Following SSAA (SEE), rankings brings lists of genera and families, under various criteria (endemisms, occurrences, diversity within a country, etc.), and at different geographical levels (country, continent). Many of the data exposed here are those obtained from the direct search of the VPA, without taking into account the considerations listed in the SSAA. The rankings are organized into 5 categories. Many data of worldwide diversity in some groups follows Flora of North America, Flora of China, World Checklist of Selected Plants Families and Christenhusz & Bing (Phytotaxa, 2016). The numbers on a global scale, except for some cases of New World genera, follow Plants of World On Line.
1. LARGEST DIVERSITIES...
... of endemic families, by countries
12 AUSTRALIA PETERMANNIACEAE, DORYANTHACEAE, BLANDFORDIACEAE, BORYACEAE, DASIPOGONACEAE, ECDOCOLEIACEAE, AUSTROBAYLEIACEAE, CEPHALOTACEAE, EMBLINGIACEAE, APHANOPETALACEAE, MACARTHURIACEAE, TETRACARPACEAE 5 MADAGASCAR SARCOLAENACEAE, PHYSENACEAE, SPHAEROSAPALACEAE, BARBEUIACEAE, ASTEROPEIACEAE 5 SOUTH AFRICA LANARIACEAE, BRUNIACEAE, GRUBBIACEAE, RORIDULACEAE, GEISSOLOMATACEAE 3 NEW CALEDONIA AMBORELLACEAE, ONCOTHECACEAE, PHELLINACEAE 1 FIJI DEGENERIACEAE 1 CHINA EUCCOMIACEAE 1 NAMIBIA TIGANOPHYTACEAE 1 ARGENTINA HALOPHYTACEAE 1 CHILE GOMORTEGACEAE 1 MEXICO SETCHELANTHACEAE
... of number of angiosperms genera, in New World; mexican number follows Villaseñor (Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2016, table 2, pg. 04).
2,767 BRAZIL 2,706 MEXICO
... of trees (via Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 2017)
TOTAL ENDEMICS 8,715 BRAZIL 4,333 BRAZIL 5,776 COLOMBIA 2,991 MADAGASCAR 5,142 INDONESIA 2,584 AUSTRALIA
... of a family in a single country by number of species, in New World (numbers direct from VPA); mexican number follows Villaseñor (Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2016, table 2, pg. 04).
4,293 ECUADOR in ORCHIDACEAE. 4,254 COLOMBIA in ORCHIDACEAE. 3,244 MEXICO in ASTERACEAE (SEE). 2,834 BRAZIL in FABACEAE. 2,753 BRAZIL in ORCHIDACEAE. 2,365 PERU in ORCHIDACEAE.
... of a family in a single country by number of genus; Mexican number follows Villaseñor (Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2016, table 2, pg. 04).
383 MEXICO in ASTERACEAE. 271 BRAZIL in ASTERACEAE. 226 COLOMBIA in ORCHIDACEAE. 213 ECUADOR in ORCHIDACEAE.
... of endemic genera in a single family in a single country, in New World; Mexican data follows Almanaque Z numbers (SEE).
73 BRAZIL ASTERACEAE 59 MEXICO ASTERACEAE
2. LARGEST RATES...
... of endemics in a centenary national country genera, by country in New World:
95.55% BRAZIL 215 of 225 spp. in VELLOZIACEAE of New World are endemics to Brazil. 69.09% MEXICO 351 of 508 spp. CRASSULACEAE of New World are endemics to Mexico.
... of endemics in a centenary national country family, by country, in New World:
99.02% BRAZIL 102 of 103 spp. of Barbacenia (VELLOZIACEAE) are endemic to Brazil - one occur in SE Venezuela. 89.772% MEXICO 158 of the 176 Mammillaria (CACTACEAE) are only found in Mexico; 4 are absent in Mexico.
... of endemisms, in New World, in a non-insular country:
