The diversity of plants in Australia is staggering and bewildering to the North American mind. Australia has ferns that look like trees, flowers that look like pine cones, bark that sheds like leaves, and plants that are more at home in Jurassic Park than in the modern landscape. Here is a list of some of the more common plants we will encounter.

Class Phaeophyceae (Brown Algae)

Order Fucales
Family Hormosiraceae
Hormosira
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Class Florideophyceae (Red Algae)

Order Corallinales
Family Corallinaceae
Porolithon
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Class Polypodiopsida (Ferns)

Order Marattiales
Family Marattiaceae
Angiopteris
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Order Cyatheales
Family Dicksoniaceae
Dicksonia
Family Cyatheaceae
Cyathea

Order Gleicheniales
Family Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenia
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Order Polypodiales
Family Polypodiaceae
Platycerium
Aglaomorpha
Microsorum
Family Aspleniaceae
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Gymnosperms (Cone-Bearing Naked Seed Plants)

Order Auracariales
Family Araucariaceae
Araucaria
Wollemia
Pherosphaera

Order Cycadales
Family Stangeriaceae
Bowenia
Family Cycadaceae
Cycas

Angiosperms (Flowering Plants)

Order Fabales
Family Mimosaceae
Acacia
Erythrophleum
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Order Oxalidales
Family Cunoniaceae
Ceratopetalum
Callicoma
Elaeocarpus

Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Sorghum
Family Flagellariaceae
Flagellaria

Order Proteales
Family Proteaceae
Banksia
Hakea
Grevillea
Lambertia
…………………………Persoonia
…………………………Family Nelumbonaceae
…………………………Nelumbo

Order Fagales
Family Casuarinaceae
(Allo)Casuarina (she-oak)
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Order Rosales
Family Urticaceae
Dendrocnide
Family Rhamnaceae
Alphitonia
Family Moraceae
…………………………Ficus

Order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae
Alstonia
Cerbera
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Order Myrtales
Family Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus
Corymbia
Melaleuca
Calytrix
Angophora
…………………………Syncarpia
…………………………Leptospermum
…………………………Syzygium
…………………………Family Lythraceae
…………………………Sonneratia
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Order Arecales
Family Arecaceae
Livistona
Carpentaria
Licuala
Calamus
Normanbya
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Order Pandanales
Family Pandanaceae
Pandanus
Freycinetia
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Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae
Brachychiton
Family Bixaceae
Cochlospermum
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Order Asparagales
Family Asphodelaceae
Xanthorrhoea
Family Asparagaceae
Lomandra
Family Doryanthaceae
Doryanthes
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Order Ericales
Family Ericaceae
Sprengelia
Epacris
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Order Caryophyllales
Family Droseraceae
Drosera
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Order Lamiales
Family Acanthaceae
Avicennia
Family Lamiaceae
Westringia
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Order Zingiberales
Family Musaceae
Musa
Family Zingiberaceae
Alpinia
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Order Asterales
Family Goodeniaceae
Scaevola
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Order Solanales
Family Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea
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Order Alismatales
Family Araceae
Rhaphidophora
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Order Apiales
Family Araliaceae
Schefflera
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Order Malpighiales
Family Picodendraceae
Petalostigma
Family Rhizophoraceae
Rhizophora
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Order Nympheales
Family Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea
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