The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Petunia

The genus Petunia is in the family Solanaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Petunia

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Petunia altiplana Ando & Hashimoto Accepted M TRO
Petunia axillaris (Lam.) Britton, Stern & Poggenb. Accepted M TRO
Petunia bajeensis T. Ando & Hashim. Accepted M TRO
Petunia bonjardinensis Ando & Hashimoto Accepted M TRO
Petunia exserta J.R. Stehm. in Napaea Accepted M TRO
Petunia guarapuavensis T. Ando & Hashim. Accepted M TRO
Petunia × hybrida hort. ex Vilm. Accepted M TRO
Petunia inflata R.E. Fr. Accepted M TRO
Petunia integrifolia (Hook.) Schinz & Thell. Accepted M TRO
Petunia interior T. Ando & Hashim. Accepted M TRO
Petunia littoralis L.B. Sm. & Downs Accepted M TRO
Petunia occidentalis R.E. Fr. Accepted M TRO
Petunia patagonica Millán Accepted M TRO
Petunia reitzii L.B. Sm. & Downs Accepted M TRO
Petunia riograndensis T. Ando & Hashim. Accepted M TRO
Petunia saxicola L.B. Sm. & Downs Accepted M TRO
Petunia scheideana L.B. Sm. & Downs Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 80 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Petunia. Of these 17 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Petunia. 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 80 species names for the genus Petunia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 17 21.3%
Synonym 39 48.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 24 30.0%

All names

The status of the 83 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Petunia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 17 20.5%
Synonym 42 50.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 24 28.9%

The confidence with which the status of the 80 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Petunia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 17 39 0 0 56 70.0%
Low confidence 0 0 0 24 24 30.0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 17 39 0 1 0 57 71.3%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 23 0 23 28.7%