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The genus Swertia is in the family Gentianaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

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Species in Swertia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Swertia alba T.N. Ho & S.W. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Swertia albomarginata Kuntze	Accepted		TRO
Swertia angustifolia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don	Accepted		TRO
Swertia arisanensis Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Swertia asarifolia Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia bifolia Batalin	Accepted		TRO
Swertia bimaculata (Siebold & Zucc.) Hook. f. & Thomson ex C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Swertia binchuanensis T.N. Ho & S.W. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Swertia calycina Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia changii S.Z. Yang, C.-fan Chen & Chih H.Chen	Accepted		TRO
Swertia ciliata (D. Don ex G. Don) B.L. Burtt	Accepted		TRO
Swertia cincta Burkill	Accepted		TRO
Swertia conaensis T.N. Ho & S.W. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Swertia connata Schrenk	Accepted		TRO
Swertia cordata (Wall. ex G. Don) C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Swertia cuneata Wall. ex D. Don	Accepted		TRO
Swertia davidii Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia decora Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia delavayi Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia dichotoma L.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia diluta (Turcz.) Benth. & Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia divaricata Harry Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia elata Harry Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia emeiensis Ma	Accepted		TRO
Swertia endotricha Harry Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia erythrosticta Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia fasciculata T.N. Ho & S.W. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Swertia fastigiata Pursh	Accepted		TRO
Swertia fimbriata (Hochst.) Cufod.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia forrestii Harry Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia franchetiana Harry Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia gonczaroviana Pissjauk.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia graciliflora Gontsch.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia guibeiensis C.Z. Gao	Accepted		TRO
Swertia gyacaensis T.N. Ho & S.W. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Swertia handeliana Harry Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia haussknechtii Gilg ex Pissjauk.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia hickinii Burkill	Accepted		TRO
Swertia hispidicalyx Burkill	Accepted		TRO
Swertia hookeri C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Swertia kingii Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia kouitchensis Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia leducii Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia luquanensis S.W. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Swertia macrosperma (C.B. Clarke) C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Swertia marginata Schrenk	Accepted		TRO
Swertia matsudae Hayata ex Satake	Accepted		TRO
Swertia membranifolia Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia multicaulis D. Don	Accepted		TRO
Swertia mussotii Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia nervosa (Wall. ex G. Don) C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Swertia obtusa Ledeb.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia oculata Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia paniculata Wall.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia parryi Kuntze	Accepted		TRO
Swertia patens Burkill	Accepted		TRO
Swertia patula Harry Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia perennis L.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia pianmaensis T.N. Ho & S.W. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Swertia przewalskii Pissjauk.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia pseudochinensis H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Swertia puberulenta Jeps.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia pubescens Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia punicea Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia racemosa (Wall. ex Griseb.) C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Swertia radiata (Kellogg) Kuntze	Accepted		TRO
Swertia rosularis T.N. Ho & S.W. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Swertia rosulata (Baker) Klack.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia rotundiglandula T.N. Ho & S.W. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Swertia scapiformis T.N. Ho & S.W. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Swertia shigucao Z.Y. Zhu	Accepted		TRO
Swertia shintenensis Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Swertia souliei Burkill	Accepted		TRO
Swertia splendens Harry Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia stenopetala Pissjauk.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia tenuis T.N. Ho & S.W. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Swertia tetragona R.H. Miao	Accepted		TRO
Swertia tetrapetala Pall.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia tetraptera Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia tibetica Batalin	Accepted		TRO
Swertia tozanensis Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Swertia tubulosa H. St. John	Accepted		TRO
Swertia veratroides Maxim. ex Kom.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia verticillifolia T.N. Ho & S.W. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Swertia virescens Harry Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Swertia wardii C. Marquand	Accepted		TRO
Swertia welwitschii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Swertia wolfgangiana Grüning	Accepted		TRO
Swertia younghusbandii Burkill	Accepted		TRO
Swertia yunnanensis Burkill	Accepted		TRO
Swertia zayuensis T.N. Ho & S.W. Liu	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 374 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Swertia. Of these 91 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 23 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Swertia. 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 374 species names for the genus Swertia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	91	24.3%
◕	Synonym	73	19.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	210	56.1%

All names

The status of the 397 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Swertia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	99	24.9%
◕	Synonym	87	21.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	211	53.1%

The confidence with which the status of the 374 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Swertia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	89	71	0	0	160	42.8%
	Low confidence	2	2	0	210	214	57.2%

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