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The genus Sambucus is in the family Adoxaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sambucus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Sambucus acuminata Greene	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus adnata Wall. ex DC.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus africana Standl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus alba Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus angustifolia Noronha	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus arborescens Gilib.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus arborescens Nutt.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus arisanensis Kaneh. & Sasaki	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus aurea Carrière	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus australasica (Lindl.) Fritsch	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus australis Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus borealis Greene	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus californica K.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus callicarpa Greene	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus canadensis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus cerulea Raf.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1
Sambucus cochinchinensis Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus columnaris Lebas	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus coreana Kom. & Aliss.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus coriacea Greene	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus decipiens M.E.Jones	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus dimidiata Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus dissecta K.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus eberhardtii Danguy	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus ebuloides Desv. ex DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus ebulus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Sambucus elegans K.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus ferax A.Nelson	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus fimbriata Greene	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus floribunda K.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus florida Salisb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus fontenayi K.Koch ex Dippel	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus fontenaysii Carrière	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus gaudichaudiana DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus glabrescens Nakai	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus glauca Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus glauca Nutt.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus hirta Tausch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus integerrima Stokes	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus intermedia Carrière	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus javanica Blume	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus kamtschatica E.L.Wolf	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus laciniata Mill.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus lanceolata R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus latipinna Nakai	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus leiosperma Leiberg	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus leucocarpa K.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus linearis K.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus longipes Nakai	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus loureiroana DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus lucida Tausch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus maritima Greene	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus medullosa Gilib.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus melanocarpa A. Gray	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus microbotrys Rydb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus microsperma Nakai	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus miquelii (Nakai) Kom.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus monstrosa Loudon	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus nigra L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus orbiculata Greene	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus palmensis Link	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus paucijuga Steven	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus pendula Nakai	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus peruviana Kunth	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus phyteumoides DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus planteriensis Simon-Louis ex Dippel	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus plantierensis Koehne	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus plumosa Carrière	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus pubens Michx.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus pubescens Pers.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus pulverulenta K.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus pyramidata Lebas	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus racemosa L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	3
Sambucus rehderana Schwer.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus repens Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus rotundifolia Lodd. ex Sweet	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus rubra Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus rupestris Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus sachalinensis Pojark.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus seminata Schwer.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus sibirica Nakai	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus sieboldiana (Miq.) Blume ex Schwer.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1
Sambucus × strumpfii Gutte	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus suaveolens DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus sylvestris Bubani	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus thunbergiana Blume ex Miq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus thunbergii G.Don	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus tigranii Troitsky	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus tiliifolia Wall. ex DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus trifida A.Heller	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus velutina Durand & Hilg.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus verrucosa Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus virescens Desf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus viridis Petrov	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus vulgaris Neck.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sambucus wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus williamsii Hance	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sambucus xanthocarpa F.Muell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 130 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sambucus. Of these 22 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 48 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sambucus. 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 130 species names for the genus Sambucus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	22	16.9%
◕	Synonym	30	23.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	78	60.0%

All names

The status of the 178 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sambucus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	28	15.7%
◕	Synonym	71	39.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	79	44.4%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 130 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sambucus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	1	0	0	1	0.8%
	Medium confidence	22	29	0	0	51	39.2%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	78	78	60.0%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Sambucus is as follows: