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The genus Hypoxis is in the family Hypoxidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Hypoxis

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Hypoxis acuminata Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis angustifolia Lam.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis argentea Harv. ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis arillacea R.J.F.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis aurea Lour.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis bampsiana Wiland	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis camerooniana Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis canaliculata Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis catamarcensis Brackett	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis colchicifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis costata Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis cuanzensis Welw. ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis curtissii Rose	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis decumbens L.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis demissa Nel	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis dinteri Nel	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis domingensis Urb.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis exaltata Nel	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis exilis R.J.F.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis filiformis Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis fischeri Pax	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis flanaganii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis floccosa Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis galpinii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis gardneri R.J.F.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis gerrardii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis glabella R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis goetzei Harms	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis gregoriana Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis humilis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis hygrometrica Labill.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis interjecta Nel	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis juncea Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis kilimanjarica Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis kraussiana Buchinger ex C.Krauss	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis lata Nel	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis lejolyana Wiland	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis leucotricha Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis limicola B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis longifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis lucens McVaugh	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis ludwigii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis lusalensis Wiland	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis malaissei Wiland	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis marginata R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis membranacea Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis mexicana Schult. & Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis monanthos Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis muhilensis Wiland	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis multiceps Buchinger ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis neliana Schinz	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis nervosa R.J.F.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis nivea Y.Singh	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis nyasica Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis oblonga Nel	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis obtusa Burch. ex Ker Gawl.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis occidentalis Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis oligophylla Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis parvifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis parvula Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis polystachya Welw. ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis potosina Brackett	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis pratensis R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis protrusa Nel	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis pulchella G.L.Nesom	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis rigida Chapm.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis rigidula Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis robusta Nel	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis sagittata Nel	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis salina M.Lyons & Keighery	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis schimperi Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis sessilis L.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis setosa Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis sobolifera Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis stellipilis Ker Gawl.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis suffruticosa Nel	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis symoensiana Wiland	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis tepicensis Brackett	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis tetramera Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis uniflorata Markötter	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis upembensis Wiland	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis urceolata Nel	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis vaginata Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis villosa L.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis wrightii (Baker) Brackett	Accepted		WCSP
Hypoxis zeyheri Baker	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 272 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Hypoxis. Of these 88 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 58 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Hypoxis. 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 272 species names for the genus Hypoxis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	88	32.4%
◕	Synonym	168	61.8%
◕	Unplaced	14	5.1%
◕	Unassessed	2	0.7%

All names

The status of the 330 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Hypoxis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	104	31.5%
◕	Synonym	210	63.6%
◕	Unplaced	14	4.2%
◕	Unassessed	2	0.6%

Of these names,

• 5 are recorded as invalid
• 14 are recorded as illegitimate

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

The confidence with which the status of the 272 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Hypoxis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	88	164	0	0	252	92.6%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	4	14	2	20	7.4%

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