The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Forsythia

The genus Forsythia is in the family Oleaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Forsythia

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Forsythia europaea Degen & Bald. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Forsythia giraldiana Lingelsh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Forsythia × intermedia Zabel Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Forsythia japonica Makino Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Forsythia koreana (Rehder) Nakai Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Forsythia likiangensis Ching & K.M.Feng Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Forsythia × mandschurica Uyeki Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Forsythia mira M.C.Chang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Forsythia ovata Nakai Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Forsythia saxatilis (Nakai) Nakai Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Forsythia togashii H.Hara Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Forsythia velutina Nakai Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Forsythia viridissima Lindl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 33 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Forsythia. Of these 13 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 34 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Forsythia. 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 33 species names for the genus Forsythia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 13 39.4%
Synonym 19 57.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 1 3.0%

All names

The status of the 67 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Forsythia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 13 19.4%
Synonym 53 79.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 1 1.5%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 33 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Forsythia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 13 16 0 0 29 87.9%
Medium confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Low confidence 0 3 0 1 4 12.1%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
WCSP 13 19 0 1 0 33 100%