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The genus Cistus is in the family Cistaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cistus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cistus × aguilari O.E.Warb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × akamantis Demoly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × albereensis Gaut. ex Rouy & Fouc.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus albidus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus asper Demoly & R.Mesa	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × banaresii Demoly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × cebennensis Aubin & J.Prudhomme	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus chinamadensis Bañares & P.Romero	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × clausonii Font Quer & Maire	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus clusii Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × conradiae Demoly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × corbariensis Pourr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus creticus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus crispus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × cyprius Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × dansereaui P.Silva	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × florentinus Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus grancanariae Marrero Rodr., R.S.Almeida & C.Ríos	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus heterophyllus Desf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus horrens Demoly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × incanus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus inflatus Pourr. ex J.-P.Demoly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus ladanifer L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus laurifolius L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × laxus Aiton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × ledon Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus libanotis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × matritensis Carazo Roman & Jiménez Alb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus monspeliensis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus munbyi Pomel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × nigricans Pourr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × novus Rouy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × obtusifolius Sweet	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus osbeckiifolius Webb	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus palhinhae N.D.Ingram	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus palmensis Bañares & Demoly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus parviflorus Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × pauranthus Demoly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × philothei Sennen & Mauricio	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × platysepalus Sweet	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus populifolius L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × pourretii Rouy & Foucaud	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus pouzolzii Delile ex Gren. & Godr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × purpureus Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus salviifolius L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus sintenisii Litard.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × skanbergii Lojac.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × stenophyllus Link	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus symphytifolius Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus varius Pourr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistus × verguinii Coste	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 397 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cistus. Of these 51 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 74 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cistus. 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 397 species names for the genus Cistus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	51	12.8%
◕	Synonym	191	48.1%
◕	Unplaced	101	25.4%
◕	Unassessed	54	13.6%

All names

The status of the 471 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cistus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	55	11.7%
◕	Synonym	258	54.8%
◕	Unplaced	103	21.9%
◕	Unassessed	55	11.7%

Of these names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 4 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 397 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cistus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	51	106	0	0	157	39.5%
	Low confidence	0	85	101	54	240	60.5%

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