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Heracleum

The genus Heracleum is in the family Apiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Heracleum

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Heracleum abyssinicum (Boiss.) C. Norman Accepted M TRO
Heracleum albovii Manden. Accepted M TRO
Heracleum barmanicum Kurz Accepted M TRO
Heracleum bivittatum H. Boissieu Accepted M TRO
Heracleum candicans Wall. ex DC. Accepted M TRO
Heracleum cyclocarpum C. Koch Accepted M TRO
Heracleum dissectifolium K.T. Fu Accepted M TRO
Heracleum dissectum Ledeb. Accepted M TRO
Heracleum elgonense (H.Wolff) Bullock Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Heracleum fargesii H. Boissieu Accepted M TRO
Heracleum forrestii H. Wolff Accepted M TRO
Heracleum franchetii M. Hiroe Accepted M TRO
Heracleum grande (Dalzell & A. Gibson) Mukhop. Accepted M TRO
Heracleum hemsleyanum Diels Accepted M TRO
Heracleum henryi H. Wolff Accepted M TRO
Heracleum kingdonii H. Wolff Accepted M TRO
Heracleum lanatum Michx. Accepted M TRO
Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Heracleum millefolium Diels Accepted M TRO
Heracleum moellendorffii Hance Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Heracleum nepalense D. Don Accepted M TRO
Heracleum nyalamense Shan & T.S. Wang Accepted M TRO
Heracleum olgae Regel & Schmalh. Accepted M TRO
Heracleum oreocharis H. Wolff Accepted M TRO
Heracleum palmatum Baumg. Accepted M TRO
Heracleum pastinacifolium C. Koch Accepted M TRO
Heracleum rapula Franch. Accepted M TRO
Heracleum scabridum Franch. Accepted M TRO
Heracleum sibiricum L. Accepted M TRO
Heracleum souliei H. Boissieu Accepted M TRO
Heracleum sphondylium L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Heracleum stenopteroides Fedde ex H. Wolff Accepted M TRO
Heracleum stenopterum Diels Accepted M TRO
Heracleum subtomentellum C.Y. Wu & M.L. Sheh Accepted M TRO
Heracleum taylorii C.Norman Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Heracleum tiliifolium H. Wolff Accepted M TRO
Heracleum vicinum H. Boissieu Accepted M TRO
Heracleum wenchuanense F.T. Pu & X.J. He Accepted M TRO
Heracleum wolongense F.T. Pu & X.J. He Accepted M TRO
Heracleum xiaojinense F.T. Pu & X.J. He Accepted M TRO
Heracleum yungningense Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TRO
Heracleum yunnanense Franch. Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 319 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Heracleum. Of these 42 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 29 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Heracleum. 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 319 species names for the genus Heracleum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 42 13.2%
Synonym 22 6.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 255 79.9%

All names

The status of the 348 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Heracleum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 53 15.2%
Synonym 37 10.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 258 74.1%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 319 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Heracleum, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 42 21 0 0 63 19.7%
Low confidence 0 1 0 255 256 80.3%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 37 21 0 5 0 63 19.7%
WCSP (in review) 5 1 0 250 0 256 80.3%