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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Kniphofia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Kniphofia acraea Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia albescens Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia albomontana Baijnath	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia angustifolia (Baker) Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia ankaratrensis Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia baurii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia benguellensis Welw. ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia bequaertii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia brachystachya (Zahlbr.) Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia breviflora Harv. ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia bruceae (Codd) Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia buchananii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia caulescens Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia citrina Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia coddiana Cufod.	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia coralligemma E.A.Bruce	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia crassifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia drepanophylla Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia dubia De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia ensifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia × erythraeae Fiori	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia evansii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia fibrosa Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia flammula Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia fluviatilis Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia foliosa Hochst.	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia galpinii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia goetzei Engl.	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia gracilis Harv. ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia grantii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia hildebrandtii Cufod.	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia hirsuta Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia ichopensis Schinz	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia insignis Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia isoetifolia Hochst.	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia latifolia Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia laxiflora Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia leucocephala Baijnath	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia linearifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia littoralis Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia marungensis Lisowski & Wiland	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia mulanjeana S.Blackmore	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia multiflora J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia nana Marais	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia northiae Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia nubigena Mildbr.	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia pallidiflora Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia paludosa Engl.	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia parviflora Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia pauciflora Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia porphyrantha Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia praecox Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia princeae (A.Berger) Marais	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia pumila (Aiton) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia reflexa Hutch. ex Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia reynoldsii Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia rigidifolia E.A.Bruce	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia ritualis Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia rooperi (T.Moore) Lem.	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia sarmentosa (Andrews) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia schimperi Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia splendida E.A.Bruce	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia stricta Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia sumarae Deflers	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia tabularis Marloth	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia thodei Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia thomsonii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia triangularis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia typhoides Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia tysonii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia umbrina Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Kniphofia uvaria (L.) Oken	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 135 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Kniphofia. Of these 72 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 28 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Kniphofia. 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 135 species names for the genus Kniphofia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	72	53.3%
◕	Synonym	52	38.5%
◕	Unplaced	10	7.4%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.7%

All names

The status of the 163 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Kniphofia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	78	47.9%
◕	Synonym	74	45.4%
◕	Unplaced	10	6.1%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.6%

Of these names,

• 4 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 135 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Kniphofia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	72	50	0	0	122	90.4%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	1.5%
	Low confidence	0	0	10	1	11	8.1%

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