The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Ruscus

The genus Ruscus is in the family Asparagaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ruscus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Ruscus aculeatus L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ruscus colchicus Yeo Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ruscus dumosus E.D.Clarke Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Ruscus hypoglossum L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ruscus hypophyllum L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ruscus hyrcanus Woronow Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ruscus hyreanus Woronow Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Ruscus × microglossus Bertol. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ruscus streptophyllus Yeo Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

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

The Plant List includes a further 7 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ruscus. 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 Ruscus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 7 28.0%
Synonym 16 64.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 8.0%

All names

The status of the 32 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ruscus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 7 21.9%
Synonym 23 71.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 6.3%

Of the species names,

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

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 7 16 0 0 23 92.0%
Medium confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Low confidence 0 0 0 2 2 8.0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.0%
WCSP 7 16 0 1 0 24 96.0%