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Chloris

The genus Chloris is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Chloris

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Chloris affinis Caro & E.A.Sánchez Accepted H WCSP
Chloris amethystea Hochst. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris andropogonoides E.Fourn. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris anomala B.S.Sun & Z.H.Hu Accepted H WCSP
Chloris arenaria C.L.Hitchc. & Ekman Accepted H WCSP
Chloris barbata Sw. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris berazainiae Catasús Accepted H WCSP
Chloris berroi Arechav. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris boliviensis Renvoize Accepted H WCSP
Chloris bournei Rang. & Tadul. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris × brevispica Nash Accepted M TRO
Chloris burmensis D.E.Anderson Accepted H WCSP
Chloris canterae Arechav. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris castilloniana Parodi Accepted H WCSP
Chloris ciliata Sw. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris clementis Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris cruciata (L.) Sw. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris cubensis C.L.Hitchc. & Ekman Accepted H WCSP
Chloris cucullata Bisch. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris diluta Renvoize Accepted H WCSP
Chloris divaricata R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris ekmanii C.L.Hitchc. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris elata Desv. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris exilis Renvoize Accepted H WCSP
Chloris filiformis (Vahl) Poir. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris flabellata (Hack.) Launert Accepted H WCSP
Chloris formosana (Honda) Keng Accepted H WCSP
Chloris gayana Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Chloris halophila Parodi Accepted H WCSP
Chloris humbertiana A.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Chloris jubaensis Cope Accepted H WCSP
Chloris lamproparia Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Chloris lobata Lazarides Accepted H WCSP
Chloris mearnsii Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris mensensis (Schweinf.) Cufod. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris montana Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris mossambicensis K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris orthonoton Döll Accepted H WCSP
Chloris paniculata Scribn. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris parvispicula Caro & E.A.Sánchez Accepted H WCSP
Chloris pectinata Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris pilosa Schumach. & Thonn. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris pumilio R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris pycnothrix Trin. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris quinquesetica Bhide Accepted H WCSP
Chloris radiata (L.) Sw. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris robusta Stapf Accepted H WCSP
Chloris roxburghiana Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris ruahensis Renvoize Accepted H WCSP
Chloris rufescens Lag. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris sagraeana A.Rich. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris sesquiflora Burkart Accepted H WCSP
Chloris subdolichostachya C.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris submutica Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Chloris suringarii C.L.Hitchc. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris texensis Nash Accepted H WCSP
Chloris truncata R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris ventricosa R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris verticillata Nutt. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris virgata Sw. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris wightiana Nees ex Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Chloris woodii Renvoize Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 293 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Chloris. Of these 62 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 53 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Chloris. 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 293 species names for the genus Chloris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 62 21.2%
Synonym 215 73.4%
Unplaced 6 2.0%
Unassessed 10 3.4%

All names

The status of the 346 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Chloris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 64 18.5%
Synonym 266 76.9%
Unplaced 6 1.7%
Unassessed 10 2.9%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 293 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Chloris, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 61 190 0 0 251 85.7%
Medium confidence 1 20 0 0 21 7.2%
Low confidence 0 5 6 10 21 7.2%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 20 0 8 0 29 9.9%
WCSP 61 195 6 2 0 264 90.1%