A-to-Z List of Essential Oils by their Botanical Family:
Essential oils have been studied, classified, or categories by their botanical family for years. These groupings help to distinguish fundamentals that closely or uniformaly resemble each other in general appearance and technical character.
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Adoxaceae, commonly known as moschatel family, is a small family of flowering plants in the order Dipsacales, now consisting of five genera and about 150–200 species.
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Anacardiaceae is commonly known as the cashew family or sumac family, are a family of flowering plants trees or shrubs.
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The Annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family.
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Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers.
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The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales.
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Cupressaceae is a conifer family, the cypress family which include the junipers and redwoods, with a
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The flowering plant family Lamiaceae ( LAY-mee-AY-see-e(y)e) or Labiatae commonly known as the mint, deadnettle, or sage family:
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The flowering plant family Lauraceae, the laurels, includes the true laurel and its closest relatives.
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Malvaceae, the hibiscus, or mallow, family (order Malvales) containing some 243 genera and at least 4225 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees.
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Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of shrubs and trees, in the order Myrtales.
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Pinaceae are conifer trees or shrubs, including many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as cedars, firs, hemlocks, larches, pines and spruces.
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The Rutaceae is a family, commonly known as the rue or citrus family, of flowering plants, usually placed in the order Sapindales.
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The Thymelaeaceae represent a species of medium-sized family of mostly shrubs and small trees which are found in a variety of habitats around the world; mostly south of latitude 40° North.
