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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Hosta

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Hosta albofarinosa D.Q.Wang	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta capitata (Koidz.) Nakai	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta clausa Nakai	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta gracillima F.Maek.	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta hypoleuca Murata	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta jonesii M.G.Chung	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta kikutii F.Maek.	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta kiyosumiensis F.Maek.	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta longipes (Franch. & Sav.) Matsum.	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta longissima F.Maek.	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta minor (Baker) Nakai	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Asch.	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta pulchella N.Fujita	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta pycnophylla F.Maek.	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta rectifolia Nakai	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta rupifraga Nakai	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta shikokiana N.Fujita	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta sieboldiana (Hook.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta sieboldii (Paxton) J.W.Ingram	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta tsushimensis N.Fujita	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta ventricosa Stearn	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta venusta F.Maek.	Accepted		WCSP
Hosta yingeri S.B.Jones	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 93 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Hosta. Of these 23 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 160 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Hosta. 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 93 species names for the genus Hosta recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	23	24.7%
◕	Synonym	51	54.8%
◕	Unplaced	17	18.3%
◕	Unassessed	2	2.2%

All names

The status of the 253 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Hosta recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	34	13.4%
◕	Synonym	199	78.7%
◕	Unplaced	18	7.1%
◕	Unassessed	2	0.8%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 93 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Hosta, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	23	40	0	0	63	67.7%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	1.1%
	Low confidence	0	10	17	2	29	31.2%

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