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Spiranthes

The genus Spiranthes is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Spiranthes

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Spiranthes aestivalis (Poir.) Rich. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes alticola D.L.Jones Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes angustilabris J.J.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes brevilabris Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes casei Catling & Cruise Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes delitescens Sheviak Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes diluvialis Sheviak Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes × eamesii P.M.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes eatonii Ames ex P.M.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes graminea Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes hongkongensis S.Y.Hu & Barretto Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes infernalis Sheviak Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes × intermedia Ames Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes × itchetuckneensis P.M.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes laciniata (Small) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes longilabris Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes lucida (H.H.Eaton) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes magnicamporum Sheviak Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes nebulorum Catling & V.R.Catling Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes ochroleuca (Rydb.) Rydb. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes ovalis Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes parksii Correll Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes porrifolia Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes praecox (Walter) S.Watson Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes pusilla (Blume) Miq. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes romanzoffiana Cham. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes × simpsonii Catling & Sheviak Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes spiralis (L.) Chevall. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes sunii Boufford & Wen H.Zhang Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes sylvatica P.M.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes torta (Thunb.) Garay & H.R.Sweet Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes tuberosa Raf. Accepted H WCSP
Spiranthes vernalis Engelm. & A.Gray Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 440 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Spiranthes. Of these 37 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 65 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Spiranthes. 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 440 species names for the genus Spiranthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 37 8.4%
Synonym 381 86.6%
Unplaced 3 0.7%
Unassessed 19 4.3%

All names

The status of the 505 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Spiranthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 40 7.9%
Synonym 442 87.5%
Unplaced 3 0.6%
Unassessed 20 4.0%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 440 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Spiranthes, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 37 358 0 0 395 89.8%
Medium confidence 0 21 0 0 21 4.8%
Low confidence 0 2 3 19 24 5.5%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 22 0 18 0 40 9.1%
WCSP 37 359 3 0 0 399 90.7%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.2%