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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Rhamnus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Rhamnus alaternus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus alpina L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus arguta Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus atlantica (Murb.) Stübing, Peris & Figuerola	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus aurea Heppeler	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus bodinieri H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus brachypoda C.Y. Wu ex Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus breedlovei M.C. Johnst. & L.A. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus bungeana J.J. Vassil.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus calcicolus Q.H. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus cathartica L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus citrifolia (Weston) W.J. Hess & Stearn	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus coriophylla Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus crocea Nutt.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus dalianensis S.Y. Li & Z.H. Ning	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus daliensis G.S. Fan & L.L. Deng	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus davurica Pall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus depressa Grub.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus diamantiaca Nakai	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus dumetorum C.K. Schneid.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus erythroxylum Pall.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus esquirolii H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus flavescens Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus formosana Matsum.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus fulvotincta F.P. Metcalf	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus gilgiana Heppeler	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus globosa Bunge	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus grandiflora C.Y. Wu ex Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus hainanensis Merr. & Chun	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus hemsleyana C.K. Schneid.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus heterophylla Oliv.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus hintonii M.C. Johnst. & L.A. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus humboldtiana Willd. ex Schult.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus hupehensis C.K. Schneid.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus imeretina Booth, Petz. & Kirchn.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus × intermedia Steud. & Hochst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus iteinophylla C.K. Schneid.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus japonica Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus koraiensis C.K. Schneid.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus kwangsiensis Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus lamprophylla C.K. Schneid.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus laoshanensis D.K. Zang	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus leptacantha C.K. Schneid.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus leptophylla C.K. Schneid.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus liukiuensis (E.H. Wilson) Koidz.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus longistyla C.B. Wolf	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus longpipes Steyerm.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus ludovici-salvatoris Chodat	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus lycioides L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus marahuacensis Steyerm. & Maguire	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus maximovicziana J.J. Vassil.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus mcvaughii L.A. Johnst. & M.C. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus microcarpa Boiss.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus minuta Grubov	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus nakaharae (Hayata) Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus napalensis (Wall.) M.A. Lawson	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus neblinensis Maguire & Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus nigricans Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus ninglangensis Y.L. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus orbiculata Bornm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus oreodendron L.O. Williams	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus pallasii Fisch. & C.A. Mey.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus parvifolia Bunge	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus persicifolia Moris	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus pompana M.C. Johnst. & L.A. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus pringlei Rose	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus prinoides L'Hér.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus procumbens Edgew.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus prostrata Jacq.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus prunifolia Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus psilocarpa Maguire & Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus pumila Turra	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus rhodopea Velen.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus rosei M.C. Johnst. & L.A. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus rosthornii E. Pritz.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus rugulosa Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus sargentiana C.K. Schneid.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus saxatilis Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus schneideri H. Lév. & Vaniot	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus scopulorum (M.E. Jones) C.B. Wolf	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus serpyllifolia H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus serrata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus sharpii M.C.Johnst. & L.A.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus sibthorpiana Schult.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus sintenisii Rech. f.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus sipapoensis Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus songorica Gontsch.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus standleyana C.B. Wolf	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus subapetala Merr.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus tangutica J.J. Vassil.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus tortuosa Somm. & Levier	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus triquetra (Wall.) Brandis	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus tzekweiensis Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus ussuriensis J.J. Vassil.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus utilis Decne.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus virgata Roxb.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus wilsonii C.K. Schneid.	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus wumingensis Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus xizangensis Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou	Accepted		TRO
Rhamnus yoshinoi Makino	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 549 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Rhamnus. Of these 101 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 108 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Rhamnus. 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 549 species names for the genus Rhamnus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	101	18.4%
◕	Synonym	159	29.0%
◕	Unplaced	1	0.2%
◕	Unassessed	288	52.5%

All names

The status of the 657 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Rhamnus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	125	19.0%
◕	Synonym	240	36.5%
◕	Unplaced	1	0.2%
◕	Unassessed	291	44.3%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 8 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 549 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Rhamnus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	99	154	0	0	253	46.1%
	Low confidence	2	5	1	288	296	53.9%

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