The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Scolymus

The genus Scolymus is in the family Compositae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Scolymus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Scolymus annuus Gérard ex Steud. Unresolved L TICA 2012-02-11
Scolymus giganteus Roem. Accepted M TICA 2012-02-11
Scolymus grandiflorus Desf. Accepted M TICA 2012-02-11
Scolymus hispanicus L. Accepted M TICA 2012-02-11
Scolymus maculatus L. Accepted M TICA 2012-02-11
Scolymus perennis Gérard ex Steud. Unresolved L TICA 2012-02-11

Statistics

The Plant List includes 19 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Scolymus. Of these 4 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Scolymus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 19 species names for the genus Scolymus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 4 21.1%
Synonym 13 68.4%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 10.5%

All names

The status of the 24 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Scolymus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 4 16.7%
Synonym 18 75.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 8.3%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 19 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Scolymus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 4 13 0 0 17 89.5%
Low confidence 0 0 0 2 2 10.5%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Scolymus is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
TICA 4 13 0 2 0 19 100%