The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Asphodelus

The genus Asphodelus is in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Asphodelus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Asphodelus acaulis Desf. Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus aestivus Brot. Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus albus Mill. Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus ayardii Jahand. & Maire Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus bakeri Breistr. Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus bento-rainhae P.Silva Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus cerasiferus J.Gay Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus fistulosus L. Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus gracilis Braun-Blanq. & Maire Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus lusitanicus Cout. Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus macrocarpus Parl. Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus ramosus L. Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus refractus Boiss. Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus roseus Humbert & Maire Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus serotinus Wolley-Dod Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav. Accepted H WCSP
Asphodelus viscidulus Boiss. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 111 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Asphodelus. Of these 17 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 87 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Asphodelus. 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 111 species names for the genus Asphodelus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 17 15.3%
Synonym 91 82.0%
Unplaced 2 1.8%
Unassessed 1 0.9%

All names

The status of the 198 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Asphodelus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 27 13.6%
Synonym 168 84.8%
Unplaced 2 1.0%
Unassessed 1 0.5%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 111 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Asphodelus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 17 90 0 0 107 96.4%
Medium confidence 0 1 0 0 1 0.9%
Low confidence 0 0 2 1 3 2.7%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 1 0 1 0 2 1.8%
WCSP 17 90 2 0 0 109 98.2%