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The genus Helleborus is in the family Ranunculaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Helleborus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Helleborus abchasicus A.Braun	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus abruzzicus M.Thomsen, McLewin & B.Mathew	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus antiquorum A.Braun	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus × ashwoodensis Grimshaw	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus atropurpureus Schult.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus × ballardiae B.Mathew	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus baumgartenii Kov. ex Schur	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus × belcheri Grimshaw	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus bocconei Ten.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Helleborus casta-diva N.Busch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus caucasicus A. Braun	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Helleborus colchicus Regel	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus croaticus Martinis	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus cyclophyllus Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus dumetorum Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Helleborus × ericsmithii B.Mathew	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus × fissus Schiffn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus foetidus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus grandiflorus K.Koch ex Rupr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus hercegovinus Martinis	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus heterophyllus Wender.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus × heyderi Schiffn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus × hybridus H.Vilm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus ibericus Steven ex Rupr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus × jourdanii Pages	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus × kamtschatensis Schiffn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus latifolius Mill.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus × lemonnierae Demoly	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus liguricus M.Thomsen, McLewin & B.Mathew	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus lividus Aiton ex Curtis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Helleborus × lucidus Schiffn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus multifidus Vis.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	2
Helleborus niger L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Helleborus × nigercors A.Wall	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus odorus Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Helleborus olympicus Lindl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus orientalis Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus polychromus Kolak.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus purpurascens Waldst. & Kit.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus × sahinii Grimshaw	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus × sternii Turrill	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus thibetanus Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus vesicarius Aucher ex Boiss.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus × viridescens Schiffn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Helleborus viridis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1

Statistics

The Plant List includes 83 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Helleborus. Of these 13 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 23 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Helleborus. 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 83 species names for the genus Helleborus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	15.7%
◕	Synonym	16	19.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	54	65.1%

All names

The status of the 106 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Helleborus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	21	19.8%
◕	Synonym	31	29.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	54	50.9%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 83 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Helleborus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	1	0	0	1	1.2%
	Medium confidence	13	15	0	0	28	33.7%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	54	54	65.1%

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