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The genus Spiranthes is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Spiranthes

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Spiranthes aestivalis (Poir.) Rich.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes africana Lindl.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes alticola D.L.Jones	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes angustilabris J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes aphyllus Kraenzl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes × australis P.M.Br.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes brevicaulis Raf.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes brevilabris Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Spiranthes canterae Barb. Rodr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes casei Catling & Cruise	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes cylindrica Lindl. apud Schltr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes delitescens Sheviak	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes diluvialis Sheviak	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes × eamesii P.M.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes eatonii Ames ex P.M.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes graminea Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes guyanensis Cogn.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes hilariana Cogn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes hongkongensis S.Y.Hu & Barretto	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes infernalis Sheviak	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes × intermedia Ames	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes × itchetuckneensis P.M.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Spiranthes laciniata (Small) Ames	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes longicollis Cogn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes longilabris Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes lorenzii Cogn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes lucida (H.H.Eaton) Ames	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes magnicamporum Sheviak	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes minarum Kraenzl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes nebulorum Catling & V.R.Catling	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes ochroleuca (Rydb.) Rydb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes oestivalis Boiss.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes ovalis Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes parksii Correll	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes parva Cogn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes pauciflora Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes petiolaris Raf.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes porrifolia Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes praecox (Walter) S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes pusilla (Blume) Miq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes robusta Kraenzl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes romanzoffiana Cham.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes siberica Raf.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes × simpsonii Catling & Sheviak	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes spiralis (L.) Chevall.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes stellata P.M.Br., Dueck & K.M.Cameron	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes stenantha Cogn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes sunii Boufford & Wen H.Zhang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes sylvatica P.M.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes tamanduensis Kraenzl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes tenue Benth. ex Fawc.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes torta (Thunb.) Garay & H.R.Sweet	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes tuberosa Raf.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes venusta Barb. Rodr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes vernalis Engelm. & A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spiranthes viridis Cogn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes widgrenii Rchb. f.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spiranthes × zahlbruckneri H.Fleischm.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 242 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Spiranthes. Of these 39 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 42 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Spiranthes. 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 242 species names for the genus Spiranthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	39	16.1%
◕	Synonym	180	74.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	23	9.5%

All names

The status of the 284 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Spiranthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	41	14.4%
◕	Synonym	220	77.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	23	8.1%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 10 are recorded as illegitimate

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 242 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Spiranthes, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	38	168	0	0	206	85.1%
	Medium confidence	1	12	0	0	13	5.4%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	23	23	9.5%

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