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The genus Leiothrix is in the family Eriocaulaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Leiothrix

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Leiothrix affinis Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix amazonica Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix angustifolia (Körn.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix araxaensis Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix arechavaletae (Körn.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix argentea Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix argyroderma Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix arrecta Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix barreirensis Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix beckii (Szyszyl. ex Wawra) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix celiae Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix cipoensis Giul.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix crassifolia (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix curvifolia (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Leiothrix cuscutoides Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix dielsii Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix distichoclada Herzog	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix dubia Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix echinocephala Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix edwallii Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix flagellaris (Guill.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix flavescens (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	3
Leiothrix flexuosa Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix fluitans (Mart. ex Körn.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix fluminensis Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix fulgida Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix glandulifera Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix glauca Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix gomesii Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix gounelleana Beauverd	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix graminea (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix hatschbachii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix heterophylla Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix hirsuta (Wikstr.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix itacambirensis Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix lanifera Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix linearis Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix longipes Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix luxurians (Körn.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix mendesii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix michaelii Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix milho-verdensis Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix mucronata (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix nubigena (Kunth) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix obtusifolia Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix pedunculosa Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix pilulifera (Körn.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix prolifera (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix propinqua (Körn.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix retrorsa Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix rufula (A.St.-Hil.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Leiothrix rupestris Giul.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix schlechtendalii (Körn.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix sclerophylla Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix sinuosa Giul.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix spergula Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix spiralis (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix subulata Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix tenuifolia Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix tinguensis Herzog	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix triangularis Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix trichopus Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix trifida Silveira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Leiothrix vivipara (Bong.) Ruhland	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 134 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Leiothrix. Of these 64 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 40 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Leiothrix. 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 134 species names for the genus Leiothrix recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	64	47.8%
◕	Synonym	70	52.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 174 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Leiothrix recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	69	39.7%
◕	Synonym	105	60.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of the species names,

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

The confidence with which the status of the 134 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Leiothrix, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	64	70	0	0	134	100%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

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