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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Launaea

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Launaea acanthodes (Boiss.) Kuntze	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	2
Launaea acaulis (Roxb.) Babc. ex Kerr	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea almahrahensis N.Kilian	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea amal-aminiae N.Kilian	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea angolensis N.Kilian	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea angustifolia (Desf.) Kuntze	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	1
Launaea angustifolia Muschl.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea arborescens (Batt.) Murb.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea aspleniifolia (Willd.) Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea asymmetrica R.E.Fr.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea benadirensis Chiov.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea bornmuelleri (Hausskn. ex Bornm.) Bornm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea brunneri (Webb) Amin ex Boulos	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea cabrae (De Wild.) N.Kilian	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	1
Launaea capitata (Spreng.) Dandy	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea cassiniana (Jaub. & Spach) Burkill	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea castanosperma F.G.Davies	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea cervicornis (Boiss.) Font Quer & Rothm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea cornuta (Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern) C.Jeffrey	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea crassifolia (Balf.f.) C.Jeffrey	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea crepoides Balf.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea divaricata (Desf.) Andreanszky	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea fallax Muschl.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea fragilis (Asso) Pau	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea gorgadensis (Bolle) N.Kilian	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea hafunensis Chiov.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea intybacea (Jacq.) Beauverd	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea jaumei Sennen	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea korovinii (Popov) Pavlov	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea lackii N.Kilian	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea lampsanoides Franch.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea lanifera Pau	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea massauensis (Fres.) Chiov.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea massauensis (Fresen.) Sch.Bip. ex Kuntze	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea massavensis (Fresen.) Kuntze	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea massavensis Muschl.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea microcephala Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea mucronata (Forssk.) Muschl.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	1
Launaea nana (Baker) Chiov.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea nudicaulis Less.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea oligocephala (Bornm.) Bornm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea omanensis N.Kilian	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea petitiana (A.Rich.) N.Kilian	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea picridioides (Webb) B.L.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea picridioides (Webb) Engl.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea platyphylla Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea polyclada (Boiss.) Burkill	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea polydichotoma (Ostenf.) Amin ex N.Kilian	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea procumbens (Roxb.) Ramayya & Rajagopal	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea pseudoabyssinica (Chiov.) N.Kilian	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea pumila (Cav.) Kuntze	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea quercifolia (Desf.) Pamp.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea quettaënsis N.Kilian	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea rarifolia (Oliv. & Hiern) Boulos	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea resedifolia Druce	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea rhynchocarpa (Balf.f.) Mies	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea rogersii (Humbert) Humbert & Boulos	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea rueppellii (Sch.Bip. ex Oliv. & Hiern) Amin ex Boulos	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Sch.Bip. ex Kuntze	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Alston	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Merr.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea secunda (C.B.Clarke) Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea socotrana N.Kilian	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea spinosa (Forssk.) Kuntze	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea stenocephala (Boiss.) Kuntze	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea stenocephala Burkill	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea stocksiana Burkill	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea taraxacifolia (Willd.) Amin ex C.Jeffrey	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea tenuiloba Muschl.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea thalassica "N.Kilian, Brochmann & Rustan"	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea verdickii (De Wild.) Boulos	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea viminea (Batt.) Maire	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea viminea (Batt.) Batt.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Launaea violacea (O.Hoffm.) Boulos	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11

Statistics

The Plant List includes 362 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Launaea. Of these 59 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 68 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Launaea. 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 362 species names for the genus Launaea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	59	16.3%
◕	Synonym	285	78.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	18	5.0%

All names

The status of the 430 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Launaea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	63	14.7%
◕	Synonym	348	80.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	19	4.4%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 15 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 362 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Launaea, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	56	248	0	0	304	84.0%
	Low confidence	3	37	0	18	58	16.0%

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