Desert plants in families with names that start with the letters A-Z. Separate galleries exist for the large families Asphodelaceae, to which all genera of aloes belong, Asparagaceae / sub-family Agavoidae (for agaves, obviously), Crassulaceae, and Euphorbiaceae.

The gallery is sorted by caption, with caption first lines giving the family, followed by the binomial taxon (genus species), and second lines giving the year the shot was taken and a running image index.

A word of warning about my plant identifications, and plant taxonomy. I start with the name plaques or labels provided by the institution that owns the real plants. I proceed from there to do research on the internet, and possibly in printed reference books. The information on these tags is not always accurate. Misspellings occur, for example. Furthermore, plant taxonomy is in a state of flux. Genera get renamed, moved into and out of various families, clumped into a host of taxonomic sub-units. I'll try to provide the most current family, genus, and species names I can find, calling attention to instances where the info of the tags I show is clearly wrong or out of date. I welcome corrections by viewers who are more knowledgeable than I.