Galanthus is classified in the plant kingdom by Lineaus in 1753, as follows
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Clade | Angiosperms |
| Clade | Monocots |
| Order | Asparagales |
| Family | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily | Amaryllidoideae |
| Tribe | Galantheae |
| Genus | Galanthus |
(Source: Wikipedia)
The species, as they are now known:
- Galanthus alpinus Sosn.
- Galanthus angustifolius Koss
- Galanthus cilicicus Baker
- Galanthus elwesii Hook.f.
- Galanthus fosteri Baker
- Galanthus gracilis Celak.
- Galanthus ikariae Baker
- Galanthus koenenianus Lobin
- Galanthus krasnovii Khokhr.
- Galanthus lagodechianus Kem.-Nath.
- Galanthus nivalis L.
- Galanthus panjutinii Zubov & A.P.Davis
- Galanthus peshmenii A.P.Davis & C.D.Brickell
- Galanthus platyphyllus Traub & Moldenke
- Galanthus plicatus M.Bieb.
- Galanthus reginae-olgae Orph.
- Galanthus rizehensis Stern
- Galanthus transcaucasicus Fomin
- Galanthus trojanus A.P.Davis & Ă–zhatay
- Galanthus woronowii Losinsk