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The genus Xerophyllum is in the family Melanthiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Xerophyllum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Xerophyllum asphodeloides (L.) Nutt.	Accepted		WCSP
Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 6 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Xerophyllum. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

Species names

The status of the 6 species names for the genus Xerophyllum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	33.3%
◕	Synonym	4	66.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 6 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Xerophyllum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	33.3%
◕	Synonym	4	66.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 6 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Xerophyllum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	2	4	0	0	6	100%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

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