The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Kalmia

The genus Kalmia is in the family Ericaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Kalmia

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Kalmia angustifolia L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Kalmia buxifolia (Bergius) Gift & Kron Accepted M TRO
Kalmia ericoides C. Wright ex Griseb. Accepted M TRO
Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller Accepted M TRO
Kalmia procumbens (L.) Gift & Kron ex Galasso, Banfi & F. Conti Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 26 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Kalmia. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 17 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Kalmia. 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 26 species names for the genus Kalmia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 5 19.2%
Synonym 9 34.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 12 46.2%

All names

The status of the 43 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Kalmia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 8 18.6%
Synonym 19 44.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 16 37.2%

The confidence with which the status of the 26 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Kalmia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 5 7 0 0 12 46.2%
Low confidence 0 2 0 12 14 53.8%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 4 9 0 0 0 13 50.0%
WCSP (in review) 1 0 0 12 0 13 50.0%