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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Eriocephalus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Eriocephalus africanus L.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus ambiguus (DC.) M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus aromaticus C.A.Sm.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus brevifolius (DC.) M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus capitellatus DC.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus decussatus Burch.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus dinteri S.Moore	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus ericoides (L.f.) Druce	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus eximius DC.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus giessii M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus glandulosus M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus grandiflorus M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus karooicus M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus kingesii Merxm. & Eberle	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus klinghardtensis M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus longifolius M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus luederitzianus O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus macroglossus B.Nord.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus merxmuelleri M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus microcephalus DC.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus microphyllus DC.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus namaquensis M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus pauperrimus Merxm. & Eberle	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus pedicellaris DC.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus pinnatus O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus punctulatus DC.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus purpureus Burch.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus racemosus L.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus scariosus DC.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus sericeus Gaudich.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus spinescens Burch.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus tenuifolius DC.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus tenuipes C.A.Sm.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus tuberculosus DC.	Accepted		TICA
Eriocephalus umbellatus Auct.	Accepted		TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 74 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Eriocephalus. Of these 35 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 15 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Eriocephalus. 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 Eriocephalus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	35	47.3%
◕	Synonym	33	44.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	8.1%

All names

The status of the 89 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Eriocephalus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	42	47.2%
◕	Synonym	41	46.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	6.7%

Of these names,

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

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

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	35	31	0	0	66	89.2%
	Low confidence	0	2	0	6	8	10.8%

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