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The genus Gaura is in the family Onagraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Gaura

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Gaura angustifolia Michx.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura biennis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura boquillensis P.H.Raven & D.P.Greg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura brachycarpa Small	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura calcicola P.H.Raven & D.P.Greg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura coccinea Nutt. ex Pursh	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura demareei P.H.Raven & D.P.Greg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura drummondii (Spach) Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura filipes Spach	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura hexandra Ortega	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Gaura hexandra Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura lindheimeri Engelm. & A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura longiflora Spach	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura macrocarpa Rothr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura mckelveyae (Munz) P.H.Raven & D.P.Greg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura mollis E.James	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura mutabilis Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura neomexicana Wooton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Gaura primiveris A.Gray	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura racemulosa Lam.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura sinuata Nutt. ex Ser.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura suffulta Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Gaura triangulata Buckley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Gaura villosa Torr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1

Statistics

The Plant List includes 90 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Gaura. Of these 21 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 39 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Gaura. 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 90 species names for the genus Gaura recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	21	23.3%
◕	Synonym	59	65.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	11.1%

All names

The status of the 129 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Gaura recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	25	19.4%
◕	Synonym	94	72.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	7.8%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 90 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Gaura, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	17	57	0	0	74	82.2%
	Low confidence	4	2	0	10	16	17.8%

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