Order Malpighiales comprises one of the largest orders of flowering plants and has about 16,000 species which is about 7.8 percent of the eudicotyldon Class.

The order is very diverse, containing plants as different as the willow, violet, poinsettia, coca plant, and aspen.

The order Malpighiales is divided into some 35 families, the largest of which is the Euphorbiaceae Family with nearly 9000 species in over 300 genera.

Achariaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 32-33 genera with about 155 species of tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees.

Balanopeceae is a family of flowering plants containing a single genus (Balanops) and nine species of trees and shrubs that have simple, alternately positioned or somewhat whorled leaves.

Bonnetiaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 4 genera and 41 species.

Calophyllaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 14 genera and 475 species

Caryocaraceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of two genera and 26 species. The family is native to tropical regions of Central and South America, as well as the West Indies.

Centroplacaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of two genera and six species.

Chrysobalanaceae is a family of flowing plants consisting of 27 genera and about 700 species.

Clusiaceae is a group of flowering plants with 13 genera and about 759 species.

Ctenolophonaceae is a family of flowering plants with one genus (Ctenolophon) and two species.

Ctenolophon engleraianjus

Ctenolophon parvifolius

Dichapetalaceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 3 genera and about 170 species. Members of this family are trees, shrubs or lianas found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

Elatinaceae is a family of flowering plants withtwo genera: Elatine and Bergia, and 35 (to perhaps 50) species.

Erythroxylaceae (the coca family) is a family of flowering trees and shrubs consisting of 4 genera and 271 species.

Euphorbiaceae (the spurge family) is one of the largest and genetically diverse plant family with nearly 322 genera and 8,910 species, ranging from large woody trees to simple weeds as well as many herbs.

Euphroniaceae is a family of flowering plants with one genus (Euphronia) and three species of shrubs native to northern South America.

Euphronia guianensis

Euphronia hirtelloides

Euphronia acuminatissima

Goupiaceae is a small family of evergreen trees with one genus (goupia) and two species growing in northeastern South America.

Humiriaceae is a family of evergreen flowering plants consisting of 8 genera and 56 known species.

Hypericaceae is a flowering annual or perennial herbe consisting of six to nine genera and up to 700 species. This plant is commonly known as the St. John′s wort family.

Irvingiaceae is a family of woody flowering plants, consisting of 3 genera (Allantospermum, Irvingia and Klainedoxa) and 13 species.

Ixonanthaceae is a pantropical flowering plant family of trees or shrubs, consisting of 3 or 4 genera with about 30 species. It is a broadleaf evergreen.

Lacistemataceae is a family of flowering plants with 2 genera and 14 species native to the tropical and subtropical Americas and the West Indies.

Linaceae (flax family) is a family of flowering herbaceous plants consisting of 14 genera with 250 species

Lophopyxidaceae is a family (staff-vine) of flowering plants with one genus (Lophopyxis) with two species of tendrillate lianas found in the Sunda Islands.

Lophopyxis maingayi

Malpighiaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 73 genera with 1315 species, all of which are native to the tropics and subtropics.

Ochnaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 27 genera and 495 species of tropical trees, shurbs and a few of herbs.

Pandaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 3 genera and 15 species of trees and shrubs growing from Africa to New Guinea.

Passifloraceae is a family of flowering plants (Passion Flowers) consisting of 16 genera and 705 species of herbaceous or woody vines, shrubs and trees, mostly found in tropical regions.

Peraceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 5 genera and 135 species of pantropical shrubs and trees.

Phyllanthaceae is a family of pantropical flowering plants consisting of 60 genera and 2000 species of herbs, shrubs and trees.

Picrodendraceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of genera and species.

Podostemaceae is a riverweed family of flowering plants consisting of 50 genera and 300 species mostly in tropical and subtropical areas.

Putranjivaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 2 genera and 218 species of evergreen old world tropical trees (Africa) with a few species in tropical America.

Rafflesiaceae is a family of rare parasitic flowering plants consisting of 3 genera and 36 species found in the tropical forest of east and southeast Asia.

Rhizophoraceae is a family of (mangrove) flowering plants consisting of 15 genera and 147 species in tropical and subtropical areas.

The Salicaceae is the willow family of flowering plants which included the willows, poplar, aspen, and cottonwoods. Genetic studies have expanded the circumscription of the family to contain 56 genera and about 1220 species,

Banara, Casearia, Dovyalis, Flacourtia, Homalium, Laetia, Lunania, Oncoba, Populus, Prockia, Salix, Samyda, Xylosma.

Trigoniaceae is a family of neotropical flowering plants consisting of 5 genera and 28 species of lianas, shrubs and trees in Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Central and South America.

Violaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 25 genera and 1000 species of violets and pansies..