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The genus Cercis is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cercis

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cercis canadensis L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Cercis chinensis Bunge	Accepted		ILDIS
Cercis chingii Chun	Accepted		ILDIS
Cercis chuniana F.P.Metcalf	Accepted		ILDIS
Cercis glabra Pamp.	Accepted		ILDIS
Cercis griffithii Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Cercis hebecarpa (Bornm.) Ponert	Accepted		TRO
Cercis occidentalis A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Cercis racemosa Oliv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Cercis siliquastrum L.	Accepted		ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 36 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cercis. Of these 10 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 13 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cercis. 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 36 species names for the genus Cercis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	10	27.8%
◕	Synonym	13	36.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	13	36.1%

All names

The status of the 49 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cercis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	26.5%
◕	Synonym	22	44.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	14	28.6%

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 36 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cercis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	9	7	0	0	16	44.4%
	Medium confidence	1	6	0	0	7	19.4%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	13	13	36.1%

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