The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Astilbe

The genus Astilbe is in the family Saxifragaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Astilbe

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Astilbe × amabilis H.Hara Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe apoensis Hallier f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe biternata (Vent.) Britton Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe crenatiloba (Britton) Small Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe formosa (Nakai) Nakai Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe glaberrima Nakai Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe grandis Stapf ex E.H.Wilson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe hachijoensis Nakai Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe japonica (C.Morren & Decne.) A.Gray Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe khasiana Hallier f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe longicarpa (Hayata) Hayata Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe longipilosa Gilli Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe macrocarpa Knoll Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe macroflora Hayata Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe microphylla Knoll Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe okuyamae H.Hara Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe papuana Schltr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe philippinensis L.Henry Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe × photeinophylla Koidz. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe platyphylla H.Boissieu Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Astilbe rubra Hook.f. & Thomson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe simplicifolia Makino Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Astilbe thunbergii (Siebold & Zucc.) Miq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 59 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Astilbe. Of these 24 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 42 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Astilbe. 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 59 species names for the genus Astilbe recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 24 40.7%
Synonym 26 44.1%
Unplaced 2 3.4%
Unassessed 7 11.9%

All names

The status of the 101 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Astilbe recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 30 29.7%
Synonym 60 59.4%
Unplaced 2 2.0%
Unassessed 9 8.9%

The confidence with which the status of the 59 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Astilbe, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 23 24 0 0 47 79.7%
Low confidence 1 2 2 7 12 20.3%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.7%
WCSP (in review) 24 25 2 7 0 58 98.3%