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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ononis

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Ononis adenotricha Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis afghanica Sirj. & Rech.f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis alba Poir.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis alopecuroides L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis antennata Pomel	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis aragonensis Asso	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis atlantica Ball	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis avellana Pomel	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis biflora Desf.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis cephalantha Pomel	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis cephalotes Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis chorassanica Bunge	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis cintrana Brot.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis cossoniana Boiss. & Reut.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis crinita Pomel	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis crispa L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis cristata Mill.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis diffusa Ten.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis euphrasiifolia Desf.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis filicaulis Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis fruticosa L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis hesperia (Maire) Forther & Podl.	Accepted		TRO
Ononis hirta Poir.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis hispida Desf.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis incisa Batt.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis jahandiezii Maire & Weiller	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis laxiflora Desf.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis masquilierii Bertol.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis mauritanica (L.) L.	Accepted		TRO
Ononis mauritii (Maire & Sennen) Forther & Podl.	Accepted		TRO
Ononis maweana Ball	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis megalostachys Munby	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis minutissima L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis mitissima L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis natrix L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis nuristanica Podlech	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis oligophylla Ten.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis ornithopodioides L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis pedicellaris (Batt.) Sirj.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis pendula Desf.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis peyerimhoffii Batt.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis pinnata Brot.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis polyphylla Ball	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis polysperma Barratte & Murb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis pseudocintrana Andr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis pseudoserotina Batt. & Pit.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis pubescens L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis pusilla L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis reclinata L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis reuteri Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis rosea Durieu	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis rotundifolia L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis saxicola Boiss. & Reut.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis serotina Pomel	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis serrata Forssk.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis speciosa Lag.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis spinosa L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis striata Gouan	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis subcordata Cav.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis subspicata Lag.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis thomsonii Oliv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis tournefortii Coss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis tridentata L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis vaginalis M.Vahl	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis variegata L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis verae Sirj.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis villosissima Desf.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis viscosa L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Ononis zygantha Maire & Wilczek	Accepted		ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 358 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ononis. Of these 69 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 85 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ononis. 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 358 species names for the genus Ononis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	69	19.3%
◕	Synonym	92	25.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	197	55.0%

All names

The status of the 443 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ononis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	107	24.2%
◕	Synonym	136	30.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	200	45.1%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 2 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 358 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ononis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	65	66	0	0	131	36.6%
	Medium confidence	3	26	0	0	29	8.1%
	Low confidence	1	0	0	197	198	55.3%

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