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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Osteospermum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Osteospermum acanthospermum (DC.) Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum aciphyllum DC.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum armatum Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum asperulum (DC.) Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum attenuatum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum australe B.Nord.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum bidens Thunb.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum bolusii (Compton) Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum burttianum B.Nord.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum ciliatum P.J.Bergius	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum corymbosum L.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum ecklonis (DC.) Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum elsieae Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum fruticosum (L.) Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum glabrum N.E.Br.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum grandidentatum DC.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum grandiflorum DC.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum hafstroemii Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum herbaceum L.f.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum hirsutum Thunb.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum hispidum Harv.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum imbricatum L.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum jucundum (E.Phillips) Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum junceum P.J.Bergius	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum karooicum (Bolus) Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum lanceolatum DC.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum leptolobum (Harv.) Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum microcarpum (Harv.) Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum microphyllum DC.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum montanum Klatt	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum muricatum E.Mey. ex DC.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum pinnatum (Thunb.) Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum polygaloides L.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum potbergense A.R.Wood & B.Nord.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum pterigoideum Klatt	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum pyrifolium Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum rigidum Aiton	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum rotundifolium (DC.) Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum sinuatum (DC.) Norl.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum spinescens Thunb.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum spinosum L.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum striatum Burtt Davy	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum subulatum DC.	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum thodei Markötter	Accepted		TICA
Osteospermum triquetrum L.f.	Accepted		TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 182 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Osteospermum. Of these 45 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 35 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Osteospermum. 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 182 species names for the genus Osteospermum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	45	24.7%
◕	Synonym	95	52.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	42	23.1%

All names

The status of the 217 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Osteospermum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	56	25.8%
◕	Synonym	119	54.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	42	19.4%

Of these names,

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

The confidence with which the status of the 182 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Osteospermum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	45	90	0	0	135	74.2%
	Low confidence	0	5	0	42	47	25.8%

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