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The genus Forsythia is in the family Oleaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Forsythia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Forsythia europaea Degen & Bald.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Forsythia giraldiana Lingelsh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Forsythia × intermedia Zabel	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Forsythia japonica Makino	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Forsythia koreana (Rehder) Nakai	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Forsythia likiangensis Ching & K.M.Feng	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Forsythia × mandschurica Uyeki	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Forsythia mira M.C.Chang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Forsythia ovata Nakai	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Forsythia saxatilis (Nakai) Nakai	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Forsythia togashii H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Forsythia velutina Nakai	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Forsythia viridissima Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 33 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Forsythia. Of these 13 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 34 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Forsythia. 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 33 species names for the genus Forsythia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	39.4%
◕	Synonym	19	57.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	3.0%

All names

The status of the 67 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Forsythia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	19.4%
◕	Synonym	53	79.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.5%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 33 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Forsythia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	13	16	0	0	29	87.9%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	3	0	1	4	12.1%

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