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Whitfieldia

The genus Whitfieldia is in the family Acanthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Whitfieldia

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Whitfieldia arnoldiana De Wild. & T.Durand Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Whitfieldia brazzae (Baill.) C.B.Clarke Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Whitfieldia colorata C.B. Clarke ex Stapf Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Whitfieldia elongata (P.Beauv.) De Wild. & T.Durand Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Whitfieldia lateritia Hook. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Whitfieldia latiflos C.B.Clarke Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Whitfieldia laurentii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Whitfieldia letestui Benoist Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Whitfieldia liebrechtsiana De Wild. & T.Durand Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Whitfieldia orientalis Vollesen Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Whitfieldia preussii (Lindau) C.B. Clarke Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Whitfieldia purpurata Heine Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Whitfieldia rutilans Heine Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Whitfieldia seretii De Wild. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Whitfieldia stuhlmannii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Whitfieldia sylvatica De Wild. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Whitfieldia thollonii (Baill.) Benoist Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 33 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Whitfieldia. Of these 14 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Whitfieldia. 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 33 species names for the genus Whitfieldia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 14 42.4%
Synonym 15 45.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 4 12.1%

All names

The status of the 34 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Whitfieldia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 14 41.2%
Synonym 16 47.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 4 11.8%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 33 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Whitfieldia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 13 14 0 0 27 81.8%
Low confidence 1 1 0 4 6 18.2%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 7 6 0 0 0 13 39.4%
WCSP (in review) 7 9 0 4 0 20 60.6%