The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Helleborus

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

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:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 2 3 0 0 0 5 5.6%
WCSP (in review) 12 17 0 56 0 85 94.4%