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The genus Elephantopus is in the family Compositae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Elephantopus

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Elephantopus angolensis O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus angustifolia DC.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus arenarius Britton & P.Wilson ex Britton	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus arenosus Krasch.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus biflorus (Less.) Sch.Bip.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus carolinianus Raeuschel	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus carolinianus Raeusch.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus cervinus Vell. ex DC.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus crispus Sch.Bip.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus dilatatus Gleason	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus elongatus Gardner	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus erectus Gleason	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus funckii (Turcz.) Philipson	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus hirtiflora DC.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus hirtiflorus DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus mendoncae Philipson	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus micropappus Less.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus mollis Kunth	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus multisetus O.Hoffm. ex O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus nudatus A.Gray	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus nudicaulis Poir.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus palustris Gardner	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus piauiensis R.Barros & Semir	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus pratensis C.Wright	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus pratensis wr. ex Sauv.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus racemosus Gardner	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus riparius Gardner	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus scaber L.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	2
Elephantopus senegalensis (Klatt) Oliv. & Hiern	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus sericeus Graham	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus serratus Blanco	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus tomentosus L.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus vernonioides S.Moore	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus virgatus Desv. ex Ham.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Elephantopus welwitschii Hiern	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11

Statistics

The Plant List includes 68 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Elephantopus. Of these 29 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 31 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Elephantopus. 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 68 species names for the genus Elephantopus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	29	42.6%
◕	Synonym	31	45.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	8	11.8%

All names

The status of the 99 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Elephantopus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	31	31.3%
◕	Synonym	60	60.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	8	8.1%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 6 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 68 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Elephantopus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	29	28	0	0	57	83.8%
	Low confidence	0	3	0	8	11	16.2%

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