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The genus Ceanothus is in the family Rhamnaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ceanothus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Ceanothus americanus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus arboreus Greene	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus × arcuatus McMinn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus × bakeri Greene ex McMinn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus bolensis S.Boyd & J.E.Keeley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus buxifolius Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus caeruleus Lag.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus connivens Greene	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus cordulatus Kellogg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus crassifolius Torr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus cyaneus Eastw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus dentatus Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus depressus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus diversifolius Kellogg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus fendleri A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus ferrisiae McMinn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus × flexilis McMinn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus foliosus Parry	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus fresnensis Dudley ex Abrams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus gloriosus J.T.Howell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus greggii A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus griseus (Trel. ex B.L.Rob.) McMinn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus hearstiorum Hoover & Roof	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus impressus Trel.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus incanus Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus jepsonii Greene	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus lanuginosus (M.E.Jones) Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus lemmonii Parry	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus leucodermis Greene	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus × lobbianus Hook.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus × lorenzenii (Jeps.) McMinn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus maritimus Hoover	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus martinii M.E.Jones	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus megacarpus Nutt.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus × mendocinensis McMinn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus microphyllus Michx.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus ochraceus Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus oliganthus Nutt.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus ophiochilus S.Boyd, T.Ross & Arnseth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus × otayensis McMinn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus palmeri Trel.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus papillosus Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus parryi Trel.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus parvifolius (S.Watson) Trel.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus pinetorum Coult.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus prostratus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus purpureus Jeps.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus roderickii W.Knight	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus × rugosus Greene	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus sanguineus Pursh	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus serpyllifolius Nutt.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus × serrulatus McMinn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus spinosus Nutt.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Eschw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus tomentosus Parry	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus × vanrensselaeri Roof	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus × veitchianus Hook.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus velutinus Douglas ex Hook.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ceanothus verrucosus Nutt.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 219 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ceanothus. Of these 62 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 115 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ceanothus. 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 219 species names for the genus Ceanothus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	62	28.3%
◕	Synonym	118	53.9%
◕	Unplaced	14	6.4%
◕	Unassessed	25	11.4%

All names

The status of the 334 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ceanothus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	80	24.0%
◕	Synonym	215	64.4%
◕	Unplaced	14	4.2%
◕	Unassessed	25	7.5%

Of these names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 11 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 219 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ceanothus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	61	110	0	0	171	78.1%
	Low confidence	1	8	14	25	48	21.9%

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