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Welcome to the Flora of Australia, a synthesis of present taxonomic knowledge of the country’s flora. It has been designed for use by anyone wanting authoritative information on the names, characteristics, distribution and habitat of native and naturalised vascular plants in Australia.

In 2018 the Flora of Australia transitioned from static taxonomic treatments in the form of a book series to an innovative and dynamic online platform. This move made the information more accessible and user-friendly, with easier navigation through the classification, and enabling more rapid updates. This digital platform integrates a wide range of botanical information from many sources, such as nomenclature, distribution maps, images, biodiversity data, and identification keys.

Enhanced functionality:

  • Search and browse thousands of taxon profiles
  • Narrow the scope of your search using the filter
  • Identify plants using interactive keys
  • Identify plants occurring in your local IBRA biogeographic region
  • Export plant profiles as PDFs

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Please visit our help site ausflora.net for instructions on how to navigate and contribute to this site and its associated databases.

Available content

The status of Flora of Australia content, based on completeness of family-level treatments, is listed here: Flora of Australia_status of family treatments_4 March 2019. 

Updates

  • ​Approximately 20 000 plant profiles now available.
  • Thousands of new profiles and revisions since publication of the hardcopy versions of Flora of Australia.
  • Recent new treatments: Anacardium, Acanthaceae p.p.; Amaranthaceae p.p., Archeria; Buddleja, Callitriche, Causonis, Cephalotaceae, Cissus, Daphne, Dillenia, Ericomyrtus, Euphorbiaceae p.p., Euphrasia, Euryomyrtus, Hibiscus p.p., Hovea, Hypocalymma, Lablab, Lagunaria, Martyniaceae, Mesomelaena, Mitrantia, Morelotia, Orchidaceae p.p., Oxymyrrhine, Paederia, Pentas, Phyllanthaceae p.p.; Pistacia, Pisum, Plumbaginaceae, Rinzia, Ristantia, Robinia, Seorsus, Sphaerantia, Stenanthemum, Stonesiella, Triadenum, Tristaniopsis, Vitaceae p.p., Waterhousea.
  • Treatments since 2017: Acanthaceae p.p.; Actinidiaceae; Amaranthaceae p.p.; Anacardiaceae: Anacardium, Pistacia; Araliaceae: Meryta; Arecaceae: Hedyscepe, Howea, Lepidorrhachis, Rhopalostylis; Argophyllaceae: Corokia; Asteraceae: Pilosella; Anarthriaceae; Apodanthaceae; Balsaminaceae; Basellaceae; Berberidopsidaceae; Calophyllaceae; Calycanthaceae; Campynemataceae; Caryophyllaceae p.p.; Centrolepidaceae; Cephalotaceae, Clusiaceae; Cornaceae; Corsiaceae; Cyperaceae p.p.; Dilleniaceae p.p.; Ecdeiocoleaceae; Elatinaceae (Elatine - tentative); Ericaceae: Archeria; Eriocaulaceae; Euphorbiaceae p.p.; Fabaceae: Carmichaelia, Erichsenia, Euchilopsis, Hovea, Indigastrum, Indigofera p.p., Inocarpus, Lablab, Pisum, Robinia, Streblorrhiza, Stonesiella; Fagaceae: Quercus; Linaceae; Lauraceae: Laurus, Persea; Lythraceae: Punica; Macarthuriaceae; Malvaceae: Hibiscus p.p., Lagunaria; Martyniaceae, Maundiaceae; Molluginaceae; Myodocarpaceae; Myrtaceae: Aluta, Anticoryne, Astartea, Astus, Austrobaekea, Balaustion, Cheyniana, Decaspermum, Enekbatus, Ericomyrtus, Euryomyrtus, Hypocalymma, Metrosideros, Mitrantia, Oxymyrrhine, Psidium, Rinzia, Ristantia, Seorsus, Sphaerantia, Tristaniopsis, Waterhousea; Nitrariaceae; Nothofagaceae; Ochnaceae; Orchidaceae p.p.; Orobanchaceae: Euphrasia; Oxalidaceae; Pennantiaceae; Phyllanthaceae p.p.; Picrodendraceae p.p.; Pittosporaceae; Plumbaginaceae; Poaceae: Capillipedium, Chionachne, Dimeria, Eulalia, Germainia, Hackelochloa, Heteropogon, Mnesithea, Pseudopogonatherum, Rottboellia, Sehima; Polygalaceae: Polygala, Xanthophyllum; Polypodiaceae: Leptochilus; Primulaceae: Aegiceras, Ardisia, Embelia, Maesa, Myrsine, Tapeinosperma, Tetrardisia; Restionaceae; Rhamnaceae p.p.; Rubiaceae: Paederia, Pentas; Sarraceniaceae; Scrophulariaceae: Buddleja; Sphenocleaceae; Tecophilaeaceae; Tectariaceae: Pteridrys; Theaceae; Thymelaeaceae: Daphne; Tropaeolaceae; Verbenaceae; Vitaceae.
  • Recent revised treatments: Clausena, Drummondita, Geniostoma, Mesembryanthemum, Neisosperma, Tamaricaceae, Taraxacum, Ulmus, Yucca, Zostera.
  • Revised treatments: Aizoaceae: Mesembryanthemum; Akaniaceae; Alismataceae; Anacardiaceae: Mangifera; Annonaceae; Apocynaceae: Neisosperma; Aquifoliaceae; Araceae: Colocasia; Arecaceae: Arenga; Asparagaceae: Agave, Asparagus p.p., Muscari, Yucca; Aspleniaceae; Asteraceae p.p.; Austrobaileyaceae; Balanophoraceae; Berberidaceae; Brassicaceae: Lepidium; Burseraceae; Cabombaceae; Cactaceae; Celastraceae p.p.; Ceratophyllaceae; Combretaceae p.p.; Corynocarpaceae; Dasypogonaceae: Calectasia; Dryopteridaceae: Bolbitis; Elaeagnaceae; Fagaceae; Goodeniaceae: Lechenaultia; Hymenophyllaceae; Juncaginaceae; Lecythidaceae: Barringtonia; Loganiaceae: Geniostoma; Lycopodiaceae, Marattiaceae; Melianthaceae; Moraceae (tentative); Musaceae; Myrtaceae: Angophora; Nepenthaceae; Nyctaginaceae: Pisonia; Opiliaceae; Pandanaceae; Passifloraceae; Poaceae: Alopecurus, Dichelachne, Oryza, Pentapogon; Podostemaceae, Polypodiaceae: Platycerium, Pyrrosia; Psilotaceae; Pteridaceae: Pteris; Rutaceae: Citrus, Clausena, Drummondita, Murraya; Salviniaceae; Santalaceae: Korthalsella; Sapindaceae p.p.; Simaroubaceae; Solanaceae: Anthocercis, Duboisia; Tamaricaceae; Trimeniaceae; Ulmaceae: Ulmus; Urticaceae; Violaceae; Winteraceae; Zosteraceae: Zostera.