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Sonchus

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sonchus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Sonchus acaulis Dum.Cours. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus afromontanus R.E.Fr. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus angustissimus Hook.f. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus araraticus Nazarova & Barsegyan Accepted M TICA
Sonchus arboreus DC. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus arenicola Vorosch. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus arvensis L. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus asper (L.) Hill Accepted M TICA
Sonchus bipontini Asch. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus bornmuelleri Pit. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus bourgeaui Sch.Bip. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus brachylobus Webb & Berthel. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus brachyotus DC. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus briquetianus Gand. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus bulbosus (L.) N.Kilian & Greuter Accepted M TICA
Sonchus bupleuroides (Font Quer) N.Kilian & Greuter Accepted M TICA
Sonchus camporum (R.E.Fr.) Boulos ex C.Jeffrey Accepted M TICA
Sonchus canariensis (Sch.Bip.) Boulos Accepted M TICA
Sonchus capillaris Svent. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus congestus Willd. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus daltonii Webb Accepted M TICA
Sonchus denticulato-lanceolata Kitam. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus denticulato-platyphylla (Makino) Kitam. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus dregeanus DC. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus esperanzae N.Kilian & Greuter Accepted M TICA
Sonchus fauces-orci Knoche Accepted M TICA
Sonchus filifolius N.Kilian & Greuter Accepted M TICA
Sonchus fragilis Ball Accepted M TICA
Sonchus friesii Boulos Accepted M TICA
Sonchus fruticosus L.f. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus gandogeri Pit. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus gigas Boulos ex Humbert Accepted M TICA
Sonchus gomerensis Boulos Accepted M TICA
Sonchus gummifer Link Accepted M TICA
Sonchus hierrensis (Pit.) Boulos Accepted M TICA
Sonchus hydrophilus Boulos Accepted M TICA
Sonchus integrifolius Harv. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus jacottetianus Thell. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin Accepted M TICA
Sonchus leptocephalus Cass. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus lidii Boulos Accepted M TICA
Sonchus lingianus C.Shih Accepted M TICA
Sonchus luxurians (R.E.Fr.) C.Jeffrey Accepted M TICA
Sonchus macrocarpus Boulos & C.Jeffrey Accepted M TICA
Sonchus malaianus Miq. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus maritimus L. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus masguindalii Pau & Font Quer Accepted M TICA
Sonchus mauritanicus Boiss. & Reut. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus melanolepis Fresen. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus microcarpus (Boulos) U.Reifenb. & A.Reifenb. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus obtusilobus R.E.Fr. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus oleraceus (L.) L. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus palmensis (Sch.Bip.) Boulos Accepted M TICA
Sonchus palustris L. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus pendulus (Sch.Bip.) Sennikov Accepted M TICA
Sonchus pinnatifidus Cav. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus pinnatus Aiton Accepted M TICA
Sonchus pitardii Boulos Accepted M TICA
Sonchus platylepis Webb & Berthel. Accepted L TICA
Sonchus pustulatus Willk. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus radicatus Aiton Accepted M TICA
Sonchus regis-jubae Pit. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus schweinfurthii Oliv. & Hiern Accepted M TICA
Sonchus sosnowskyi Schchian Accepted M TICA
Sonchus spachii Schweinf. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus spicatus Lam. Accepted L TICA
Sonchus stenophyllus R.E.Fr. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus suberosus Zohary & P.H.Davis Accepted M TICA
Sonchus tectifolius Svent. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus tenerrimus L. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus transcaspicus Nevski Accepted M TICA
Sonchus tuberifer Svent. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus uliginosus M.Bieb. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus ustulatus Lowe Accepted M TICA
Sonchus webbii Sch.Bip. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus wightianus DC. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus wildpretii U.Reifenb. & A.Reifenb. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus wilmsii R.E.Fr. Accepted M TICA
Sonchus yendoi Kitam. Accepted M TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 452 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sonchus. Of these 79 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 106 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sonchus. 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 452 species names for the genus Sonchus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 79 17.5%
Synonym 183 40.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 190 42.0%

All names

The status of the 558 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sonchus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 92 16.5%
Synonym 275 49.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 191 34.2%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 452 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sonchus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 77 168 0 0 245 54.2%
Low confidence 2 15 0 190 207 45.8%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
TICA 79 183 0 190 0 452 100%