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The genus Luzula is in the family Juncaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Luzula

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Luzula abchasica Novikov	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula abyssinica Parl.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula acuminata Raf.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	1
Luzula acutifolia H.Nordensk.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula africana Drège ex Steud.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula alopecuroides Desv.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Luzula alopecurus Desv.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula alpestris H.Nordensk.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula alpina Hoppe	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula alpinopilosa (Chaix) Breistr.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	2
Luzula antarctica Hook.f.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula arcuata (Wahlenb.) Sw.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	1
Luzula atlantica Braun-Blanq.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula atrata Edgar	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula australasica Steud.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	1
Luzula banksiana E.Mey.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	2
Luzula × bogdanii Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula bogdanii Kirschner	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Luzula bomiensis K.F.Wu	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × bornmuelleriana Kük.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × borreri Bromf. ex Bab.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula brachyphylla Phil.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula brevispicata Knjaz.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula bulbosa (Alph.Wood) Smyth & L.C.Smyth	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula caespitosa (J.Gay ex E.Mey.) Steud.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula calabra Ten.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula campestris (L.) DC.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula canariensis Poir.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula capitata (Miq. ex Franch. & Sav.) Kom.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula caricina E.Mey.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula celata Edgar	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula chilensis Nees & Meyen ex Kunth	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula colensoi Hook.f.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula comosa E.Mey.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula confusa Lindeb.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula congesta (Thuill.) Lej.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula crenulata Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula crinita Hook.f.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	1
Luzula cuprina Rochel & Steud.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Luzula × danica H.Nordensk. & Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula danica Nordensk. & Kirschner	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Luzula decipiens Edgar	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula densiflora (H.Nordensk.) Edgar	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula denticulata Liebm.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula desvauxii Kunth	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula divaricata S.Watson	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula divulgata Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula divulgatiformis Bacic & Jogan	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula echinata (Small) F.J.Herm.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula ecuadoriensis Balslev	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula effusa Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	1
Luzula elegans Lowe	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula excelsa Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula exspectata Bacic & Jogan	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula fallax Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × favratii K.Richt.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula flaccida (Buchenau) Edgar	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula formosana Ohwi	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula forsteri (Sm.) DC.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	2
Luzula × gayana Font Quer & Rothm.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula gigantea Desv.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula glabrata (Hoppe) Desv.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula graecans Chaub. & Bory	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Luzula groenlandica Böcher	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × hasleri Murr	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula hawaiiensis Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	2
Luzula × heddae Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × hermannii-muelleri Asch. & Graebn.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula hitchcockii Hämet-Ahti	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × hybrida H.Lindb. ex Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula ignivoma Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula inaequalis K.F.Wu	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula indica Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula involucratus Steud. ex Buchenau	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Luzula jimboi Miyabe & Kudo	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × johannis-principis Murr	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula johnstonii Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula kjellmaniana Miyabe & Kudo	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula kobayasii Satake	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula lactea (Link) E.Mey.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	1
Luzula leiboldii Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula leptophylla Buchenau & Petrie	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × levieri Asch. & Graebn.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula longiflora Benth.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula lutea (All.) DC.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula lutescens (Koidz.) Kirschner & Miyam.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula luzulina (Vill.) Racib.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula luzulina Dt. & Sarnth.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Luzula luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	1
Luzula mannii (Buchenau) Kirschner & Cheek	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	1
Luzula masafuerana Skottsb.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × media Kirschner	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula melanocarpa Desv.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Luzula mendocina Barros	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula meridionalis H.Nordensk.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula modesta Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula multiflora (Ehrh.) Lej.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	2
Luzula nipponica (Satake) Kirschner & Miyam.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula nivalis (Laest.) Spreng.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula nivea (Nathh.) DC.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula nodulosa E.Mey.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula novae-cambriae Gand.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula oligantha Sam.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula orestera Sharsm.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula ostenii (Mattf.) Herter	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula ovata Edgar	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula pallescens Sw.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula papuana M.E.Jansen	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula parviflora (Ehrh.) Desv.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	2
Luzula pedemontana Boiss. & Reut.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula pediformis (Chaix) DC.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula peruviana Desv.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × pfaffii Murr	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula philippinensis M.E.Jansen	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula picta A.Rich.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	1
Luzula pilosa (L.) Willd.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula pindica (Hausskn.) Chrtek & Krísa	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula piperi (Coville) M.E.Jones	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula plumosa E.Mey.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	1
Luzula poimena W.M.Curtis	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula pumila Hook.f.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula purpureosplendens Seub.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula racemosa Desv.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × romanica J.Dvorák & Vorel	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula rufa Edgar	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula rufescens Fisch. ex E.Mey.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	1
Luzula ruiz-lealii Barros	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula seubertii Lowe	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × sichuanensis K.F.Wu	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula silvatica Gaudich.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Luzula × somedana Fern-Carv. & Fern.Prieto	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula spicata (L.) DC.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	4
Luzula stenophylla Steud.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula subcapitata (Rydb.) H.D.Harr.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula subcongesta (S.Watson) Jeps.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula subsessilis (S.Watson) Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula sudetica (Willd.) Schult.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula sudetica DC.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Luzula sylvatica (Huds.) Gaudin	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23	3
Luzula taiwaniana Satake	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula taurica (V.I.Krecz.) Novikov	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula traversii (Buchenau) Cheeseman	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula tristachya Desv.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula ulei Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula ulophylla (Buchenau) Cockayne & Laing	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × vinesii Murr	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula vulcanica Liebm.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula wahlenbergii Rupr.	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × wettsteinii Buchenau	Accepted		IOPI	2012-03-23
Luzula × winderiae Murr	Unresolved		IOPI	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 423 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Luzula. Of these 141 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 467 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Luzula. 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 423 species names for the genus Luzula recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	141	33.3%
◕	Synonym	271	64.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	11	2.6%

All names

The status of the 890 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Luzula recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	171	19.2%
◕	Synonym	708	79.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	11	1.2%

Of the species names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 38 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 423 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Luzula, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	138	241	0	0	379	89.6%
	Medium confidence	2	25	0	0	27	6.4%
	Low confidence	1	5	0	11	17	4.0%

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