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The genus Albuca is in the family Asparagaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Albuca

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Albuca abyssinica Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca acuminata Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca adlami Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca albucoides (Aiton) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca amboensis (Schinz) Oberm.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca amoena (Batt.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca arenosa J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca aurea Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca autumnula (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca barbata (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca batteniana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca bifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca bifoliata R.A.Dyer	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca boucheri U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca bracteata (Thunb.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca bruce-bayeri U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca buchananii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca canadensis (L.) F.M.Leight.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca candida (Oberm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca caudata Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca chlorantha Welw. ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca ciliaris U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca clanwilliamae-gloria U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca collina Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca concordiana Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca consanguinea (Kunth) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca cooperi Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca corymbosa Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca costatula (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca cremnophila van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca crinifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca crudenii Archibald	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca dalyae Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca darlingana U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca decipiens U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca dilucula (Oberm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca dinteri U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca donaldsonii Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca dyeri (Poelln.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca echinosperma U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca engleriana K.Krause & Dinter	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca etesiogaripensis U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca fastigiata Dryand.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca fibrotunicata Gledhill & Oyewole	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca flaccida Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca foetida U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca fragrans Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca gageoides K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca galeata Welw. ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca garuensis Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca gentilii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca gethylloides (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca glandulosa Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca glauca Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca glaucifolia (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca goswinii U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca hallii U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca hereroensis Schinz	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca hesquaspoortensis U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca homblei De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca humilis Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca juncifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca karachabpoortensis (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca karasbergensis Glover	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca karooica U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca katangensis De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca kirkii (Baker) Brenan	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca kirstenii (J.C.Manning & Goldblatt) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca knersvlaktensis (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca kundelungensis De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca leucantha U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca longifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca longipes Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca macowanii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca malangensis Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca massonii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca monarchos (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca monophylla Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca myogaloides Welw. ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca namaquensis Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca nana Schönland	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca nathoana (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca navicula U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca nelsonii N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca nigritana (Baker) Troupin	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca obtusa J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca osmynella (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca ovata (Thunb.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca papyracea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca paradoxa Dinter	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca paucifolia (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca pearsonii (F.M.Leight.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca pendula B.Mathew	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca pendulina (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca pentheri (Zahlbr.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca polyodontula (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca polyphylla Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca prasina (Ker Gawl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca prolifera J.H.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca psammophora (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca pulchra (Schinz) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca riebeekkasteelberganula U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca robertsoniana U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca rogersii Schönland	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca roodeae (E.Phillips) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca rupestris Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca sabulosa (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca scabrocostata (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca scabromarginata De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca schinzii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca schlechteri Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca schoenlandii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca secunda (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca seineri (Engl. & K.Krause) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca semipedalis Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca setosa Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca shawii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca somersetianum ined.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca spiralis L.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca stapffii (Schinz) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca steudneri Schweinf. & Engl.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca stricta Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca strigosula (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca stuetzeliana (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca suaveolens (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca subglandulosa (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca subspicata Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca sudanica A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca tenuifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca tenuis Knudtzon	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca thermarum van Jaarsv.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca tortuosa Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca toxicaria (C.Archer & R.H.Archer) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca trachyphylla U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca tubiformis (Oberm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca unifolia (Retz.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca unifoliata G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca variegata De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca villosa U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca virens (Lindl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca viscosa L.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca vittata Ker Gawl.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca volubilis (H.Perrier) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca watermeyeri (L.Bolus) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca weberlingiorum U.Müll.-Doblies	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca xanthocodon Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca yerburyi Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca zebrina Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Albuca zenkeri Engl.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 245 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Albuca. Of these 149 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Albuca. 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 245 species names for the genus Albuca recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	149	60.8%
◕	Synonym	85	34.7%
◕	Unplaced	10	4.1%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.4%

All names

The status of the 250 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Albuca recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	151	60.4%
◕	Synonym	88	35.2%
◕	Unplaced	10	4.0%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.4%

Of these names,

• 5 are recorded as invalid
• 8 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 245 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Albuca, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	149	84	0	0	233	95.1%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	1	10	1	12	4.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Albuca, are as follows: