The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Silybum

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Silybum

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Silybum eburneum Coss. & Durieu Accepted M TICA
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. Accepted M TICA
Silybum morianum Gaertn. Accepted L TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 14 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Silybum. Of these 3 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Silybum. 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 14 species names for the genus Silybum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 3 21.4%
Synonym 5 35.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 6 42.9%

All names

The status of the 16 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Silybum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 3 18.8%
Synonym 7 43.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 6 37.5%

The confidence with which the status of the 14 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Silybum, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 2 5 0 0 7 50.0%
Low confidence 1 0 0 6 7 50.0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
TICA 3 5 0 6 0 14 100%