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The genus Forsythia is in the family Oleaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Forsythia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Forsythia europaea Degen & Bald.	Accepted		WCSP
Forsythia giraldiana Lingelsh.	Accepted		WCSP
Forsythia japonica Makino	Accepted		WCSP
Forsythia koreana (Rehder) Nakai	Accepted		WCSP
Forsythia likiangensis Ching & K.M.Feng	Accepted		WCSP
Forsythia × mandschurica Uyeki	Accepted		WCSP
Forsythia mira M.C.Chang	Accepted		WCSP
Forsythia ovata Nakai	Accepted		WCSP
Forsythia saxatilis (Nakai) Nakai	Accepted		WCSP
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl	Accepted		WCSP
Forsythia togashii H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP
Forsythia velutina Nakai	Accepted		WCSP
Forsythia viridissima Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 23 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Forsythia. Of these 13 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 28 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Forsythia. 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 23 species names for the genus Forsythia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	56.5%
◕	Synonym	9	39.1%
◕	Unplaced	1	4.3%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 51 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Forsythia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	25.5%
◕	Synonym	37	72.5%
◕	Unplaced	1	2.0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 23 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Forsythia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	13	6	0	0	19	82.6%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	3	1	0	4	17.4%

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