Plant Family Changes

In recent years there has been some quite drastic changes in the classification of the members of plant families and the families themselves, based on data from molecular systematics. If you want to know more and see all the changes go to this Wikipedia article. This is a list of species on this website which have been reclassified. Click on the New Family name to go to the Family List.

Genus	Old Family	New Family
Acer	Maple	Soapberry (Sapindaceae)
Allium	Onion	Amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae)
Arceuthobium	Mistletoe	Sandalwood (Santalaceae)
Asclepias	Milkweed	Dogbane (Apocynaceae)
Atriplex	Goosefoot	Amaranth (Amaranthaceae)
Besseya	Figwort	Plantain (Plantaginaceae)
Castilleja	Figwort	Broomrape (Orobanchaceae)
Chenopodium	Goosefoot	Amaranth (Amaranthaceae)
Chionophila	Figwort	Plantain (Plantaginaceae)
Claytonia	Purslane	Miner's Lettuce (Montiaceae)
Collinsia	Figwort	Plantain (Plantaginaceae)
Cordylanthus	Figwort	Broomrape (Orobanchaceae)
Grayia	Goosefoot	Amaranth (Amaranthaceae)
Hippuris	Mare's Tail	Plantain (Plantaginaceae)
Hydrophyllum	Waterleaf	Borage (Boraginaceae)
Kochia	Goosefoot	Amaranth (Amaranthaceae)
Krascheninnikovia	Goosefoot	Amaranth (Amaranthaceae)
Lewisia	Purslane	Miner's Lettuce (Montiaceae)
Linaria	Figwort	Plantain (Plantaginaceae)
Maianthemum	Lily	Asparagus (Asparagaceae)
Mimulus	Figwort	Lopseed (Phrymaceae)
Moneses	Wintergreen	Heather (Ericaceae)
Monotropa	Pinesap	Heather (Ericaceae)
Nama	Waterleaf	Borage (Boraginaceae)
Neokochia	Goosefoot	Amaranth (Amaranthaceae)
Orthocarpus	Figwort	Broomrape (Orobanchaceae)
Parnassia	Saxifrage	Staff Tree (Celastraceae)
Pedicularis	Figwort	Broomrape (Orobanchaceae)
Penstemon	Figwort	Plantain (Plantaginaceae)
Peritoma	Caper	Cleome (Cleomaceae)
Phacelia	Waterleaf	Borage (Boraginaceae)
Phoradendron	Mistletoe	Sandalwood (Santalaceae)
Polanisia	Caper	Cleome (Cleomaceae
Pterospora	Pinesap	Heather (Ericaceae)
Pyrola	Wintergreen	Heather (Ericaceae)
Salsola	Goosefoot	Amaranth (Amaranthaceae)
Sarcobatus	Goosefoot	Greasewood (Sarcobataceae)
Veratrum	Lily	False Hellebore (Melanthiaceae)
Veronica	Figwort	Plantain (Plantaginaceae)
Yucca	Agave	Asparagus (Asparagaceae)
Zigadenus	Lily	False Hellebore (Melanthiaceae)

Family List