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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Lolium

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Lolium canariense Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Lolium × festucaceum Link	Accepted		TRO
Lolium gracile (Dumort.) B.D. Jacks.	Accepted		TRO
Lolium × hubbardii B.K.Simon	Accepted		WCSP
Lolium × hybridum Hausskn.	Accepted		WCSP
Lolium multiflorum Lam.	Accepted		WCSP
Lolium perenne L.	Accepted		WCSP
Lolium persicum Boiss. & Hohen.	Accepted		WCSP
Lolium remotum Schrank	Accepted		WCSP
Lolium rigidum Gaudich.	Accepted		WCSP
Lolium temulentum L.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 123 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Lolium. Of these 11 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 98 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Lolium. 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 123 species names for the genus Lolium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	11	8.9%
◕	Synonym	97	78.9%
◕	Unplaced	8	6.5%
◕	Unassessed	7	5.7%

All names

The status of the 221 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Lolium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	18	8.1%
◕	Synonym	188	85.1%
◕	Unplaced	8	3.6%
◕	Unassessed	7	3.2%

Of these names,

• 30 are recorded as invalid
• 8 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 123 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Lolium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	9	90	0	0	99	80.5%
	Medium confidence	2	6	0	0	8	6.5%
	Low confidence	0	1	8	7	16	13.0%

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