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The genus Alyssum is in the family Brassicaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Alyssum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Alyssum aizoides Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum akamasicum Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum algeriense Pomel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum alpestre L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum alyssoides (L.) L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum anamense Velen.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum anatolicum Hausskn. ex Nyár.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum andinum Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum antiatlanticum Emb. & Maire	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum arabicum (Boiss.) T.Durand & Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum argenteum All.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum argyrophyllum Schott & Kotschy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum armenum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum artvinense N.Busch	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum aurantiacum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum aureum (Fenzl) Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum baumgartnerianum Bornm. ex Baumg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum bertolonii Desv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum blancheanum Gomb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum blepharocarpum Dudley & Hub.-Mor.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum bornmuelleri Hausskn. ex Degen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum bracteatum Boiss. & Bushe	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum bulbotrichum Hausskn. & Bornm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum caespitosum Baumg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum caliacrae Nyár.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum callichroum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum calycocarpum Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum caricum Dudley & Hub.-Mor.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum cassium Boiss. & Heldr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum cephalotes Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum chondrogynum Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum cilicicum Boiss. & Balansa	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum clausonis Pomel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum cochleatum Coss. & Durieu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum condensatum Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum constellatum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum contemptum Schott & Kotschy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum corningii Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum corsicum Duby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum corymbosoides Formánek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum crenulatum Boiss. & Heldr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum cuneifolium Ten.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum curetum Gand.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum cypricum Nyár.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum dagestanicum Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum damascenum Boiss. & Gaill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum dasycarpum Stephan ex Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum davisianum Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum debarense Micevski	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum decoloratum Pomel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum densistellatum Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum desertorum Stapf	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum diffusum Ten.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum dimorphosepalum Eig	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum discolor Dudley & Hub.-Mor.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum djurdjurae Chodat	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum doerfleri Degen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum dubertretii Gomb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum dudleyi Adigüzel & R.D.Reeves	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum embergeri Quézel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum eriophyllum Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum erosulum Gennari & Pestal. ex Clem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum euboeum Halácsy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum fallacinum Hausskn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum fastigiatum Heywood	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum fedtschenkoanum N.Busch	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum filiforme Nyár.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum flahaultianum Emb. ex Greuter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum floribundum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum foliosum Bory & Chaub.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum fragillimum (Bald.) Rech.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum fulvescens Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum gadorense P.Küpfer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum gehamense Fed.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum gevgelicense Micevski	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum giosnanum Nyár.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum globosum (Desv.) Kuntze	Accepted		TRO
Alyssum granatense Boiss. & Reut.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum gustavssonii Hartvig	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum gymnopodum P.A.Smirn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum hajastanum Avet.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum handelii Hayek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum harputicum Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum haussknechtii Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum heldreichii Hausskn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum heterotrichum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum hirsutum M.Bieb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum homalocarpum (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum huber-morathii Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum huetii Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum idaeum Boiss. & Heldr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum iljinskae V.I.Dorof.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum iranicum Hausskn. ex Baumg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum kavadarcense Micevski	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum klimesii Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum kurdicum (Boiss.) Nyár.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum lanceolatum Baumg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum lanigerum DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum lassiticum Halácsy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum leiocarpum Pomel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum lenense Adams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum lepidotostellatum (Hausskn. & Bornm.) Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum lepidotum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum lesbiacum (Candargy) Rech.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum libanoticum Nyár.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum linifolium Stephan ex Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum loiseleurii P.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum longistylum Grossh.	Accepted		TRO
Alyssum luteolum Pomel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum lycaonicum (O.E.Schulz) Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum macrocalyx Coss. & Durieu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum macropodum Boiss. & Balansa	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum markgrafii O.E.Schulz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum masmenaeum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum meniocoides Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum minutum Schltdl. ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum moellendorfianum Asch. ex Beck	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum montanum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum mouradicum Boiss. & Balansa	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum mozaffarianii Kavousi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum muelleri Boiss. & Bushe	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum mughlaei Orcan	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum murale Waldst. & Kit.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum musilii Velen.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum nanum Pomel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum nebrodense Tineo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum nezaketiae Aytaç & H.Duman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum niveum Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum numidicum Pomel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum obovatum (C.A.Mey.) Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum obtusifolium Steven ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum ochroleucum Boiss. & A.Huet	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum orbelicum Ancev & Uzunov	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum orbiculare Nyár.	Accepted		TRO
Alyssum ovirense A.Kern.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum oxycarpum Boiss. & Balansa	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum paphlagonicum (Hausskn.) Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum pateri Nyár.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum patulum Pomel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum peltarioides Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum penjwinense Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum persicum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum pinifolium (Nyár.) Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum pirinicum (Stoj. & Acht.) Ancev	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum pogonocarpum Carlström	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum polycladum Rech.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum praecox Boiss. & Balansa	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum propinquum Baumg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum pseudomouradicum Hausskn. & Bornm. ex Baumg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum pterocarpum Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum pulvinare Velen.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum repens Baumg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum robertianum Bernard ex Gren. & Godr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum rostratum Steven	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum samariferum Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum samium Dudley & Christod.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum scardicum Wettst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum scutigerum Durieu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum sergievskajae Krasnob.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum serpentinum Micevski	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum serpyllifolium Desf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum sibiricum Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum siculum Jord.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum simplex Rudolph	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum simulans Runemark ex Hartvig	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum singarense Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum skopjense Micevski	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum smolikanum Nyár.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum smyrnaeum C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum sphacioticum Boiss. & Heldr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum stapfii Vierh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum stipitatum Kavousi & T.R.Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum stribrnyi Velen.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum strictum Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum strigosum Banks & Sol.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum stylare (Boiss. & Balansa) Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum subspinosum Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum sulphureum Dudley & Hub.-Mor.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum syriacum Nyár.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum szarabiacum Nyár.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum szovitsianum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum tavolarae Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum taygeteum Heldr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum tenium Halácsy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum tenuifolium Stephan ex Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum tetrastemon Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum thymops (Hub.-Mor. & Reese) Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum tortuosum Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum trapeziforme Bornm. ex Nyár.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum trichocarpum Dudley & Hub.-Mor.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum trichostachyum Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum troodi Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum turgidum Dudley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum turkestanicum Regel & Schmalh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum umbellatum Desv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum virgatum Nyár.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum wierzbickii Heuff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum wulfenianum Benth. ex Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Alyssum xanthocarpum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 644 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Alyssum. Of these 199 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 209 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Alyssum. 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 644 species names for the genus Alyssum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	199	30.9%
◕	Synonym	325	50.5%
◕	Unplaced	57	8.9%
◕	Unassessed	63	9.8%

All names

The status of the 853 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Alyssum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	220	25.8%
◕	Synonym	513	60.1%
◕	Unplaced	57	6.7%
◕	Unassessed	63	7.4%

Of these names,

• 5 are recorded as invalid
• 16 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 644 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Alyssum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	199	313	0	0	512	79.5%
	Low confidence	0	12	57	63	132	20.5%

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