54.8% BRAZIL c. 18,916 of 34,512 [Sept, 2022] 50.5% MEXICO c. 11,832 of 23,407
3. LARGEST FAMILIES (mainly by POWO numbers)...
... absents in Brazil, by number of species
| BALSAMINACEAE | 1,094 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| PAPAVERACEAE | 1,048 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| FAGACEAE | 975 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| PANDANACEAE | 962 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| LILIACEAE | 755 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| DIPTEROCARPACEAE | 540 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
... absents in New World, by number of genera
| PEDALIACEAE | 11 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| STILBACEAE | 11 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| SARCOLAENACEAE | 10 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| PITTOSPORACEAE | 9 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
... Top 10 Brazil, but non Top 10 World
| BROMELIACEAE |
... in Brazil, withour endemic genera, by World diversity
| CYPERACEAE | 5,928 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| ROSACEAE | 5,521 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| ERICACEAE | 4,588 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| BRASSICACEAE | 4,192 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| RANUNCULACEAE | 3,878 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| PIPERACEAE | 3,835 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| BORAGINACEAE | 3,440 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| ASPARAGACEAE | 3,364 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| PRIMULACEAE | 3,330 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
... in number of exxogenera
| ASTERACEAE | 257 | |
| ORCHIDACEAE | 95 | |
| POACEAE | 60 | |
| CACTACEAE | 59 | |
| FABACEAE | 56 | |
... absent in Brazil, by number of genera
| PAPAVERACEAE | 45 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| SAXIFRAGACEAE | 40 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| POLEMONIACEAE | 27 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| DIPTEROCARPACEAE | 16 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| MONTIACEAE | 14 | |
| FAGACEAE | 8 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
... absent in New World, by number of species
| PANDANACEAE | 962 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| PITTOSPORACEAE | 298 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| NEPENTHACEAE | 179 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| CASUARINACEAE | 91 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
... Top 10 World, but non Top 10 Brazil
| LAMIACEAE |
... in Brazil, without endemic species, by World diversity
| AIZOACEAE | 1,808 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| CRASSULACEAE | 1,740 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| XANTHORRHOEACEAE | 1,243 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| PLUMBAGINACEAE | 1,133 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| GOODENIACEAE | 464 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| ZYGOPHYLLACEAE | 288 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| CISTACEAE | 279 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
| CALCEOLARIACEAE | 263 | |
| ADOXACEAE | 225 [POWO, NOV 2022] | |
... Brazilian, in proportion of exxogenera
| BRASSICACEAE | 45 of 49 (91,83%) | |
| CALYCERACEAE | 1 of 8 (87,5%) | |
| ZYGOPHYLLACEAE | 9 of 11 (81,8%) | |
| FRANCOACEAE | 4 of 5 (80%) | |
| BORAGINACEAE | 11 of 14 (78,5%) | |
... in angiosperms
| Hieracium | ASTERACEAE [POWO, OUT 2023] | 4,574 |
| Astragalus | FABACEAE [POWO, OUT 2023] | 3,066 |
| Taraxacum | ASTERACEAE [POWO, OUT 2023] | 2,470 |
| Piper | PIPERACEAE [POWO, OUT 2023] | 2,408 |
| Bulbophylum | ORCHIDACEAE [POWO, OUT 2023] | 2,168 |
| Carex | CYPERACEAE [POWO, OUT 2023] | 2,061 |
| Euphorbia | EUPHORBIACEAE [POWO, NOV 2022] | 2,040 |
... endemic to South America
| Microlicia | MELASTOMATACEAE | 285 |
| Dyckia | BROMELIACEAE | 219 |
| Adesmia | FABACEAE | 204 |
| Gynoxys | ASTERACEAE | 130 |
| Neoregelia | BROMELIACEAE | 114 |
... in Brazil without endemic species
| Maripa | CONVOLVULACEAE | 12 |
| Drymonia | GESNERIACEAE | 10 |
... in number of unbrazilian South American species
| Epidendrum | ORCHIDACEAE | 1,229 |
| Stelis | ORCHIDACEAE | 1,021 |
| Piper | PIPERACEAE | 917 |
| Miconia | MELASTOMATACEAE | 850 |
| Anthurium | ARACEAE | 808 |
| Peperomia | PIPERACEAE | 785 |
| Lepanthes | ORCHIDACEAE | 756 |
| Senecio | ASTERACEAE | 586 |
... endemic to New World
| Miconia | MELASTOMATACEAE | 1,884 |
| Epidendrum | ORCHIDACEAE | 1,764 |
| Anthurium | ARACEAE | 1,267 |
| Stelis | ORCHIDACEAE | 1,210 |
| Lepanthes | ORCHIDACEAE | 1,094 |
... absent in South America
| Dendrobium | ORCHIDACEAE [POWO, NOV 2022] | 1,606 |
| Syzygium | MYRTACEAE [POWO, NOV 2022] | 1,231 |
| Impatiens | BALSAMINACEAE [POWO, NOV 2022] | 1,113 |
| Acacia | FABACEAE [POWO, NOV 2022] | 1,084 |
| Rhododendon | ERICACEAE [POWO, NOV 2022] | 1,089 |
... in tree diversity worldwide
| Syzygium | MYRTACEAE | 1,069 |
| Eugenium | MYRTACEAE | 884 |
... in rare species in Brazil
| Microlicia | MELASTOMATACEAE | 75 |
| Paepalanthus | ERIOCAULACEAE | 67 |
| Chamaecrista | FABACEAE | 52 |
| Diplusodon | LYTHRACEAE | 43 |
| Piper | PIPERACEAE | 40 |
| Xyris | XYRIDACEAE | 31 |
| Calliandra | FABACEAE | 28 |
| Begonia | BEGONIACEAE | 27 |
...in a single country, in New World:
| 588 | Miconia | BRAZIL [POWO, FEV 2024] | ||||
| 550 | Epidendrum | COLOMBIA [POWO, FEV 2024] | ||||
| 546 | Miconia | COLOMBIA [POWO, FEV 2024] | ||||
| 538 | Epidendrum | ECUADOR | ||||
| 523 | Stelis | ECUADOR | ||||
| 471 | Eugenia | BRAZIL | ||||
| 467 | Carex | UNITED STATES | ||||
| 455 | Myrcia | BRAZIL | ||||
| 450 | Piper | PERU | ||||
| 434 | Stelis | COLOMBIA | ||||
...endemic in a country in New World:
| 114 | Neoregelia | BRAZIL | ||||
| 65 | Cryptanthus | BRAZIL | ||||
| 62 | Ortophytum | BRAZIL | ||||
| 56 | Nidularium | BRAZIL | ||||
| 56 | Leucoryne | CHILE | ||||
| 54 | Actinocephalus | BRAZIL | ||||
| 42 | Alcantarea | BRAZIL | ||||
| 34 | Copiapoa | CHILE | ||||
| 34 | Bertolonia | BRAZIL | ||||
| 33 | Stigmatodon | BRAZIL | ||||
Miconia represents 44% of the Melastomataceae in Brazil, with a diversity of 579 spp., the largest for the same genus in a single country in the New World, and in a ranking that includes Hieracium in Norway (1,343), Hieracium in Sweden (1,192), Acacia in Australia (1,075), Astragalus in the Iran (850), Eucalyptus in Australia (c. 756), Erica in South Africa (c. 660), Hieracium in Finland (598) as one of the largest on the planet, and is also the largest genus in Colombia (541), Venezuela (348), the second largest in Peru (411) and the third largest in Ecuador (364).
5. LARGEST EXXOGENERA...
... in number of species of South America
| Gentianella | GENTIANACEAE | 195 |
| Telipogon | ORCHIDACEAE | 188 |
| Cyrtochilum | ORCHIDACEAE | 187 |
| Gynoxys | ASTERACEAE | 130 |
| Dracula | ORCHIDACEAE | 127 |
| Nototriche | MALVACEAE | 110 |
| Ageratina | ASTERACEAE | 98 |
| Nolana | SOLANACEAE | 94 |
| Fernandezia | ORCHIDACEAE | 92 |
| Nasa | LOASACEAE | 86 |
... endemic to New World
| Ageratina | ASTERACEAE | 307, 98 in South America |
| Agave | ASPARAGACEAE | 270, 8 in South America |
| Eriogonum | POLYGONACEAE | 253, 1 in South America |
| Telipogon | ORCHIDACEAE | 244, 186 in South America |
... endemic to South America
| Espeletia | ASTERACEAE | 139 |
| Gynoxys | ASTERACEAE | 130 |
| Nototriche | MALVACEAE | 110 |
| Nolana | SOLANACEAE | 94 |
| Andinia | ORCHIDACEAE | 77 |
... WORLDWIDE
| GENUS | FAMILY | WORLDWIDE | SOUTH AMERICA | |||
| Astragalus | FABACEAE | 3,069 | 117 | |||
| Silene | CARYOPHYLLACEAE | 886 | 23 | |||
| Sedum | CRASSULACEAE | c. 755 | 42 | |||
| Pedicularis | OROBANCHACEAE | 678 | 1 | |||
| Primula | PRIMULACEAE | 521 | 2 | |||
| Potentilla | ROSACEAE | 493 | 5 | |||
| Artemisia | ASTERACEAE | 475 | 5 | |||
| Saxifraga | SAXIFRAGACEAE | 470 | 2 | |||
| Quercus | FAGACEAE | 460 | 1 | |||
| Erigeron | ASTERACEAE | 457 | 36 | |||
| Draba | BRASSICACEAE | 431 | 82 | |||
NEXTS IN LISTS
... in Brazil, withour endemic genera, by World diversity: Caryophyllaceae (3301), Campanulaceae (2490), Aizoaceae (1900), Urticaceae (2080)
... in number of exxogenera: Rubiaceae (45), Brassicaceae (45)... in Brazil, withour endemic species, by World diversity: Haloragaceae (145), Haemodoraceae (102)
... in proportion of exxogenera: Apiaceae, Ranunculaceae (72,72) Juncaceae (71,42), Amaryllidaceae (71,05
4. LARGEST GENERA
...in angiosperms: Begonia (1993), Miconia (1884), Psychotria (1637), Dendrobium (1586), Senecio (1446), Peperomia (1410), Solanum (1234), Syzygium (1197), Eugenia (1175), Croton (1138), Acacia (1082), Rhododendron (1073), Impatiens (1037), Salvia (1010), Allium (1006), Cyperus (947)
... endemic to South America: Barbacenia (103)... in Brazil without endemic species:
... in number of exxospecies: Pleurothallis (578), Masdevallia (564), Solanum (564).
