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The genus Eriospermum is in the family Asparagaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Eriospermum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Eriospermum aequilibre Poelln.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum alcicorne Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum algiferum Marloth ex A.V.Duthie	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum andongense Welw. ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum aphyllum Marloth	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum appendiculatum A.V.Duthie	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum arachnoideum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum arenosum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum aribesense P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum armianum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum attenuatum Marloth ex P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum bakerianum Schinz	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum bayeri P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum bifidum R.A.Dyer	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum bowieanum Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum bracteatum Archibald	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum brevipes Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum breviscapum Marloth ex P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum bruynsii P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum buchubergense Dinter	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum calcareum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum capense (L.) T.M.Salter	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum cecilii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum cernuum Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum cervicorne Marloth	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum ciliatum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum citrinum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum coactum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum cooperi Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum cordiforme T.M.Salter	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum corymbosum Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum crispum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum currorii (Baker) Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum descendens Marloth ex P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum deserticolum Marloth ex P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum dielsianum Schltr. ex Poelln.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum dissitiflorum Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum dregei Schönland	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum dyeri Marloth ex Archibald	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum erinum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum eriophorum Marloth ex P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum ernstii P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum exigium P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum exile P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum filicaule Marloth ex P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum flabellatum Marloth ex P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum flagelliforme (Baker) J.C.Manning	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum flavum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum flexum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum flexuosum Welw. ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum folioliferum Andrews	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum fragile P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum glaciale P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum graminifolium A.V.Duthie	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum graniticola Dinter ex Poelln.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum halenbergense Dinter	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum inconspicuum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum juttae Dinter	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum kiboense K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum kirkii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum krauseanum Poelln.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum lanceifolium Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum lanimarginatum Marloth ex P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum lanuginosum Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum lavranosii P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum laxiracemosum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum macgregoriorum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum mackenii (Hook.f.) Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum marginatum Marloth ex P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum minutiflorum Marloth ex P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum minutipustulatum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum multifidum Marloth	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum namaquanum Marloth ex P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum nanum Marloth	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum occultum Archibald	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum ophioglossoides Welw. ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum ornithogaloides Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum orthophyllum (Archibald) P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum paludosum Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum papilliferum A.V.Duthie	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum paradoxum (Jacq.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum parvifolium Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum parvulum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum patentiflorum Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum peteri Poelln.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum pilosum Poelln.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum porphyrium Archibald	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum porphyrovalve Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum proliferum Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum pubescens Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum pumilum T.M.Salter	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum pusillum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum pustulatum Marloth ex A.V.Duthie	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum ramosum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum ratelpoortianum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum rautanenii Schinz	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum rhizomatum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum roseum Schinz	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum sabulosum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum schinzii Conrath ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum schlechteri Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum seineri Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum spirale (L.) Bergius ex Schult. & Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum stenophyllum Welw. ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum subincanum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum subtile P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum titanopsoides P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum triphyllum Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum tuberculatum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum undulatum P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum vermiforme Marloth ex P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum villosum Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum viscosum Marloth ex P.L.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum volkmanniae Dinter	Accepted		WCSP
Eriospermum zeyheri R.A.Dyer	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 194 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Eriospermum. Of these 115 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 14 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Eriospermum. 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 194 species names for the genus Eriospermum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	115	59.3%
◕	Synonym	67	34.5%
◕	Unplaced	9	4.6%
◕	Unassessed	3	1.5%

All names

The status of the 208 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Eriospermum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	124	59.6%
◕	Synonym	72	34.6%
◕	Unplaced	9	4.3%
◕	Unassessed	3	1.4%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 6 are recorded as illegitimate

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 194 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Eriospermum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	115	67	0	0	182	93.8%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	9	3	12	6.2%

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