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The genus Luzula is in the family Juncaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Luzula

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Luzula abchasica Novikov	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula abyssinica Parl.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula acuminata Raf.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula acutifolia H.Nordensk.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula africana Drège ex Steud.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula alopecuroides Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Luzula alopecurus Desv.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula alpestris H.Nordensk.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula alpina Hoppe	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula alpinopilosa (Chaix) Breistr.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula antarctica Hook.f.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula arcuata (Wahlenb.) Sw.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula atlantica Braun-Blanq.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula atrata Edgar	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula australasica Steud.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula banksiana E.Mey.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × bogdanii Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula bomiensis K.F.Wu	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × bornmuelleriana Kük.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × borreri Bromf. ex Bab.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula brachyphylla Phil.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula bulbosa (Alph.Wood) Smyth & L.C.Smyth	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula caespitosa (E.Mey.) Steud.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula calabra Ten.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula campestris (L.) DC.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula canariensis Poir.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula capitata (Miq. ex Franch. & Sav.) Kom.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula caricina E.Mey.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula celata Edgar	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula chilensis Nees & Meyen ex Kunth	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula colensoi Hook.f.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula comosa E.Mey.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula confusa Lindeb.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula congesta (Thuill.) Lej.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula crenulata Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula crinita Hook.f.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × danica H.Nordensk. & Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula decipiens Edgar	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula densiflora (H.Nordensk.) Edgar	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula denticulata Liebm.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula desvauxii Kunth	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula divaricata S.Watson	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula divulgata Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula divulgatiformis Bacic & Jogan	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula echinata (Small) F.J.Herm.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula ecuadoriensis Balslev	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula effusa Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula elegans Lowe	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula excelsa Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula exspectata Bacic & Jogan	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula fallax Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × favratii K.Richt.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula flaccida (Buchenau) Edgar	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula formosana Ohwi	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula forsteri (Sm.) DC.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × gayana Font Quer & Rothm.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula gigantea Desv.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula glabrata (Hoppe) Desv.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula groenlandica Böcher	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × hasleri Murr	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula hawaiiensis Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × heddae Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × hermannii-muelleri Asch. & Graebn.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula hitchcockii Hämet-Ahti	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × hybrida H.Lindb. ex Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula ignivoma Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula inaequalis K.F.Wu	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula indica Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula jimboi Miyabe & Kudo	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × johannis-principis Murr	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula johnstonii Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula kjellmaniana Miyabe & Kudo	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula kobayasii Satake	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula lactea (Link) E.Mey.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula leiboldii Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula leptophylla Buchenau & Petrie	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × levieri Asch. & Graebn.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula longiflora Benth.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula lutea (All.) DC.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula lutescens (Koidz.) Kirschner & Miyam.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula luzulina (Vill.) Racib.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula mannii (Buchenau) Kirschner & Cheek	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula masafuerana Skottsb.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × media Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula melanocarpa Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Luzula mendocina Barros	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula meridionalis H.Nordensk.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula modesta Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula multiflora (Ehrh.) Lej.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula nipponica (Satake) Kirschner & Miyam.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula nivalis (Laest.) Spreng.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula nivea (Nathh.) DC.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula nodulosa E.Mey.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula novae-cambriae Gand.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula oligantha Sam.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula orestera Sharsm.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula ostenii (Mattf.) Herter	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula ovata Edgar	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula pallescens Sw.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula papuana M.E.Jansen	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula parviflora (Ehrh.) Desv.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula pedemontana Boiss. & Reut.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula pediformis (Chaix) DC.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula peruviana Desv.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × pfaffii Murr	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula philippinensis M.E.Jansen	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula picta A.Rich.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula pilosa (L.) Willd.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula pindica (Hausskn.) Chrtek & Krísa	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula piperi (Coville) M.E.Jones	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula plumosa E.Mey.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula poimena W.M.Curtis	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula pumila Hook.f.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula purpureosplendens Seub.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula racemosa Desv.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × romanica J.Dvorák & Vorel	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula rufa Edgar	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula rufescens Fisch. ex E.Mey.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula ruiz-lealii Barros	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula seubertii Lowe	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × sichuanensis K.F.Wu	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × somedana Fern-Carv. & Fern.Prieto	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula spicata (L.) DC.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula stenophylla Steud.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula subcapitata (Rydb.) H.D.Harr.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula subcongesta (S.Watson) Jeps.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula subsessilis (S.Watson) Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula sudetica (Willd.) Schult.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula sylvatica (Huds.) Gaudin	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula taiwaniana Satake	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula taurica (V.I.Krecz.) Novikov	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula traversii (Buchenau) Cheeseman	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula tristachya Desv.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula ulei Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × vinesii Murr	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula vulcanica Liebm.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula wahlenbergii Rupr.	Accepted		IOPI
Luzula × wettsteinii Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI

Statistics

The Plant List includes 276 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Luzula. Of these 140 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 407 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Luzula. 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 276 species names for the genus Luzula recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	140	50.7%
◕	Synonym	131	47.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	1.8%

All names

The status of the 683 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Luzula recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	188	27.5%
◕	Synonym	490	71.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	0.7%

Of these names,

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

The confidence with which the status of the 276 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Luzula, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	136	119	0	0	255	92.4%
	Medium confidence	2	7	0	0	9	3.3%
	Low confidence	2	5	0	5	12	4.3%

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