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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Hosta

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Hosta aequinoctiiantha Koidz. ex Araki	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta albofarinosa D.Q.Wang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta × alismifolia F.Maek.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta apoiensis Nakai ex Miyabe & Kudô	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Hosta calliantha Araki	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta capitata (Koidz.) Nakai	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta clausa Nakai	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Hosta clavata F.Maek.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta crassifolia Araki	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta densa F.Maek.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta gracillima F.Maek.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta helonioides F.Maek.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta hypoleuca Murata	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta ibukiensis Araki	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta jonesii M.G.Chung	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta kikutii F.Maek.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	4
Hosta kiyosumiensis F.Maek.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta laevigata W.G.Schmid	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta lancifolia (Thunb.) Engl.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta longipes (Franch. & Sav.) Matsum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta longissima F.Maek.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta minor (Baker) Nakai	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta nigrescens (Makino) F.Maek.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta okamotoi Araki	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta ovata Spring	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Hosta pachyscapa F.Maek.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Asch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta pulchella N.Fujita	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta pycnophylla F.Maek.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta rectifolia Nakai	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta rohdeifolia F.Maek.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta rupifraga Nakai	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta shikokiana N.Fujita	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta sieboldiana (Hook.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Hosta sieboldii (Paxton) J.W.Ingram	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta takiensis Araki	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta tardiva Nakai	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta tsushimensis N.Fujita	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Hosta undulata (Otto & A.Dietr.) L.H.Bailey	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta ventricosa Stearn	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta venusta F.Maek.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hosta yingeri S.B.Jones	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 144 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Hosta. Of these 23 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 192 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Hosta. 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 144 species names for the genus Hosta recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	23	16.0%
◕	Synonym	102	70.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	19	13.2%

All names

The status of the 336 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Hosta recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	30	8.9%
◕	Synonym	286	85.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	20	6.0%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 6 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 144 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Hosta, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	23	84	0	0	107	74.3%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	0.7%
	Low confidence	0	17	0	19	36	25.0%

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