The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Xeranthemum

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Xeranthemum

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Xeranthemum annuum L. Accepted M TICA
Xeranthemum cylindraceum Sm. Accepted M TICA
Xeranthemum cylindricum Spreng. Accepted M TICA
Xeranthemum inapertum (L.) Mill. Accepted M TICA
Xeranthemum longepapposum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Accepted M TICA
Xeranthemum squarrosum Boiss. Accepted M TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 89 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Xeranthemum. Of these 6 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 4 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Xeranthemum. 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 89 species names for the genus Xeranthemum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 6 6.7%
Synonym 35 39.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 48 53.9%

All names

The status of the 93 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Xeranthemum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 6 6.5%
Synonym 39 41.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 48 51.6%

The confidence with which the status of the 89 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Xeranthemum, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 6 33 0 0 39 43.8%
Low confidence 0 2 0 48 50 56.2%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
TICA 6 35 0 48 0 89 100%