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Rhamnus

The genus Rhamnus is in the family Rhamnaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Rhamnus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Rhamnus alaternus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus alpina L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus arguta Maxim. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus atlantica (Murb.) Stübing, Peris & Figuerola Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus aurea Heppeler Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus bodinieri H. Lév. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus brachypoda C.Y. Wu ex Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus breedlovei M.C. Johnst. & L.A. Johnst. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus bungeana J.J. Vassil. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus calcicolus Q.H. Chen Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus cathartica L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus citrifolia (Weston) W.J. Hess & Stearn Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus coriophylla Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus crocea Nutt. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus dalianensis S.Y. Li & Z.H. Ning Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus daliensis G.S. Fan & L.L. Deng Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus davurica Pall. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus depressa Grub. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus diamantiaca Nakai Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus dumetorum C.K. Schneid. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus erythroxylum Pall. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus esquirolii H. Lév. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus flavescens Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus formosana Matsum. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus fulvotincta F.P. Metcalf Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus gilgiana Heppeler Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus globosa Bunge Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus grandiflora C.Y. Wu ex Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus hainanensis Merr. & Chun Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus hemsleyana C.K. Schneid. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus heterophylla Oliv. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus hintonii M.C. Johnst. & L.A. Johnst. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus humboldtiana Willd. ex Schult. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus hupehensis C.K. Schneid. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus imeretina Booth, Petz. & Kirchn. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus × intermedia Steud. & Hochst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus iteinophylla C.K. Schneid. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus japonica Maxim. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus koraiensis C.K. Schneid. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus kwangsiensis Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus lamprophylla C.K. Schneid. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus laoshanensis D.K. Zang Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus leptacantha C.K. Schneid. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus leptophylla C.K. Schneid. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus liukiuensis (E.H. Wilson) Koidz. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus longistyla C.B. Wolf Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus longpipes Steyerm. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus ludovici-salvatoris Chodat Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus lycioides L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus marahuacensis Steyerm. & Maguire Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus maximovicziana J.J. Vassil. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus mcvaughii L.A. Johnst. & M.C. Johnst. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus microcarpa Boiss. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus minuta Grubov Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus nakaharae (Hayata) Hayata Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus napalensis (Wall.) M.A. Lawson Accepted L TRO
Rhamnus neblinensis Maguire & Steyerm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus nigricans Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus ninglangensis Y.L. Chen Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus orbiculata Bornm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus oreodendron L.O. Williams Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus pallasii Fisch. & C.A. Mey. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus parvifolia Bunge Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus persicifolia Moris Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus pompana M.C. Johnst. & L.A. Johnst. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus pringlei Rose Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus prinoides L'Hér. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus procumbens Edgew. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus prostrata Jacq. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus prunifolia Sm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus psilocarpa Maguire & Steyerm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus pumila Turra Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus rhodopea Velen. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus rosei M.C. Johnst. & L.A. Johnst. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus rosthornii E. Pritz. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus rugulosa Hemsl. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus sargentiana C.K. Schneid. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus saxatilis Jacq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus schneideri H. Lév. & Vaniot Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus scopulorum (M.E. Jones) C.B. Wolf Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus serpyllifolia H. Lév. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus serrata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus sharpii M.C.Johnst. & L.A.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus sibthorpiana Schult. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus sintenisii Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus sipapoensis Steyerm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhamnus songorica Gontsch. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus standleyana C.B. Wolf Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus subapetala Merr. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus tangutica J.J. Vassil. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus tortuosa Somm. & Levier Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus triquetra (Wall.) Brandis Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus tzekweiensis Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus ussuriensis J.J. Vassil. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus utilis Decne. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus virgata Roxb. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus wilsonii C.K. Schneid. Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus wumingensis Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus xizangensis Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou Accepted M TRO
Rhamnus yoshinoi Makino Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 549 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Rhamnus. Of these 101 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 108 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Rhamnus. 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 549 species names for the genus Rhamnus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 101 18.4%
Synonym 159 29.0%
Unplaced 1 0.2%
Unassessed 288 52.5%

All names

The status of the 657 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Rhamnus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 125 19.0%
Synonym 240 36.5%
Unplaced 1 0.2%
Unassessed 291 44.3%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 549 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Rhamnus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 99 154 0 0 253 46.1%
Low confidence 2 5 1 288 296 53.9%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 78 77 0 11 0 166 30.2%
WCSP (in review) 23 82 1 277 0 383 69.8%