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Leucospermum

The genus Leucospermum is in the family Proteaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Leucospermum

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Leucospermum bolusii E. Phillips Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum calligerum Rourke Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum cordifolium Fourc. Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum cuneiforme Rourke Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum gracile Rourke Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum heterophyllum (Thunb.) Rourke Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum hypophyllocarpodendron (L.) Druce Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum oleaefolium R. Br. Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum prostratum Stapf Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum rodolentum Rourke Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum saxatile (Salisb. ex Knight) Rourke Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum spathulatum R. Br. Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum tottum R. Br. Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum truncatulum Rourke Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum vestitum Rourke Accepted M TRO
Leucospermum wittebergense Compton Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 95 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Leucospermum. Of these 16 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 7 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Leucospermum. 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 95 species names for the genus Leucospermum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 16 16.8%
Synonym 20 21.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 59 62.1%

All names

The status of the 102 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Leucospermum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 17 16.7%
Synonym 25 24.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 60 58.8%

The confidence with which the status of the 95 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Leucospermum, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 16 20 0 0 36 37.9%
Low confidence 0 0 0 59 59 62.1%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 16 19 0 0 0 35 36.8%
WCSP (in review) 0 1 0 59 0 60 63.2%