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The genus Elaeagnus is in the family Elaeagnaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Elaeagnus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Elaeagnus angustata (Rehder) C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus angustifolia L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus annamensis S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus argyi H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus bambusetorum Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus bockii Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus bonii Lecomte	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus calcarea Z.R.Xu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus caudata Schltdl. ex Momiy.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus cinnamomifolia W.K.Hu & H.F.Chow	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus conferta Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus courtoisii Belval	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus davidii Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus delavayi Lecomte	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus difficilis Servett.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus epitricha Momiy. ex H.Ohba	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus fasciculata Griff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus formosana Nakai	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus formosensis Hatus.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus geniculata D.Fang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus glabra Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus gonyanthes Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus griffithii Servett.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus grijsii Hance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus guizhouensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus henryi Warb. ex Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus heterophylla D.Fang & D.R.Liang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus hunanensis C.J.Qi & Q.Z.Lin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus indica Servett.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus infundibularis Momiy.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus jiangxiensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus jingdonensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus kanaii Momiy.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus lanceolata Warb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus lanpingensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus laosensis Lecomte	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus latifolia L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus lipoensis Z.R.Xu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus liuzhouensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus longiloba C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus loureiroi Champ.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus luoxiangensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus luxiensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus macrantha Rehder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus macrophylla Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus magna Rehder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus × maritima Koidz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus matsunoana Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus maximowiczii Servett.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus micrantha C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus mollis Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus montana Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus morrisonensis Hayata	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus multiflora Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus murakamiana Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus nanchuanensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus obovata H.L.Li	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus obovatifolia D.Fang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus obtusa C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus oldhamii Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus ovata Servett.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus pallidiflora C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus parvifolia Wall. ex Royle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus pilostyla C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus pingnanensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus pyriformis Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus × reflexa E.Morren & Decne.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus retrostyla C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus rhamnoides (L.) A.Nelson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus rivularis Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus rotundata Nakai	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus s-stylata Z.R.Xu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus sarmentosa Rehder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus schlechtendalii Servett.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus songarica Schlecht.	Accepted		TRO
Elaeagnus stellipila Rehder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus × submacrophylla Servett.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus takeshitai Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus taliensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus tarokoensis S.Y.Lu & Yuen P.Yang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus thunbergii Servett.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus tonkinensis Servett.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus tricholepis Momiy.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus triflora Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus tubiflora C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus tutcheri Dunn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus viridis Servett.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus wenshanensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus wilsonii H.L.Li	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus wushanensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus xichouensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus xingwenensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus xizangensis C.Y.Chang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus yoshinoi Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Elaeagnus yunnanensis Servett.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 215 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Elaeagnus. Of these 98 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 110 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Elaeagnus. 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 215 species names for the genus Elaeagnus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	98	45.6%
◕	Synonym	92	42.8%
◕	Unplaced	17	7.9%
◕	Unassessed	8	3.7%

All names

The status of the 325 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Elaeagnus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	103	31.7%
◕	Synonym	197	60.6%
◕	Unplaced	17	5.2%
◕	Unassessed	8	2.5%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 12 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 215 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Elaeagnus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	98	92	0	0	190	88.4%
	Low confidence	0	0	17	8	25	11.6%

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