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The genus Euonymus is in the family Celastraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Euonymus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Euonymus acanthocarpus Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus acanthoxanthus Pit.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus actinocarpus Loes.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus aculeatus Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus aculeolus C.Y.Cheng ex J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus acuminifolius Blakelock	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Siebold	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus americanus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus angulatus Wight	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus attenuatus Wall. ex M.A.Lawson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus australianus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus balansae Sprague	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus barberi Murugan & Manickam	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus benguetensis Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus benthamii Lundell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus bockii Loes. ex Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus boninensis Koidz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus bullatus Wall. ex Lodd	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus carnosus Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus castaneifolius Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus centidens H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus chenmoui W.C.Cheng	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus chiapensis Lundell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus chloranthoides Y.C.Yang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus chui Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus clivicolus W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus cochinchinensis Pierre	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus congolensis R.Wilczek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus cornutus Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus corymbosus Sprague & Bullock	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus costaricensis Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus crenulatus Wall. ex Wight & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus darrisii Loes.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus dichotomus B.Heyne ex Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus dielsianus Loes. ex Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus distichus H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus dolichopus Merr. ex J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus eberhardtii Tardieu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus echinatus Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus elaeodendroides Loes.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus enantiophyllus (Donn.Sm.) Lundell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus europaeus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus euscaphis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus ficoides C.Y.Cheng ex J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus fimbriatus Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus frigidus Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus fusiformis R.Parker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus gibber Hance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus giraldii Loes.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus glaber Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus glandulosus (Merr.) Ding Hou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus globularis Ding Hou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus gracillimus Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus grandiflorus Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus hainanensis W.Y.Chun & F.C.How	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus hamiltonianus Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus hederaceus Champ. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus huae J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus huangii H.Y.Li & Yuen P.Yang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus hukuangensis C.Y.Cheng ex J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus hupehensis (Loes.) Loes.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus impressus Blakelock	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus indicus B.Heyne ex Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus japonicus Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus jinyangensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus kachinensis Prain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus kanyakumariensis Murugan & Manickam	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus kengmaensis C.Y.Cheng ex J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus kweichowensis C.H.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus lanceolatus Yatabe	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus latifolius (L.) Mill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus lawsonii C.B.Clarke ex Prain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus laxicymosus C.Y.Cheng ex J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus laxiflorus Champ. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus leishanensis Q.H.Chen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus lichiangensis W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus lucidus D.Don	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus lutchuensis Ito	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus maackii Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus macrocarpus Gamble ex Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus macropterus Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus maximowiczianus (Prokh.) Vorosch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus melananthus Franch. & Sav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus mexicanus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus microcarpus (Oliv. ex Loes.) Sprague	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus moluccensis Blakelock ex Ding Hou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus myrianthus Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus nanoides Loes. & Rehder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus nanus M.Bieb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus nitidus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus occidentalis Nutt. ex Torr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus oxyphyllus Miq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus pallidifolius Hayata	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus parasimilis C.Y.Cheng ex J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus percoriaceus C.Y.Wu ex J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus petelotii Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus phellomana Loes. ex Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus phellomanus Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Euonymus pittosporoides C.Y.Cheng ex J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus pleurostylioides (Loes.) H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus potingensis Chun & F.C.How ex J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus prismatomerioides C.Y.Wu ex J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus pseudovagans Pit.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus recurvans Miq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus rehderianus Loes.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus revolutus Wight	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus rothschuhii Loes.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus sachalinensis (F.Schmidt) Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus sanguineus Loes. ex Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus schensianus Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus semenovii Regel & Herder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus serratifolius Bedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus sootepensis Craib	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus spraguei Hayata	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus stenophyllus J.W.Ren	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus subcordatus J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus subsulcatus Prain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus szechuanensis C.H.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus tashiroi Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus tenuiserratus C.Y.Cheng ex J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus ternifolius Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus theacolus C.Y.Cheng ex T.L.Xu & Q.H.Chen.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus theifolius Wall. ex M.A.Lawsen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus tibeticus W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus tingens Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus tonkinensis (Loes.) Loes.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus tsoi Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus vaganoides C.Y.Cheng ex J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus vagans Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus velutinus (E.Mey.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus venosus Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus verrucocarpus C.Y.Cheng ex J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus verrucosoides Loes.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus verrucosus Scop.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus viburnoides Prain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus walkeri Wight	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus wilsonii Sprague	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus wrayi King	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus wui J.S.Ma	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus yakushimensis Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Euonymus yunnanensis Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 445 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Euonymus. Of these 142 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 180 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Euonymus. 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 445 species names for the genus Euonymus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	142	31.9%
◕	Synonym	278	62.5%
◕	Unplaced	10	2.2%
◕	Unassessed	15	3.4%

All names

The status of the 625 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Euonymus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	144	23.0%
◕	Synonym	453	72.5%
◕	Unplaced	10	1.6%
◕	Unassessed	18	2.9%

Of these names,

• 20 are recorded as invalid
• 15 are recorded as illegitimate

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 445 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Euonymus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	139	258	0	0	397	89.2%
	Low confidence	3	20	10	15	48	10.8%

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