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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Helianthus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Helianthus agrestis Pollard	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus ambiguus Britton	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus angustifolius L.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus annuus L.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus anomalus S.F.Blake	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus argophyllus Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus arizonensis R.C.Jacks.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus atrorubens L.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus bolanderi A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus brevifolius E.Watson	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus californicus DC.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus carnosus Small	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus ciliaris DC.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus cinereus Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus cusickii A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus debilis Nutt.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus deserticola Heiser	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus divaricatus L.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus × divariserratus R.W.Long	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus doronicoides Lam.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus exilis A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus floridanus A.Gray ex Chapm.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus giganteus L.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus glaucophyllus D.M.Sm.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus glaucus Small	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus gracilentus A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus grosseserratus M.Martens	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus heterophyllus Nutt.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus hirsutus Raf.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus × intermedius R.W.Long	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus laciniatus A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus × laetiflorus Pers.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus laevigatus Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus longifolius Pursh	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus × luxurians (E.Watson) E.Watson	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus maximiliani Schrad.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus multiflorus L.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus navarri Phil.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus neglectus Heiser	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus niveus (Benth.) Brandegee	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus nuttallii Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus occidentalis Riddell	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus orgyaloides Cockerell	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus paradoxus Heiser	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus pauciflorus Nutt.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus petiolaris Nutt.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus porteri (A.Gray) Pruski	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus praecox Engelm. & A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus praetermissus E.Watson	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus pumilus Nutt.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus radula (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus resinosus Small	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus salicifolius A.Dietr.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus schweinitzii Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus silphioides Nutt.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus simulans E.Watson	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus smithii Heiser	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus subcanescens (A.Gray) E.Watson	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus tuberosus L.	Accepted		TICA
Helianthus × verticillatus E.Watson	Accepted		TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 364 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Helianthus. Of these 60 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 74 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Helianthus. 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 364 species names for the genus Helianthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	60	16.5%
◕	Synonym	135	37.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	169	46.4%

All names

The status of the 438 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Helianthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	78	17.8%
◕	Synonym	189	43.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	171	39.0%

Of these names,

• 17 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 364 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Helianthus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	56	118	0	0	174	47.8%
	Low confidence	4	17	0	169	190	52.2%

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