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The genus Cornus is in the family Cornaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cornus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Cornus × acadiensis Fernald	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus alba L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus alternifolia L.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus amomum Mill.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Cornus × arnoldiana Rehder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus arnoldiana Rehder	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cornus asperifolia Michx.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus austrosinensis W.P.Fang & W.K.Hu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus bretschneideri L.Henry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus canadensis L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus capitata Wall.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Cornus caudata Zoll.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus chinensis Wangerin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus cinerea Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus controversa Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus darvasica (Pojark.) Pilip.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus davurica Laxm. ex Ledeb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus declinata Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus disciflora Moc. & Sessé ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus drummondii C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus × dubia Rehder	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus × dunbarii Rehder	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus excelsa Kunth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus eydeana Q.Y.Xiang & Y.M.Shui	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus florida L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Cornus foemina Mill.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus × friedlanderi W.H.Wagner	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus glabrata Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus hemsleyi C.K.Schneid. & Wangerin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus hongkongensis Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	5
Cornus × horseyi Rehder	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus iberica Woronow	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus ilicifolia Hassk. & Zoll. ex Hassk.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus japonica Thunb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus koehneana Wangerin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus kousa F.Buerger ex Hance	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Cornus kousa F. Buerger ex Miq.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cornus longifolia Medik.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus macrophylla Wall.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Cornus mas L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus meyeri (Pojark.) Pilip.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus multinervosa (Pojark.) Q.Y.Xiang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus nuttallii Audubon	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cornus oblonga Wall.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus officinalis Siebold & Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus oligophlebia Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus papillosa W.P.Fang & W.K.Hu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus parviflora S.S.Chien	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus parvifolia Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus peruviana J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus quinquinervis Franch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus racemosa Lam.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus rosea H.Lév.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus rugosa Lam.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus sanguinea L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	3
Cornus schindleri Wangerin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Cornus sericea L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Cornus serotina Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus serrulata Hassk. & Zoll. ex Hassk.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus sessilis Torr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus × slavinii Rehder	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus smonbeigii Hemsl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cornus stricta Zoll. & Moritzi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus suecica L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus ulotricha C.K.Schneid. & Wangerin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus × unalaschkensis Ledeb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus volkensii Harms	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus walteri Wangerin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cornus wilsoniana Wangerin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 406 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cornus. Of these 51 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 250 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cornus. 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 406 species names for the genus Cornus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	51	12.6%
◕	Synonym	336	82.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	19	4.7%

All names

The status of the 656 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cornus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	67	10.2%
◕	Synonym	570	86.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	19	2.9%

Of the species names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 15 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 406 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cornus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	51	319	0	0	370	91.1%
	Medium confidence	0	13	0	0	13	3.2%
	Low confidence	0	4	0	19	23	5.7%

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