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The genus Eriophorum is in the family Cyperaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Eriophorum

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum × beringianum Raymond	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum brachyantherum Trautv. & C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum callitrix Cham. ex C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum chamissonis C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum comosum (Wall.) Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum crinigerum (A.Gray) Beetle	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum × fellowsii (Fernald) M.S.Novos.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum gracile Koch	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum × gracilifolium M.S.Novos.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum humile Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum × medium Andersson	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum microstachyum Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum × polystachiovaginatum Beauverd	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum polystachyon L.	Accepted		TRO
Eriophorum × pylaieanum Raymond	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum × rousseauianum Raymond	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum russeolum Fr.	Accepted		TRO
Eriophorum scabriculme (Beetle) Raymond	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum tolmatchevii M.S.Novos.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum transiens Raymond	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum vaginatum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum virginicum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriophorum viridicarinatum (Engelm.) Fernald	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 93 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Eriophorum. Of these 27 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 94 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Eriophorum. 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 93 species names for the genus Eriophorum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	27	29.0%
◕	Synonym	56	60.2%
◕	Unplaced	8	8.6%
◕	Unassessed	2	2.2%

All names

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

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	30	16.0%
◕	Synonym	147	78.6%
◕	Unplaced	8	4.3%
◕	Unassessed	2	1.1%

Of these names,

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

The confidence with which the status of the 93 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Eriophorum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	25	55	0	0	80	86.0%
	Medium confidence	2	0	0	0	2	2.2%
	Low confidence	0	1	8	2	11	11.8%

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