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The genus Hesperantha is in the family Iridaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Hesperantha

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Hesperantha acuta (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha alborosea Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha altimontana Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha bachmannii Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha ballii Wild	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha baurii Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha bifolia Baker	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha brevicaulis (Baker) G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha brevifolia Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha brevistyla Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha bulbifera Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha candida Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha cedarmontana Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha ciliolata Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha coccinea (Backh. & Harv.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha crocopsis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha cucullata Klatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha curvula Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha debilis Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha decipiens Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha elsiae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha erecta (Baker) Benth. ex Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha exiliflora Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha falcata (L.f.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha fibrosa Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha flava G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha flexuosa Klatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha glabrescens Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha glareosa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha gracilis Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha grandiflora G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha hantamensis Schltr. ex R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha helmei Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha humilis Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha hutchingsiae Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha huttonii (Baker) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha hygrophila Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha inconspicua (Baker) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha ingeliensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha juncifolia Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha karooica Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha lactea Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha latifolia (Klatt) M.P.de Vos	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha leucantha Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha lithicola J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha longicollis Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha longistyla J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha longituba (Klatt) Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha luticola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha malvina Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha marlothii R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha minima (Baker) R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha modesta Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha montigena Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha muirii (L.Bolus) G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha namaquana Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha oligantha (Diels) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha pallescens Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha pauciflora G.J.Lewis	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha petitiana (A.Rich.) Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha pilosa (L.f.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha pseudopilosa Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha pubinervia Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha pulchra Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha purpurea Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha quadrangula Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha radiata (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha ramosa Eckl.	Unresolved		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha rivulicola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha rupestris N.E.Br. ex R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha rupicola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha saldanhae Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha saxicola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha schelpeana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha schlechteri (Baker) R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha scopulosa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha similis N.E.Br. ex R.C.Foster	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha spicata (Burm.f.) N.E.Br.	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23	2
Hesperantha stenosiphon Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha sufflava Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha teretifolia Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha truncatula Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha umbricola Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha vaginata (Sweet) Goldblatt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha vernalis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23
Hesperantha woodii Baker	Accepted		iPlants	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 175 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Hesperantha. Of these 84 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 15 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Hesperantha. 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 175 species names for the genus Hesperantha recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	84	48.0%
◕	Synonym	89	50.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	1.1%

All names

The status of the 190 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Hesperantha recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	86	45.3%
◕	Synonym	102	53.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	1.1%

Of the species names,

• 6 are recorded as invalid
• 7 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 175 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Hesperantha, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	84	87	0	0	171	97.7%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	1.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	2	2	1.1%

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