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The genus Eriocephalus is in the family Compositae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Eriocephalus

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Eriocephalus africanus Sieber ex DC.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus africanus L.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	1
Eriocephalus ambiguus (DC.) M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus aromaticus C.A.Sm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus artemisifolius Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus aspalathoides DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus brevifolius (DC.) M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus capitellatus DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus decussatus Burch.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus dinteri S.Moore	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus ericoides (L.f.) Druce	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus eximius DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus giessii M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus glandulosus M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus grandiflorus M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus karooicus M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus kingesii Merxm. & Eberle	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus klinghardtensis M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus longifolius M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus luederitzianus O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus macroglossus B.Nord.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus merxmuelleri M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus microcephalus DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus microphyllus DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	1
Eriocephalus namaquensis M.A.N.Müll.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus pauperrimus Merxm. & Eberle	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus pedicellaris DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus pinnatus O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus pre Herbarium Practice & Following Welman.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus punctulatus DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus purpureus Burch.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus purpureus Burch. ex G.Don	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus racemosus L.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	1
Eriocephalus scariosus DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus sericeus Gaudich.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus spinescens Burch.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus tenuifolius DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus tenuipes C.A.Sm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus trinervatus Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus tuberculosus DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Eriocephalus umbellatus Auct.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11

Statistics

The Plant List includes 74 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Eriocephalus. Of these 36 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 19 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Eriocephalus. 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 74 species names for the genus Eriocephalus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	36	48.6%
◕	Synonym	32	43.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	8.1%

All names

The status of the 93 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Eriocephalus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	39	41.9%
◕	Synonym	48	51.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	6.5%

Of the species names,

• 4 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 74 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Eriocephalus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	36	32	0	0	68	91.9%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	6	6	8.1%

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