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Ambrosia

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ambrosia

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook. Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia acuminata (Brandegee) W.W.Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia ambrosioides (Cav.) W.W.Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia arborescens Mill. Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia artemisioides Meyen & Walp. Accepted L TICA
Ambrosia bidentata Michx. Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia bryantii (Curran) Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia camphorata (Greene) W.W.Payne Accepted L TICA
Ambrosia canescens A.Gray Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia carduacea (Greene) W.W.Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia chamissonis (Less.) Greene Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia cheiranthifolia A.Gray Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia (Benth.) W.W.Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia confertiflora DC. Accepted L TICA
Ambrosia cordifolia (A.Gray) W.W.Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia deltoidea (Torr.) W.W.Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia dentata (Cabrera) M.O.Dillon Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia divaricata (Brandegee) Payne Accepted L TICA
Ambrosia diversifolia (Piper) Rydb. Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia dumosa (A.Gray) W.W.Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia eriocentra (A.Gray) W.W.Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia flexuosa (A.Gray) W.W.Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia grayi (A.Nelson) Shinners Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia × helenae Rouleau Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia hispida Pursh Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia ilicifolia (A.Gray) W.W.Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia × intergradiens W.H.Wagner Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia johnstoniorum Henrickson Accepted L TICA
Ambrosia linearis (Rydb.) W.W.Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia magdalenae (Brandegee) W.W.Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia maritima L. Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia microcephala DC. Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia monogyra (Torr. & A.Gray) Strother & B.G.Baldwin Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia nivea (B.L.Rob. & Fernald) W.W.Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia pannosa W.W.Payne Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia peruviana Willd. Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia × platyspina (Seaman) Strother & B.G.Baldwin Accepted L TICA
Ambrosia polystachya DC. Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia psilostachya DC. Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia pumila (Nutt.) A.Gray Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia salsola (Torr. & A.Gray) Strother & B.G.Baldwin Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia scabra Hook. & Arn. Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia tacorensis Meyen Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia tarapacana Phil. Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia tenuifolia Spreng. Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia tomentosa Nutt. Accepted L TICA
Ambrosia trifida L. Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia velutina O.E.Schulz Accepted M TICA
Ambrosia villosissima Forssk. Accepted M TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 108 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ambrosia. Of these 50 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 34 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ambrosia. 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 108 species names for the genus Ambrosia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 50 46.3%
Synonym 43 39.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 15 13.9%

All names

The status of the 142 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ambrosia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 53 37.3%
Synonym 72 50.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 17 12.0%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 108 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ambrosia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 43 40 0 0 83 76.9%
Low confidence 7 3 0 15 25 23.1%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Ambrosia, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
TICA 50 43 0 15 0 108 100%