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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Elephantopus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Elephantopus angolensis O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus arenarius Britton & P.Wilson ex Britton	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus arenosus Krasch.	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus biflorus (Less.) Sch.Bip.	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus carolinianus Raeusch.	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus dilatatus Gleason	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus elongatus Gardner	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus erectus Gleason	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus hirtiflorus DC.	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus mendoncae Philipson	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus micropappus Less.	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus mollis Kunth	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus multisetus O.Hoffm. ex T.Durand & De Wild.	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus nudatus A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus palustris Gardner	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus piauiensis R.Barros & Semir	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus pratensis C.Wright	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus racemosus Gardner	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus riparius Gardner	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus scaber L.	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus senegalensis (Klatt) Oliv. & Hiern	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus spicatus B.Juss. ex Aubl.	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus tomentosus L.	Accepted		TICA
Elephantopus virgatus Desv. ex Ham.	Accepted		TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 73 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Elephantopus. Of these 25 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 29 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Elephantopus. 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 73 species names for the genus Elephantopus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	25	34.2%
◕	Synonym	40	54.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	8	11.0%

All names

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

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	27	26.5%
◕	Synonym	67	65.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	8	7.8%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 7 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 73 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Elephantopus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	25	32	0	0	57	78.1%
	Low confidence	0	8	0	8	16	21.9%

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