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The genus Lythrum is in the family Lythraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Lythrum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Lythrum acuminatum Willd.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum acutangulum Lag.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum adsurgens Greene	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum alatum Pursh	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1
Lythrum altissimum Pomel	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum americanum Mill.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum anatolicum Leblebici & Seçmen	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum austriacum Jacq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum axillare Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum baeticum Gonz.Albo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum bicolor Batt. & Pit.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum borysthenicum (M.Bieb. ex Schrank) Litv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum breviflorum (A. Gray) S. Watson	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum bryantii Brandegee	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum calcaratum Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum californicum Torr. & A. Gray	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum candollei (Koehne) Klokov	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum castiliae Greuter & Burdet	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum catinense Tornab.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum coccineum Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum cordifolium Moc. & Sessé	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum cordifolium Nieuwl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum cordifolium DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum curtissii Fernald	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum dacotanum Nieuwl.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum diffusum Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum divaricatum Schur	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum divaricatum Colla	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum elegans Schur	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum flagellare Shuttlew. ex Chapm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum flavum Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum flexicaule Schrenk	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum flexuosum Lag.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum glaucescens Schrenk	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum gracile Benth.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum gussonei C.Presl	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum hilanicum Klokov	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum hispidulum Koehne	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum hybridum Klokov	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum hypericoides Griff.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum hyssopifolia L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum hyssopifolium St.-Lag.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum hyssopifolium M.A.Curtis	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum junceum Banks & Sol.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum komarovii Murav.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum lineare L.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum linearifolium (A. Gray) Small	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum linifolium Kar.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum loiseleurii Rouy & E.G.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum lusitanicum Mill.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum lycioides Willd. ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum lydiae Sytin	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum lyratum Peter	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum maritimum Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum melanospermum Săvul. & Zahar.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum micranthum Kar. & Kir.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum microphyllum Kar. & Kir.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum monanthum Link ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum myrtifolium Lodd. ex G.Don	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum nanum Nyman	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum nanum Kar. & Kir.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum nummulariifolium Pers.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum nummulariifolium Loisel.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum ovalifolium (A. Gray) Engelm. ex Koehne	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum paradoxum Koehne	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum parviflorum Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum parvulum Nieuwl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum preslii Guss.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum punicifolium Cham. & Schltdl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum purpurascens Chatenier	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum purpureum Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum ramosum Perr. ex DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum repens Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum rivulare J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum rotundifolium Hochst. ex A. Rich.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum sagittifolium Sond.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum salicaria L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum salicarium St.-Lag.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum salzmannii Jord.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum sanfordii Greene	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum satureifolium DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum × scabrum Simonk.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum schelkovnikovii Sosn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum silenoides Boiss. & Noë	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum sophiae Klokov	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum subhastatum Ruiz & Pav.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum tenue Nieuwl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum theodorii Sosn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum thesioides M.Bieb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum thymifolia L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum thymifolium Sm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum thymifolium Boiss.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum tribracteatum Salzm. ex Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum virgatum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum virginicum J.Kenn. ex DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum virgultosum (DC.) Griseb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum volgense D.A.Webb	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum vulneraria Aiton ex Schrank	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Lythrum vulnerarium Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum wagneri Bunge ex Claus	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Lythrum wilsonii Hewson	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 180 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Lythrum. Of these 30 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 18 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Lythrum. 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 180 species names for the genus Lythrum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	30	16.7%
◕	Synonym	37	20.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	113	62.8%

All names

The status of the 198 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Lythrum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	31	15.7%
◕	Synonym	54	27.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	113	57.1%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 180 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Lythrum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	30	37	0	0	67	37.2%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	113	113	62.8%

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