The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Sphinctanthus

The genus Sphinctanthus is in the family Rubiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sphinctanthus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Sphinctanthus acutilobus Huber Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Sphinctanthus aurantiacus (Standl.) Fagerl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Sphinctanthus hasslerianus Chodat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Sphinctanthus insignis Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Sphinctanthus maculatus Spruce ex K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Sphinctanthus microphyllus K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Sphinctanthus polycarpus (H.Karst.) Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Sphinctanthus striiflorus (DC.) Hook.f. ex K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Sphinctanthus tomantosus K. Schum. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 17 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sphinctanthus. Of these 8 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sphinctanthus. 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 17 species names for the genus Sphinctanthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 8 47.1%
Synonym 8 47.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 1 5.9%

All names

The status of the 18 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sphinctanthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 8 44.4%
Synonym 9 50.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 1 5.6%

The confidence with which the status of the 17 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sphinctanthus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 8 7 0 0 15 88.2%
Medium confidence 0 1 0 0 1 5.9%
Low confidence 0 0 0 1 1 5.9%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 1 0 1 0 2 11.8%
WCSP 8 7 0 0 0 15 88.2%