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The genus Eriophorum is in the family Cyperaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Eriophorum

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Eriophorum bellardii Colla	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum × beringianum Raymond	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum brachyantherum Trautv. & C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum callitrix Cham. ex C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum chamissonis C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum churchillianum Lepage	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Eriophorum comosum (Wall.) Nees	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum crinigerum (A.Gray) Beetle	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum dubium Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum × fellowsii (Fernald) M.S.Novos.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum filamentosum Boeckeler	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum × fulvum Bach.Pyl. ex Raymond	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum fusseolum Ohwi	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Eriophorum gracile Koch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum × gracilifolium M.S.Novos.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum humile Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum × medium Andersson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum microstachyum Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum obtusa Schult.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Eriophorum × polystachiovaginatum Beauverd	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum porsildii Raymond	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Eriophorum × pylaieanum Raymond	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum × rousseauianum Raymond	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum scabriculme (Beetle) Raymond	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum textile Larrañaga	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum tolmatchevii M.S.Novos.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum transiens Raymond	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum vaginatum L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum virginicum L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Eriophorum viridicarinatum (Engelm.) Fernald	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 114 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Eriophorum. Of these 27 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 98 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Eriophorum. 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 114 species names for the genus Eriophorum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	27	23.7%
◕	Synonym	80	70.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	6.1%

All names

The status of the 212 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Eriophorum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	29	13.7%
◕	Synonym	176	83.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	3.3%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 7 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 114 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Eriophorum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	25	80	0	0	105	92.1%
	Medium confidence	2	0	0	0	2	1.8%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	7	7	6.1%

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