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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Silybum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Silybum cernuum Ledeb.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Silybum eburneum Coss. & Durieu	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Silybum × gonzaloi "Cantó, Sánchez Mata & Rivas Mart."	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Silybum hispanicum Loscos & Pardo	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Silybum intermedium Willk.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Silybum leucanthum Jord. & Fourr.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Silybum squarrosum Tausch	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11

Statistics

The Plant List includes 21 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Silybum. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 4 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Silybum. 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 21 species names for the genus Silybum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	9.5%
◕	Synonym	12	57.1%
◕	Unplaced	1	4.8%
◕	Unassessed	6	28.6%

All names

The status of the 25 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Silybum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	8.0%
◕	Synonym	16	64.0%
◕	Unplaced	1	4.0%
◕	Unassessed	6	24.0%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 21 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Silybum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	2	12	0	0	14	66.7%
	Low confidence	0	0	1	6	7	33.3%

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