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The genus Polygonatum is in the family Asparagaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Polygonatum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Polygonatum acuminatifolium Kom.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum adnatum S.Yun Liang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum alcatum A. Gray	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Polygonatum altelobatum Hayata	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum alternicirrhosum Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum amabile Yatabe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum arisanense Hayata	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum × azegamii (Ohwi) M.N.Tamura	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum beyrodtianum Engl. & Graebn.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum biflorum (Walter) Elliott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum brevistylum Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum × buschianum Tzvelev	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum buschianum Tzvelev	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Polygonatum cathcartii Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum chingshuishanianum S.S.Ying	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Wall.) Royle	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum cryptanthum H.Lév. & Vaniot	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum cryptanthum H. Lév.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Polygonatum curvistylum Hua	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum × desoulavyi Kom.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum desoulayi Kom.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Polygonatum × domonense Satake	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum domonense Satake	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Polygonatum falcatum A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Polygonatum filipes Merr. ex C.Jeffrey & McEwan	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum franchetii Hua	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum geminiflorum Decne.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum glaberrimum K.Koch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum gracile P.Y.Li	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum graminifolium Hook.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum grandicaule Y.S.Kim, B.U.Oh & C.G.Jang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum griffithii Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum hirtellum Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum hirtum (Bosc ex Poir.) Pursh	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum hookeri Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum humile Fisch. ex Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum × hybridum Brügger	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum inflatum Kom.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum infundiflorum Y.S.Kim, B.U.Oh & C.G.Jang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum involucratum (Franch. & Sav.) Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum jinzhaiense D.C.Zhang & J.Z.Shao	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum kingianum Collett & Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum lasianthum Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum leiboense S.C.Chen & D.Q.Liu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum longipedunculatum S.Yun Liang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum longistylum Y.Wan ex C.Z.Gao	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum macranthum (Maxim.) Koidz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum macropodum Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum megaphyllum P.Y.Li	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum miserum Satake	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Polygonatum multiflorum (L.) All.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum nervulosum Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum nodosum Hua	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	3
Polygonatum omeiense Z.Y.Zhu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum oppositifolium (Wall.) Royle	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum orientale Desf.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum prattii Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum × pseudopolyanthemum Miscz. ex Grossh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum pubescens (Willd.) Pursh	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum punctatum Royle ex Kunth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum robustum (Korsh.) Nakai	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum roseum (Ledeb.) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum sewerzowii Regel	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum sibiricum F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum sibiricum Redouté	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Polygonatum singalilense H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum sparsifolium F.T.Wang & Tang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum stenophyllum Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum stewartianum Diels	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum × tamaense H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum tessellatum F.T.Wang & Tang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum tsinlingense Tsui	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum velenovskyi Rohlena	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum vietnamicum L.I.Abramova	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum wardii F.T.Wang & Tang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum zanlanscianense Pamp.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Polygonatum zhejiangense X.J. Xue & H. Yao	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Polygonatum zhejiangensis X.J.Xue & H.Yao	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 254 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Polygonatum. Of these 71 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 105 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Polygonatum. 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 254 species names for the genus Polygonatum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	71	28.0%
◕	Synonym	173	68.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	3.9%

All names

The status of the 359 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Polygonatum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	75	20.9%
◕	Synonym	274	76.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	2.8%

Of the species names,

• 9 are recorded as invalid
• 16 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 254 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Polygonatum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	70	170	0	0	240	94.5%
	Medium confidence	1	3	0	0	4	1.6%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	10	10	3.9%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Polygonatum is as follows: