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The genus Chirita is in the family Gesneriaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Chirita

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Chirita adenocalyx Chatterjee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita adenonema Hilliard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita anachoreta Hance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita annamensis Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita aratriformis D.Wood	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita asperifolia (Blume) B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita atroglandulosa W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita atropurpurea W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita baishouensis Y.G.Wei, H.Q.Wen & S.H.Zhong	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita balansae Drake	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita barbata Sprague	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita bicolor W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita bifolia D.Don	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita bimaculata D.Wood	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita bogneriana B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita brachystigma W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita brachytricha W.T.Wang & D.Y.Chen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita brassicoides W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita briggsioides W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita brunnea W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita caerulea R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita caliginosa C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita calva C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita carnosifolia C.Y.Wu ex H.W.Li	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita colaniae Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita cordifolia W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita corniculata Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita cortusifolia Hance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita crassituba W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita cruciformis (Chun) W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita cycnostyla B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita cyrtocarpa D.Fang & L.Zeng	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita demissa (Hance) W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita depressa Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita dibangensis B.L.Burtt, S.K.Srivast. & B.N.Mehrotra	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita dielsii (Borza) B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita dimidiata Wall. ex C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita dissimilis Hilliard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita drakei B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita eberhardtii Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita eburnea Hance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita elata Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita elphinstonia Craib	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita fangii W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita fasciculiflora W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita fimbrisepala Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita flavimaculata W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita floribunda W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita fordii (Hemsl.) D.Wood	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita forrestii J.Anthony	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita fruticola H.W.Li	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita fulva Barnett	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita gemella D.Wood	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita geobrayi Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita glabrescens W.T.Wang & D.Y.Chen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita glasgovii Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita guangxiensis S.Z.Huang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita gueilinensis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita guihaiensis Y.G.Wei, B.Pan & W.X.Tang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita halongensis Kiew & T.H.Nguyên	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita hedyotidea (Chun) W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita heterostigma B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita heterotricha Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita heucherifolia (Hand.-Mazz.) D.Wood	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita hiepii Kiew	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita hochiensis C.C.Huang & X.X.Chen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita hookeri C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita infundibuliformis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita insignis C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita integra Barnett	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita involucrata Craib	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita jiuwanshanica W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita juliae Hance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita lacei (W.W.Sm.) B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita lachenensis C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita lacunosa (Hook.f.) B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita laifengensis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita langshanica W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita latinervis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita lavandulacea Stapf	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita laxiflora W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita leiophylla W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita leuserensis Hilliard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita liboensis W.T.Wang & D.Y.Chen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita lienxienensis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita liguliformis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita linearifolia W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita linglingensis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita liujiangensis D.Fang & D.H.Qin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita longgangensis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita longicalyx J.M.Li & Yin Z.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita longii Z.Yu Li	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita longipedicellata B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita longistyla W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita lunglinensis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita lungzhouensis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita lutea Yan Liu & Y.G.Wei	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita macrodonta D.Fang & D.H.Qin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita macrophylla Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita macrorhiza D.Fang & D.H.Qin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita maguanensis Z.Yu Li, H.Jiang & H.Xu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita marcanii Craib	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita medica D.Fang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita micromusa B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita minutihamata D.Wood	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita minutimaculata D.Fang & W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita mishmiensis Debbarm. ex Biswas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita modesta Kiew & T.H.Nguyên	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita mollifolia D.Fang, Y.G.Wei & J.Murata	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita mollis Miq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita mollissima Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita monantha W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita monophylla C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita moonii Gardner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita napoensis Z.Y.Li	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita neoforbesii Hilliard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita oblongifolia (Roxb.) J.Sinclair	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita obtusa C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita obtusidentata W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita oculata Craib	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita ophiopogoides D.Fang & W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita orthandra W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita parvifolia W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita peduncularis B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita pinnata W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita pinnatifida (Hand.-Mazz.) B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita poilanei Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita polycephala (Chun) W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita praeterita Hilliard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita primulacea C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita pseudoeburnea D.Fang & W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita pteropoda W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita puerensis Y.Y.Qian	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita pumila D.Don	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita pungentisepala W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita purpureolineata (Kerr) D.Wood	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita pycnantha W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita reptans B.L.Burtt & Panigrahi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita ronganensis D.Fang & Y.G.Wei	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita roseoalba W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita rotundata Barnett	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita rotundifolia (Hemsl.) D.Wood	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita rupestris Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita sclerophylla W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita secundiflora (Chun) W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita semicontorta Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita sericea Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita shennungjiaensis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita shouchengensis Z.Y.Li	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita shuii Z.Y.Li	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita sichuanensis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita sinensis Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita skogiana Z.Y.Li	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita smitinandii B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita spadiciformis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita speciosa Kurz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita spectabilis Miq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita speluncae (Hand.-Mazz.) D.Wood	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita spinulosa D.Fang & W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita subrhomboidea W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita subulatisepala W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita swinglei (Merr.) W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita tamiana B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita tenuifolia W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita tenuipes Hilliard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita tenuituba (W.T.Wang) W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita tibetica (Franch.) B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita tobaensis Hilliard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita tribracteata W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita trisepala Barnett	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita tubulosa Craib	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita umbrophila C.Y.Wu ex H.W.Li	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita urticifolia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita varicolor D.Fang & D.H.Qin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita verecunda (Chun) W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita vestita D.Wood	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita villosissima W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita viola Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita violoides (Wall.) M.R.Almeida	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita walkeri Gardner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita wangiana Z.Y.Li	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita wentsaii D.Fang & L.Zeng	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita xinningensis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita yungfuensis W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita zeylanica Hook.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Chirita zollingeri C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 262 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Chirita. Of these 186 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 21 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Chirita. 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 262 species names for the genus Chirita recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	186	71.0%
◕	Synonym	56	21.4%
◕	Unplaced	2	0.8%
◕	Unassessed	18	6.9%

All names

The status of the 283 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Chirita recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	187	66.1%
◕	Synonym	76	26.9%
◕	Unplaced	2	0.7%
◕	Unassessed	18	6.4%

Of these names,

• 6 are recorded as invalid
• 7 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 262 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Chirita, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	183	36	0	0	219	83.6%
	Low confidence	3	20	2	18	43	16.4%

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