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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Liatris

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Liatris acidota Engelm. & A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Liatris aestivalis G.L.Nesom & O'Kennon	Accepted		TICA
Liatris aspera Michx.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris × boykinii Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Liatris bracteata Gaiser	Accepted		TICA
Liatris chapmanii Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Liatris cokeri Pyne & Stucky	Accepted		TICA
Liatris compacta (Torr. & A.Gray) Rydb.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris × creditonensis Gaiser	Accepted		TICA
Liatris cylindracea Michx.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris cymosa K.Schum.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris elegans (Walter) Michx.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris elegantula (Greene) K.Schum.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris fallacior (Lunell) Rydb.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris × freemaniana J.R.Allison	Accepted		TICA
Liatris garberi A.Gray	Accepted		TICA
Liatris gholsonii L.C.Anderson	Accepted		TICA
Liatris glandulosa G.L.Nesom & O'Kennon	Accepted		TICA
Liatris gracilis Pursh	Accepted		TICA
Liatris helleri Porter	Accepted		TICA
Liatris hirsuta Rydb.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris laevigata Nutt.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris lancifolia (Greene) Kittell	Accepted		TICA
Liatris ligulistylis (A.Nelson) K.Schum.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris × macdanieliana J.R.Allison	Accepted		TICA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K.Schum.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris mucronata DC.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris ohlingerae (S.F.Blake) B.L.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris oligocephala J.R.Allison	Accepted		TICA
Liatris patens G.L.Nesom & Kral	Accepted		TICA
Liatris pauciflora Pursh	Accepted		TICA
Liatris pilosa (Aiton) Willd.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris provincialis R.K.Godfrey	Accepted		TICA
Liatris punctata Hook.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris pycnostachya Michx.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris × ridgwayi Standl.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris savannensis Kral & G.L.Nesom	Accepted		TICA
Liatris scariosa (L.) Willd.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris spheroidea Michx.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris spicata (L.) Willd.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris squarrulosa Michx.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris tenuifolia Nutt.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris tenuis Shinners	Accepted		TICA
Liatris virgata Nutt.	Accepted		TICA
Liatris × weaveri Shinners	Accepted		TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 140 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Liatris. Of these 46 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 47 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Liatris. 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 140 species names for the genus Liatris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	46	32.9%
◕	Synonym	30	21.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	64	45.7%

All names

The status of the 187 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Liatris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	60	32.1%
◕	Synonym	62	33.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	65	34.8%

Of these names,

• 17 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 140 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Liatris, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	38	21	0	0	59	42.1%
	Low confidence	8	9	0	64	81	57.9%

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