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The genus Empodium is in the family Hypoxidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Empodium

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Empodium elongatum (Nel) B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Empodium flexile (Nel) M.F.Thomps. ex Snijman	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Empodium gloriosum (Nel) B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Empodium monophyllum (Nel) B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Empodium namaquensis (Baker) M.F.Thomps.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Empodium namaquensis M. F. Thompson	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Empodium plicatum (Thunb.) Garside	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Empodium veratrifolium (Willd.) M.F.Thomps.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Empodium veratrifolium M. F. Thompson	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 25 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Empodium. Of these 7 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Empodium. 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 25 species names for the genus Empodium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	7	28.0%
◕	Synonym	16	64.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	8.0%

All names

The status of the 30 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Empodium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	7	23.3%
◕	Synonym	21	70.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	6.7%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 25 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Empodium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	7	14	0	0	21	84.0%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	4.0%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	2	3	12.0%

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