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The genus Chloris is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Chloris

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Chloris affinis Caro & E.A.Sánchez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris amethystea Hochst.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris andropogonoides E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris anomala B.S.Sun & Z.H.Hu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris arenaria C.L.Hitchc. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris barbata Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris berazainiae Catasús	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris berroi Arechav.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris boivinii A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris boliviensis Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris bournei Rang. & Tadul.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris × brevispica Nash	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Chloris burmensis D.E.Anderson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris campulodes Trin. ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris canterae Arechav.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Chloris castilloniana Parodi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris ciliata Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris clementis Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris cruciata (L.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris cubensis C.L.Hitchc. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris cucullata Bisch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris diluta Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris divaricata R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris ekmanii C.L.Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris elata Desv.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris emarginata P.Beauv.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris exilis Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris filiformis (Vahl) Poir.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris flabellata (Hack.) Launert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris formosana (Honda) Keng	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris gayana Kunth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris halophila Parodi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris humbertiana A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris jubaensis Cope	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris lamproparia Stapf	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris lobata Lazarides	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris longibarba Michx. ex P.Beauv.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris mearnsii Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris mensensis (Schweinf.) Cufod.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris montana Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris mossambicensis K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris obtusifolia Trin.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris orthonoton Döll	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris paniculata Scribn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris parvispicula Caro & E.A.Sánchez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris pectinata Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris penicillata (Vahl) Pers.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris pilosa Schumach. & Thonn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris pumilio R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris pycnothrix Trin.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris quinquesetica Bhide	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris radiata (L.) Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris robusta Stapf	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris roxburghiana Schult.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris ruahensis Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris rufescens Lag.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris sagrana A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris scariosa P.Beauv.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris sesquiflora Burkart	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris subdolichostachya C.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris × subdolichostachya Müll. Hal.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Chloris submutica Kunth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris suringarii C.L.Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris texensis Nash	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris truncata R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris ventricosa R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris verticillata Nutt.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris virgata Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris wightiana Nees ex Steud.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Chloris woodii Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 197 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Chloris. Of these 63 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 51 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Chloris. 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 197 species names for the genus Chloris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	63	32.0%
◕	Synonym	126	64.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	8	4.1%

All names

The status of the 248 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Chloris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	64	25.8%
◕	Synonym	176	71.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	8	3.2%

Of the species names,

• 17 are recorded as invalid
• 19 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 197 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Chloris, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	62	122	0	0	184	93.4%
	Medium confidence	1	3	0	0	4	2.0%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	8	9	4.6%

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