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The genus Leiothrix is in the family Eriocaulaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Leiothrix

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Leiothrix affinis Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix amazonica Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix angustifolia (Körn.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix araxaensis Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix arechavaletae (Körn.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix argentea Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix argyroderma Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix arrecta Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix barreirensis Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix beckii (Szyszyl. ex Wawra) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix celiae Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix cipoensis Giul.	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix crassifolia (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix curvifolia (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix cuscutoides Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix dielsii Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix distichoclada Herzog	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix dubia Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix echinocephala Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix edwallii Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix flagellaris (Guill.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix flavescens (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix flexuosa Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix fluitans (Mart. ex Körn.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix fluminensis Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix fulgida Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix glandulifera Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix glauca Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix gomesii Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix gounelleana Beauverd	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix graminea (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix hatschbachii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix heterophylla Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix hirsuta (Wikstr.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix itacambirensis Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix lanifera Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix linearis Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix longipes Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix luxurians (Körn.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix mendesii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix michaelii Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix milho-verdensis Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix mucronata (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix nubigena (Kunth) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix obtusifolia Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix pedunculosa Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix pilulifera (Körn.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix prolifera (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix propinqua (Körn.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix retrorsa Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix rufula (A.St.-Hil.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix rupestris Giul.	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix schlechtendalii (Körn.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix sclerophylla Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix sinuosa Giul.	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix spergula Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix spiralis (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix subulata Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix tenuifolia Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix tinguensis Herzog	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix triangularis Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix trichopus Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix trifida Silveira	Accepted		WCSP
Leiothrix vivipara (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 72 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Leiothrix. Of these 64 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 33 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Leiothrix. 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 72 species names for the genus Leiothrix recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	64	88.9%
◕	Synonym	7	9.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.4%

All names

The status of the 105 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Leiothrix recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	72	68.6%
◕	Synonym	32	30.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.0%

The confidence with which the status of the 72 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Leiothrix, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	64	7	0	0	71	98.6%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	1	1	1.4%

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