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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Xeranthemum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Xeranthemum annuum L.	Accepted		TICA
Xeranthemum cylindraceum Sm.	Accepted		TICA
Xeranthemum cylindricum Spreng.	Accepted		TICA
Xeranthemum inapertum (L.) Mill.	Accepted		TICA
Xeranthemum longepapposum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.	Accepted		TICA
Xeranthemum squarrosum Boiss.	Accepted		TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 89 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Xeranthemum. Of these 6 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 4 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Xeranthemum. 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 89 species names for the genus Xeranthemum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	6	6.7%
◕	Synonym	35	39.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	48	53.9%

All names

The status of the 93 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Xeranthemum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	6	6.5%
◕	Synonym	39	41.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	48	51.6%

The confidence with which the status of the 89 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Xeranthemum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	6	33	0	0	39	43.8%
	Low confidence	0	2	0	48	50	56.2%

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