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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Dahlia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Dahlia apiculata (Sherff) P.D.Sørensen	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia atropurpurea P.D.Sørensen	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia australis (Sherff) P.D.Sørensen	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia brevis P.D.Sørensen	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia campanulata "Saar, P.D.Sørensen & Hjert."	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia cardiophylla S.F.Blake & Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia coccinea Cav.	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia congestifolia P.D.Sørensen	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia cordifolia (Sessé & Moc.) McVaugh	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia cuspidata "Saar, P.D.Sørensen & Hjert."	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia dissecta S.Watson	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia excelsa Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia foeniculifolia Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia hintonii Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia hjertingii H.V.Hansen & P.D.Sørensen	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia × hortensis Guillaumin	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia imperialis Roezl ex Ortgies	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia linearis Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia macdougallii Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia merckii Lehm.	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia mollis P.D.Sørensen	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia moorei Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia neglecta Saar	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia parvibracteata Saar & P.D.Sørensen	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia pinnata Cav.	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia pteropoda Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia purpusii Brandegee	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia rudis P.D.Sørensen	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia rupicola P.D.Sørensen	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia scapigera (A.Dietr.) Knowles & Westc.	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia scapigeroides Sherff	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia sherffii P.D.Sørensen	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia sorensenii H.V.Hansen & Hjert.	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia spectabilis Saar & P.D.Sørensen	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia tenuicaulis P.D.Sørensen	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia tenuifolia	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia tenuis Robinson & Greenm.	Accepted		TICA
Dahlia tubulata P.D.Sørensen	Accepted		TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 95 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Dahlia. Of these 38 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 30 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Dahlia. 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 95 species names for the genus Dahlia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	38	40.0%
◕	Synonym	39	41.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	18	18.9%

All names

The status of the 125 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Dahlia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	41	32.8%
◕	Synonym	66	52.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	18	14.4%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 4 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 95 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Dahlia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	36	23	0	0	59	62.1%
	Low confidence	2	16	0	18	36	37.9%

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