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The genus Pogostemon is in the family Lamiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Pogostemon

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Pogostemon amaranthoides Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon andersonii (Prain) Panigrahi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon aquaticus (C.H.Wright) Press	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon atropurpureus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon auricularius (L.) Hassk.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon barbatus Bhoti & Ingr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon benghalensis (Burm.f.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon brachystachyus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon brevicorollus Y.Z.Sun	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon championii Prain	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon chinensis C.Y.Wu & Y.C.Huang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon crassicaulis (Benth.) Press	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon cristatus Hassk.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon cruciatus (Benth.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon dasianus A.B.De & Mukerjee	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon deccanensis (Panigrahi) Press	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon dielsianus Dunn	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon elatispicatus Bhoti & Ingr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon elsholtzioides Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon erectus (Dalzell) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon esquirolii (H.Lév.) C.Y.Wu & Y.C.Huang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon falcatus (C.Y.Wu) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon formosanus Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon fraternus Miq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon gardneri Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon glaber Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon glabratus Chermsir. ex Press	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon globulosus Phuong ex Suddee & A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon gracilis Hassk.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon griffithii Prain	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon hedgei V.S.Kumar & B.D.Sharma	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon helferi (Hook.f.) Press	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon heyneanus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon hirsutus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon hispidocalyx C.Y.Wu & Y.C.Huang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon hispidus (Benth.) Prain	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon hortensis Backer ex K.Heyne	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon hortensis Backer ex Adelb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon ianthinus H.Lév.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon kachinensis (Mukerjee) Panigrahi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon koehneanus (Muschl.) Press	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon lavandulispica H.Lév.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon linearis (Benth.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon litigiosus Doan ex Suddee & A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon longifolius F.Muell.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon lythroides (Diels) Press	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon macgregorii W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon manipurensis V.S.Kumar	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon membranaceus Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon menthoides Blume	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon micangensis G.Taylor	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon mollis Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon mutamba (Hiern) G.Taylor	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon myosuroides (Roth) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon nelsonii Doan ex Suddee & A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon nepetoides Stapf	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon nigrescens Dunn	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon nilagiricus Gamble	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon paludosus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon paniculatus (Willd.) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon parviflorus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon peethapushpum Pradeep	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon peguanus (Prain) Press	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon pentagonus (C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon petiolaris Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon philippinensis S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon plectrantoides Desf.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon pressii Panigrahi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon pubescens Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon pumilus (Graham) Press	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon purpurascens Dalzell	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon quadrifolius (Benth.) F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon raghavendranii R.Murugan & Livingst.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon reflexus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon reticulatus Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon rogersii N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon rotundatus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon rugosus (Hook.f.) El Gazzar & L.Watson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon rupestris Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon salicifolius (Dalzell ex Hook.f.) El Gazzar & L.Watson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon sampsonii (Hance) Press	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon septentrionalis C.Y.Wu & Y.C.Huang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon speciosus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon stellatus (Lour.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon stocksii (Hook.f.) Press	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon strigosus (Benth.) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon szemaoensis (C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan) Press	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon tisserantii (Pellegr.) Bhoti & Ingr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon travancoricus Bedd.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon trinervis Chermsir. ex Press	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon tuberculosus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon velatus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon vestitus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon villosus (Roxb.) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon wattii C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon wightii Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon williamsii Elmer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon xanthiifolius C.Y.Wu & Y.C.Huang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pogostemon xanthiiphyllus C.Y. Wu & Y.C. Huang	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Pogostemon yatabeanus (Makino) Press	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 237 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pogostemon. Of these 94 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 21 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pogostemon. 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 237 species names for the genus Pogostemon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	94	39.7%
◕	Synonym	136	57.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	3.0%

All names

The status of the 258 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pogostemon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	94	36.4%
◕	Synonym	157	60.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	2.7%

Of the species names,

• 9 are recorded as invalid
• 11 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 237 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pogostemon, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	94	133	0	0	227	95.8%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	0.8%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	7	8	3.4%

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