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The genus Eryngium is in the family Apiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Eryngium

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Eryngium agavifolium Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium alismifolium Greene	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium aloifolium Mart. ex Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium alpinum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium alternatum J.M.Coult. & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium amethystinodes Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium amethystinum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium amorginum Rech.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium andicolum H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium anomalum Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium antiatlanticum Jury	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium aquaticum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium aquifolium Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium argyreum Maire	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium aristulatum Jeps.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium armatum (S.Watson) J.M.Coult. & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium aromaticum Baldwin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium articulatum Hook.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium arvense Phil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium atlanticum Batt. & Pit.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium balansae H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium baldwinii Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium barrelieri Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium beckii M.Mend.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium beecheyanum Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium billardierei F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium billardieri Delile	Accepted		TRO
Eryngium bithynicum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium boissieuanum H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium bolivianum M.Mend.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium bonplandii F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium bornmuelleri Nábelek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium bourgatii Gouan	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium bovei Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium brasiliense Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium bromeliifolium F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium buchtienii H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium bungei Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium bupleuroides Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium cabrerae Pontiroli	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium calaster Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium campestre L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium canaliculatum Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium cardesii Clos	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium carlinae F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium carlinoides Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium castrense Jeps.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium caucasicum Trautv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium cervantesii F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium chevalieri Sennen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium chubutense Neger ex P.Dusén	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium ciliatum Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium columnare Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium comosum F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium constancei M.Y.Sheikh	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium coquienbanum Phil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium coquimbanum Phil. ex Urb.	Accepted		TRO
Eryngium corallinum Mathias & Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium corniculatum Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium coronatum Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium crassisquamosum Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium creticum Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium cuneifolium Small	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium cylindricum Larrañaga	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium cymosum F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium × dalmaticum Teyber	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium davisii Kit Tan & Yildiz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium delarocheanum H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium deppeanum Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium depressum Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium desertorum Zohary	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium dichotomum Desf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium diffusum Torr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium dilatatum Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium divaricatum Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium dorae C.Norman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium duriaei J.Gay ex Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium duriberum Sennen & Pau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium dusenii H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium ebracteatum Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium eburneum Decne.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium echinatum Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium ekmanii H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium elegans Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium × embergeri Sennen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium eriophorum Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium eurycephalum Malme	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium expansum F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium falcatum F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium falcifolium Irgang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium × fernandezianum Skottsb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium ferrisiae Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium fistulosum Phil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium floribundum Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium fluitans M.E.Jones	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium fluminense Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium foetidum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium foliosum Scheele	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium fontanum A.E.Holland & E.J.Thomps.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium galeottii Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium galioides Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium gentryi Constance & Bye	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium ghiesbreghtii Decne.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium giganteum M.Bieb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium glaciale Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium glaziovianum Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium glomeratum Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium glossophyllum H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium goulartii Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium goyazense Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium gracile F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium gramineum F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium grossii Font Quer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium guatemalense Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium haenkei C.Presl ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium hainesii C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium hassleri H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium hedgeanum Kit Tan & Yildiz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium hemisphaericum Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium hemsleyanum H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium × heteracanthum Teyber	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium heterophyllum Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium hookeri Walp.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium horminoides DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium horridum Malme	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium humboldtii F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium humifusum Clos	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium humile Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium huteri Porta & Rigo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium ilex P.H.Davis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium ilicifolium Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium inaccessum Skottsb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium incantatum Lucena, Novara & Cuezzo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium integrifolium Walter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium involucratum J.M.Coult. & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium irwinii Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium isauricum Contandr. & Quézel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium jaliscense Mathias & Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium junceum Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium juncifolium (Urb.) Mathias & Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium karatavicum Iljin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium koehneanum Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium kotschyi Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium lacustre Pohl ex Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium lemmonii J.M.Coult. & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium leptophyllum H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium longifolium Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium lorentzii H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium luzulifolium Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium macracanthum Phil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium macrocalyx Schrenk	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium madrense S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium malmeanum H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium marginatum Pohl ex Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium maritimum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium marocanum Pit.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium mathiasiae M.Y.Sheikh	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium megapotamicum Malme	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium mesopotamicum T.M.Pedersen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium × mohamedanii Font Quer & Pau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium molleri Gand.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium moluccanum Steenis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium monocephalum Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium montanum J.M.Coult. & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium multicapitatum Morong	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium nasturtiifolium Juss. ex F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium neei M.Mend.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium nudicaule Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium octophyllum Korovin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium × oliverianum F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium ombrophilum Dusén & H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium ovinum A.Cunn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium palmatum Pancic & Vis.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium palmeri Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium palmito Boiss. & Heldr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium paludosum (C.Moore & Betche) P.W.Michael	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pamiralaicum Korovin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pandanifolium Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium paniculatum Cav. & Dombey ex F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium paraguariense Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pectinatum C.Presl ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pendletonense K.L.Marsden & M.G.Simpson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium petiolatum Hook.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium phyteumae F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pilularioides Hemsl. & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pinnatifidum Bunge	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pinnatisectum Jeps.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium plantagineum F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium plantaginifolium H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium planum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pohlianum Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium polycephalum Hausskn. ex H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium polyrhizum Clos	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pratense Phil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pringlei Hemsl. & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pristis Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium proliferum Brade	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium prostratum Nutt. ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium proteiflorum F.Delaroche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pseudojunceum Clos	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pseudothoriifolium Contandr. & Quézel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pulchellum Phil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium purpusii Hemsl. & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium pyramidale Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium racemosum Jeps.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium ramboanum Mathias & Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium rauhianum Mathias & Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium raulinii Mathias & Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium rechingeri Tamamsch. & Pimenov	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium regnellii Malme	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium reitzii Mathias & Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium reptans Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium riparium Larrañaga	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium rochei Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium × rocheri P.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium rojasii H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium rosei Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium rostratum Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium sanguisorba Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium sarcophyllum Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium scaposum Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium schiedeanum Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium schwackeanum Urb. ex H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium scirpinum Cham.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium sellowii H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium serbicum Pancic	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium serra Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium serratum Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium siculum Lojac.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium smithii Mathias & Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium sparganoides Clos	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium sparganophyllum Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium spinalba Vill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium spinosissimum Stapf & Wettst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium stenophyllum Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium strotheri Constance & Affolter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium subacaule Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium subinerme (H.Wolff) Mathias & Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium supinum J.M.Black	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium tenue Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium tenuissimum Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium ternatum Poir.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium thorifolium Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium thyrsoideum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium tricuspidatum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium triquetrum Vahl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium trisectum Wörz & H.Duman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium tzeltal Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium unifultum Clos	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium urbanianum H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium variifolium Coss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium vaseyi J.M.Coult. & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium venustum Bartlett ex Constance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium vesiculosum Labill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium × visianii Teyber	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium viviparum J.Gay	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium wanaturi Woronow	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium weberbaueri H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium wiegandii Adamovic	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium woodii M.Mend.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Eryngium zosterifolium H.Wolff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 484 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Eryngium. Of these 263 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 115 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Eryngium. 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 484 species names for the genus Eryngium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	263	54.3%
◕	Synonym	189	39.0%
◕	Unplaced	11	2.3%
◕	Unassessed	21	4.3%

All names

The status of the 599 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Eryngium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	279	46.6%
◕	Synonym	287	47.9%
◕	Unplaced	11	1.8%
◕	Unassessed	22	3.7%

Of these names,

• 12 are recorded as invalid
• 17 are recorded as illegitimate
• 2 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 2 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 484 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Eryngium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	262	187	0	0	449	92.8%
	Low confidence	1	2	11	21	35	7.2%

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