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The genus Cosmos is in the family Compositae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cosmos

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cosmos atrosanguineus (Hook.) Voss	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos carvifolius Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos caudatus Kunth	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos concolor Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos crithmifolius Kunth	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos dahlioides	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos deficiens (Sherff) Melchert	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos diversifolius Otto	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos gracilis Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos herzogii Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos intercedens Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos jaliscensis Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos juxtlahuacensis Panero & Villaseñor	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos landii Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos langlassei (Sherff) Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos linearifolius (Sch.Bip.) Hemsl.	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos longipetiolatus Melchert	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos mattfeldii Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos mcvaughii Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos microcephalus Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos modestus Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos montanus Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos nelsonii B.L.Rob. & Fernald	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos nitidus Paray	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos ochroleucoflorus Melchert	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos pacificus Melchert	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos palmeri B.L.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos parviflorus (Jacq.) Pers.	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos peucedanifolius Wedd.	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos pringlei B.L.Rob. & Fernald	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos purpureus (DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl.	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos scabiosoides Kunth	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos schaffneri Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos scherfii Melchert	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos sessilis Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos sherffii Melchert	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos steenisiae Veldkamp	Accepted		TICA
Cosmos sulphureus Cav.	Accepted		TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 74 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cosmos. Of these 39 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 28 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cosmos. 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 74 species names for the genus Cosmos recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	39	52.7%
◕	Synonym	25	33.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	13.5%

All names

The status of the 102 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cosmos recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	42	41.2%
◕	Synonym	50	49.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	9.8%

Of these names,

• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 74 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cosmos, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	37	24	0	0	61	82.4%
	Low confidence	2	1	0	10	13	17.6%

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