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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Osmanthus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Osmanthus americanus (L.) A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus armatus Diels	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus attenuatus P.S.Green	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus austrocaledonicus (Vieill.) Knobl.	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus cooperi Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus cymosus (Guillaumin) P.S.Green	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus decorus (Boiss. & Balansa) Kasapligil	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus delavayi Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus didymopetalus P.S.Green	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus enervius Masam. & T.Mori	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus fordii Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus fragrans Lour.	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus gracilinervis L.C.Chia ex R.L.Lu	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus hainanensis P.S.Green	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus henryi P.S.Green	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus heterophyllus (G.Don) P.S.Green	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus insularis Koidz.	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus iriomotensis T.Yamaz.	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus kaoi (T.S.Liu & J.C.Liao) S.Y.Lu	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus lanceolatus Hayata	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus marginatus (Champ. ex Benth.) Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus matsumuranus Hayata	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus mexicanus Lundell	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus minor P.S.Green	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus monticola (Schltr.) Knobl.	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus pubipedicellatus L.C.Chia ex H.T.Chang	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus reticulatus P.S.Green	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus rigidus Nakai	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus scortechinii King & Gamble	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus serrulatus Rehder	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus suavis King ex C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus sumatranus P.S.Green	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus urceolatus P.S.Green	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus venosus Pamp.	Accepted		WCSP
Osmanthus yunnanensis (Franch.) P.S.Green	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 104 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Osmanthus. Of these 35 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 72 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Osmanthus. 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 104 species names for the genus Osmanthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	35	33.7%
◕	Synonym	66	63.5%
◕	Unplaced	3	2.9%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 176 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Osmanthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	46	26.1%
◕	Synonym	127	72.2%
◕	Unplaced	3	1.7%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 104 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Osmanthus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	34	40	0	0	74	71.2%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	1.9%
	Low confidence	1	24	3	0	28	26.9%

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