specific taxons : subspecies, varieties, formas
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