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The genus Abelia is in the family Caprifoliaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Abelia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Abelia angustifolia Bureau & Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia anhwensis Nakai	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia aschersoniana (Graebn.) Rehder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia biflora Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia brachystemon (Diels) Rehder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia buddleioides W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia cavaleriei H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia chinensis R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia chowii G.Hoo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia corymbosa Regel & Schmalh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia dielsii (Graebn.) Rehder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia engleriana (Graebn.) Rehder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia forrestii (Diels) W.W. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Abelia gracilenta W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia grandifolia Villarreal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia hersii Nakai	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia integrifolia Koidz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia ionandra Hayata	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia macrotera (Graebn. & Bruchw.) Rehder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia mexicana Villarreal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia mosanensis I.C.Chung ex Nakai	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia occidentalis Villarreal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia onkocarpa (Graebn.) Rehder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia parvifolia Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia serrata Siebold & Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia triflora R.Br. ex Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia tyaihyoni Nakai	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia umbellata (Graebn.) Rehder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Abelia uniflora R.Br. ex Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 68 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Abelia. Of these 30 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 29 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Abelia. 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 68 species names for the genus Abelia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	30	44.1%
◕	Synonym	30	44.1%
◕	Unplaced	4	5.9%
◕	Unassessed	4	5.9%

All names

The status of the 97 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Abelia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	38	39.2%
◕	Synonym	51	52.6%
◕	Unplaced	4	4.1%
◕	Unassessed	4	4.1%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 68 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Abelia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	29	24	0	0	53	77.9%
	Low confidence	1	6	4	4	15	22.1%

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