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Eriocephalus

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

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

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

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:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
TICA 35 32 0 6 0 73 98.6%
Tropicos 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.4%