List of dicotyledons of Great Britain and Ireland explained

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]

Family Ceratophyllaceae (coontails, hornworts)

English name Scientific name Status
Rigid hornwortCeratophyllum demersum
Soft hornwortCeratophyllum submersum

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

Basal angiosperms

Order Nymphaeales

Family Nymphaeaceae (waterlilies)

English name Scientific name Status
White water-lilyNymphaea alba
Yellow water-lilyNuphar lutea
Least water-lilyNuphar pumila
Spatter-dockNuphar advena

Magnoliids

Order Laurales

Family Lauraceae (laurel family)

Order Piperales

Family Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family)

English name Scientific name Status
AsarabaccaAsarum europaeum
BirthwortAristolochia clematitis
SmearwortAristolochia rotunda

Superasterids

Family Aizoaceae (ice plants, carpet weeds)

English name Scientific name Status
Indian pokeweedPhytolacca acinosa
Heart-leaf ice-plantAptenia cordifolia
Shrubby dewplantRuschia caroli
Sickle-leaved dewplantLampranthus falciformis
Rosy dewplantLampranthus multiradiatus (syn. L. roseus)
Deltoid-leaved dewplantOscularia deltoides
Purple dewplantDisphyma crassifolium
Pale dewplantDrosanthemum floribundum
Lesser sea-figErepsia heteropetala
Sally-my-handsomeCarpobrotus acinaciformis
Hottentot-figCarpobrotus edulis
Angular sea-figCarpobrotus glaucescens

Family Santalaceae (sandalwoods)

Asterids

Order Cornales

Family Hydrangeaceae (hydrangea family)

Order Escalloniales

Family Escalloniaceae (Escallonia family)

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

=

English name Scientific name Status
Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata
Fringed water-lily Nymphoides peltata
=Family Asteraceae (aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family)

=

See also: List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland (Asteraceae).

=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)

=

=Family Aquifoliaceae (holly)

=

=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

See also: List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland (Superrosids).

Notes and References

  1. Based on:
    Web site: Stevens . P.F. . 2001–2014 . Trees . Angiosperm Phylogeny Website . 2014-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150521153254/http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/treeapweb2map.html . 2015-05-21 . dead .
    Web site: Stevens . P.F. . 2001–2016 . Eudicots . Angiosperm Phylogeny Website . 2014-11-17 .