The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Discocactus

The genus Discocactus is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Discocactus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Discocactus bahiensis Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Discocactus biformis Walp. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Discocactus ferricola Buining & Brederoo Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Discocactus heptacanthus (Barb.Rodr.) Britton & Rose Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 2
Discocactus horstii Buining & Brederoo Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Discocactus placentiformis (Lehm.) K.Schum. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Discocactus pseudoinsignis N.P.Taylor & Zappi Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Discocactus subnudus Britton & Rose Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Discocactus zehntneri Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1

Statistics

The Plant List includes 68 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Discocactus. Of these 7 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 43 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Discocactus. 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 68 species names for the genus Discocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 7 10.3%
Synonym 56 82.4%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 5 7.4%

All names

The status of the 111 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Discocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 10 9.0%
Synonym 96 86.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 5 4.5%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 68 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Discocactus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 6 25 0 0 31 45.6%
Low confidence 1 31 0 5 37 54.4%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 2 0 0 0 2 2.9%
WCSP (in review) 7 54 0 5 0 66 97.1%