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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Liatris

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Liatris acidota Engelm. & A.Gray	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris aestivalis G.L.Nesom & O'Kennon	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris alata (Nelson) Schumann	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris alata (A.Nelson) K.Schum.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris angustifolia (Bush) Gaiser	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris aspera Michx.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris borealis Nutt. ex J.McNab	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris borealis Paxton	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris botrys Raf.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × boykinii Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris bracteata Gaiser	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris chapmanii Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris cokeri Pyne & Stucky	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × creditonensis Gaiser	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris cylindracea Michx.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris cymosa K.Schum.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris cymosa (Nessel) Schumann	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × deamii (Lunell) Shinners	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris densispicata (Bush) Gaiser	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris elegans (Walter) Michx.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris elegantula (Greene) K.Schum.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris fallacior (Lunell) Rydb.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × freemaniana J.R.Allison	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × frostii Gaiser	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris garberi A.Gray	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris gholsonii L.C.Anderson	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × gladewitzii (Farw.) Farw. ex Shinners	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × gladewitzii (Farw.) Farw.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris glandulosa G.L.Nesom & O'Kennon	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris gracilis Pursh.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris gracilis Pursh	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris haled (Small) Schumann	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris halei (Small) K.Schum.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris helleri (Porter) Porter	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris heterophylla R.Br.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris heterophylla R.Br.Aiton	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris hirsutissima Poir. ex Steud.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × johnsonii M. White	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Liatris laevigata (Nutt.) Nutt.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris lanceolata Bertol.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris lancifolia (Greene) Kittell	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris ligulistylis (A.Nelson) K.Schum.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris ligulistylis A.Nelson	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × macdanieliana J.R.Allison	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris macrostachya Michx.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris magnifica Hort.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris microcephala (Small) K.Schum.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris mucronata Torr. & A.Gray	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris mucronata DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris nervata (Greene) K.Schum.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × nieuwlandii (Lunell) Gaiser	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris ohlingerae (S.F.Blake) B.L.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris oligocephala J.R.Allison	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × orzellii G.L. Nesom	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Liatris paniculata (J.F.Gmel.) Willd.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris patens G.L.Nesom & Kral	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris pauciflora Pursh.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris pauciflora Pursh	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris pilosa (Aiton) Willd.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × platylepis (Schumann) Small	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris provincialis R.K.Godfrey	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris punctata Hook.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	1
Liatris pycnostachya Michx.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	2
Liatris pycnostachya Michaux	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris regimontis (Small) Schumann	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris resinosa DC.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × ridgwayi Standl.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris savannensis Kral & G.L.Nesom	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris scariosa (L.) Willd.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	1
Liatris × serotina (Greene) Schumann	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris sessiliflora Bertol.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris sphaeroides Michx.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris spheroidea Michx.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × spheroidea Michaux	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris spicata (L.) Willd.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	1
Liatris squarrosa (L.) Willd.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris squarrulosa Michx.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × steelei Gaiser	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × stellei Gaiser	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris stricta Macnab	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris tenuifolia Nutt.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris tenuis Shinners	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris vittata (Greene) K.Schum.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Liatris × weaveri Shinners	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11

Statistics

The Plant List includes 236 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Liatris. Of these 50 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 88 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Liatris. 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 236 species names for the genus Liatris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	50	21.2%
◕	Synonym	143	60.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	43	18.2%

All names

The status of the 324 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Liatris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	54	16.7%
◕	Synonym	224	69.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	46	14.2%

Of the species names,

• 39 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 236 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Liatris, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	43	94	0	0	137	58.1%
	Low confidence	7	49	0	43	99	41.9%

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