... endemic to New World: Pleurothalis (705), Masdevallia (614), Oncidium (426),
... absent in South America: Allium (1018) Eucalyptus (758), Cyrtandra (703), Pandanus (592)
... in tree diversity worldwide: Eucalyptus (700)
... in rare species in Brazil: Barbacenia (26), Mimosa (26)
...in a single country, in New World
579 Miconia BRAZIL
541 Miconia COLOMBIA
568 Epidendrum ECUADOR
536 Epidendrum COLOMBIA
523 Stelis ECUADOR
470 Eugenia BRAZIL
467 Carex UNITED STATES
455 Myrcia BRAZIL
450 Piper PERU
434 Stelis COLOMBIA
411 Anthurium COL
...endemic in a country in New World
114 Neoregelia BRAZIL
65 Cryptanthus BRAZIL
62 Orthophytum BRAZIL
56 Nidularium BRAZIL
54 Actinocephalus BRAZIL
46 Leucocoryne CHILE
42 Alcantarea BRAZIL
34 Copiapoa CHILE
34 Bertolonia BRAZIL
32 Nematanthus BRAZIL
31 Lychnophora/Stigmatodon BRAZIL
... LISTA CONTINUADA
...endemic in a country in New World
114 Neoregelia BRAZIL
65 Cryptanthus BRAZIL
62 Orthophytum BRAZIL
56 Nidularium BRAZIL
54 Actinocephalus BRAZIL
46 Leucocoryne CHILE
42 Alcantarea BRAZIL
34 Copiapoa CHILE
34 Bertolonia BRAZIL
32 Nematanthus BRAZIL
31 Lychnophora/Stigmatodon BRAZIL
... LISTA CONTINUADA
575 Miconia BRAZIL
541 Miconia COLOMBIA
568 Epidendrum ECUADOR
536 Epidendrum COLOMBIA
523 Stelis ECUADOR
468 Carex UNITED STATES
470 Eugenia BRAZIL
455 Myrcia BRAZIL
450 Piper PERU
434 Stelis COLOMBIA
425 Piper COLOMBIA
411 Miconia PERU
406 Peperomia PERU
... in number of species of South America: Nasa (86), Andinia (76), Jaltomata (65), Eryoscice (56), Deprea (52), Saururea (49), Neobartsia (48), Porroglossum (47), Cryptantha (47), Ribes (46), Leucocoryen (46), Leucocoryne (46), Atriplex (45), Dalea (31)
... endemic to New World: Dalea (192), Cyrtochium (185), Mammillaria (180), Rondeletia (154), Dracula (133)
.. endemic to South America: Haplopappus (72), Linochilus (60), Eryoscice (56), Brachyotum (55), Diplostephium (55), Neobartsia (48), Porroglossum (47), Leucooryne (46), Philibertia (45), Leucheria (40), Nassauvia (39), Pappobolus (38).
... WORLDWIDE: Saurauia (391), Gentiana (335), Eriogonum (253), Calamagrostis (252), Goodenia (235), Calanthe (218), Euphrasia (213), Hydrangea (208), Ribes (192), Dalea (192), Cyrtochium (185), Mammillaria (180), Stellaria (173), Androsace (166), Dracula (133)
UPDATES
13⋅11⋅23 ‣ updates in Anthurium.
07⋅09⋅23 ‣ updates in Brassicaceae exxogenera proportion and some generic Orchidaceae numbers; exclusion of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae) at table 5.1 due their citation for Brazil (SEE).
06⋅08⋅23 ‣ updates in Piper (Piperaceae), Anthurium (Araceae), Epidendrum, Lepanthes (Orchidaceae), Dyckia, Stigmatodon (Bromeliaceae), Myrcia (Myrtaceae).
23⋅04⋅23 ‣ Myrcia numbers.