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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Polianthes

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Polianthes bicolor E.Solano, Camacho & García-Mend.	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes densiflora (B.L.Rob. & Fernald) Shinners	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes durangensis Rose	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes elongata Rose	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes geminiflora (Lex.) Rose	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes howardii Verh.-Will.	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes longiflora Rose	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes michoacana M.Cedano, Delgad. & Enciso	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes montana Rose	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes multicolor E.Solano & Dávila	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes nelsonii Rose	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes oaxacana García-Mend. & E.Solano	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes palustris Rose	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes platyphylla Rose	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes pringlei Rose	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes sessiliflora (Hemsl.) Rose	Accepted		WCSP
Polianthes tuberosa L.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 43 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Polianthes. Of these 17 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 7 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Polianthes. 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 43 species names for the genus Polianthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	17	39.5%
◕	Synonym	24	55.8%
◕	Unplaced	2	4.7%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 50 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Polianthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	20	40.0%
◕	Synonym	28	56.0%
◕	Unplaced	2	4.0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 43 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Polianthes, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	17	24	0	0	41	95.3%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	2	0	2	4.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Polianthes, are as follows: