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The genus Holcus is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Holcus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Holcus annuus Salzm. ex C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP
Holcus azoricus M.Seq. & Castrov.	Accepted		WCSP
Holcus gayanus Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP
Holcus grandiflorus Boiss. & Reut.	Accepted		WCSP
Holcus grumosus (Sennen & Mauricio) Sennen	Accepted		TRO
Holcus × hybridus Wein	Accepted		WCSP
Holcus lanatus L.	Accepted		WCSP
Holcus mollis L.	Accepted		WCSP
Holcus notarisii Nyman	Accepted		WCSP
Holcus rigidus Hochst. ex Seub.	Accepted		WCSP
Holcus setiger Nees	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 113 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Holcus. Of these 11 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 39 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Holcus. 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 113 species names for the genus Holcus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	11	9.7%
◕	Synonym	94	83.2%
◕	Unplaced	5	4.4%
◕	Unassessed	3	2.7%

All names

The status of the 152 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Holcus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	11	7.2%
◕	Synonym	129	84.9%
◕	Unplaced	5	3.3%
◕	Unassessed	7	4.6%

Of these names,

• 10 are recorded as invalid
• 6 are recorded as illegitimate
• 2 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 113 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Holcus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	10	90	0	0	100	88.5%
	Medium confidence	1	4	0	0	5	4.4%
	Low confidence	0	0	5	3	8	7.1%

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