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The genus Helleborus is in the family Ranunculaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Helleborus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Helleborus abchasicus A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Helleborus bocconei Ten.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helleborus caucasicus A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Helleborus cyclophyllus Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helleborus dumetorum Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helleborus foetidus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helleborus lividus Aiton ex Curtis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helleborus multifidus Vis.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helleborus niger L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helleborus odorus Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helleborus orientalis Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helleborus purpurascens Waldst. & Kit.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helleborus thibetanus Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helleborus viridis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 90 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Helleborus. Of these 14 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 23 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Helleborus. 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 90 species names for the genus Helleborus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	14	15.6%
◕	Synonym	20	22.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	56	62.2%

All names

The status of the 113 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Helleborus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	22	19.5%
◕	Synonym	35	31.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	56	49.6%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 90 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Helleborus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	14	20	0	0	34	37.8%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	56	56	62.2%

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