The most important families are:
- Brassicas (they have buds; cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussel sprouts...)
- Legumes-Fabaceae or Leguminosae (they have a pod that contains seeds; alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, lentils, lupins, mesquite, carob, soybeans, peanuts...)
- Apiaceae (carrot family, root crops; angelica, anise, arracacha, asafoetida, caraway, carrot, celery, Centella asiatica, chervil, cicely, coriander/cilantro, cumin, dill..)
- Curcurbit-Cucurbitaceae (cucumber family; cucumber, pumpkins, luffas, and watermelons...)
- Solanum (Most parts of the plants, especially the green parts and unripe fruit, are poisonous to humans (although not necessarily to other animals), but many species in the genus bear some edible parts, such as fruits, leaves, or tubers. Several species are cultivated, including three globally important food crops:
- Tomato, S. lycopersicum (they do not grow tubers ant the tomatoes are edible)
- Potato, S. tuberosum (the tomatoe/berries that grow in the potato plant are poisonous)
- Eggplant, S. melongena (the tomatoes (aubergines i.e.) are edible)
- Rosaceae (rose family, the seeds look quite similar in all of them; apples, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches, pears,raspberries, strawberries, rose...)
- Polygonaceae (leaves are somehow triangular, the seeds are pyramidal; rhubarb, buckwheat, sorrels, ...)
- Asteraceae - Thistle (aster means star in greek, its name its related to the inflorescence star form; daisies, fleabane, chrysanthemums, dahlias, zinnias, globe artichoke, sowthistle, hawkweed, dandelion...)
- Amaryllidaceae - Allium (bulbous flowering plant; onion, garlic, leeks, tulips, lily, ....)
- Poaceae/Gramineae (grass family; wheat, ryegrass, oats, bamboos, thatch, ...)
- Rubiaceae (coffee family; coffee, quinine, ...)
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