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The genus Tsuga is in the family Pinaceae in the major group Gymnosperms (Conifers, cycads and allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Tsuga

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière	Accepted		WCSP
Tsuga caroliniana Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP
Tsuga chinensis (Franch.) Pritz.	Accepted		WCSP
Tsuga diversifolia (Maxim.) Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Tsuga dumosa (D.Don) Eichler	Accepted		WCSP
Tsuga forrestii Downie	Accepted		WCSP
Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.	Accepted		WCSP
Tsuga × jeffreyi (A.Henry) A.Henry	Accepted		WCSP
Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carrière	Accepted		WCSP
Tsuga sieboldii Carrière	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 44 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Tsuga. Of these 10 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 38 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Tsuga. 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 44 species names for the genus Tsuga recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	10	22.7%
◕	Synonym	33	75.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	2.3%

All names

The status of the 82 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Tsuga recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	14	17.1%
◕	Synonym	67	81.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.2%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 44 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Tsuga, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	10	31	0	0	41	93.2%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	4.5%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	1	1	2.3%

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