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The genus Bistorta is in the family Polygonaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Bistorta

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Bistorta elliptica (Willd. ex Spreng.) D.F. Murray & Elven	Accepted		TRO
Bistorta sherei H. Ohba & Akiyama	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 97 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Bistorta. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 28 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Bistorta. 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 97 species names for the genus Bistorta recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	2.1%
◕	Synonym	36	37.1%
◕	Unplaced	22	22.7%
◕	Unassessed	37	38.1%

All names

The status of the 125 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Bistorta recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	1.6%
◕	Synonym	63	50.4%
◕	Unplaced	22	17.6%
◕	Unassessed	38	30.4%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 97 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Bistorta, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	2	22	0	0	24	24.7%
	Low confidence	0	14	22	37	73	75.3%

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