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The genus Evolvulus is in the family Convolvulaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Evolvulus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Evolvulus alopecuroides Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus arbuscula Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus argyreus Choisy	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus arizonicus A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus aurigenius Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus barbatus Meisn.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus brevifolius (Meisn.) Ooststr.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus cardiophyllus Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus chamaepitys Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus choapanus McDonald	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus chrysotrichos Meisn.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus convolvuloides (Willd. ex Schult.) Stearn	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus cordatus Moric.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus corumbaensis Hoehne	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus cressoides Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus elegans Moric.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus ericifolius Mart. ex Schrank	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus fieldii Ooststr.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus filipes Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus frankenioides Moric.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus genistoides Ooststr.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus glomeratus Nees & C. Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus grisebachii PETER	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus gypsophiloides Moric.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus hallierii Ooststr.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus hasslerianus Chodat	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus helianthemifolius (Poir.) Lourteig	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus helichrysoides Moric.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus herrerae Ooststr.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus incanus Pers.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus jacobinus Moric.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus lanatus Helwig	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus latifolius Ker Gawl.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus linarioides Meisn.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus linoides Moric.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus macroblepharis Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus magnus Helwig	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus maximiliani Mart. ex Choisy	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus minimus Ooststr.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus nuttallianus Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus ovatus Fernald	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus paniculatus (Bonpl.) Spreng.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus peruvianus Helwig	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus piurensis Ooststr.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus pohlii Meisn.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus prostratus B.L. Rob.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus pterocaulon Moric.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus purpusii Ooststr.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus pusillus Choisy	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus rariflorus (Meisn.) Ooststr.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus riedelii Meisn.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus rotundifolius (S. Watson) Hallier f.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus sericeus Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus serpylloides Meisn.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus siliceus Britton & P. Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus simplex Andersson	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus tenuis Mart. ex Choisy	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus tomentosus (Meisn.) Ooststr.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus villosissimus Ooststr.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus villosus Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		TRO
Evolvulus weberbaueri Helwig	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 224 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Evolvulus. Of these 63 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 81 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Evolvulus. 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 224 species names for the genus Evolvulus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	63	28.1%
◕	Synonym	108	48.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	53	23.7%

All names

The status of the 305 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Evolvulus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	86	28.2%
◕	Synonym	166	54.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	53	17.4%

The confidence with which the status of the 224 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Evolvulus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	63	108	0	0	171	76.3%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	53	53	23.7%

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