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The genus Andromeda is in the family Ericaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Andromeda

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Andromeda glaucophylla Link	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Andromeda × jamesiana Lepage	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Andromeda polifolia L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 206 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Andromeda. Of these 3 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 42 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Andromeda. 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 206 species names for the genus Andromeda recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	3	1.5%
◕	Synonym	76	36.9%
◕	Unplaced	17	8.3%
◕	Unassessed	110	53.4%

All names

The status of the 248 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Andromeda recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	1.6%
◕	Synonym	107	43.1%
◕	Unplaced	17	6.9%
◕	Unassessed	120	48.4%

Of these names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 206 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Andromeda, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	3	54	0	0	57	27.7%
	Low confidence	0	22	17	110	149	72.3%

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