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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Xanthophytum

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Xanthophytum alopecurum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum attopevense (Pierre ex Pit.) H.S.Lo	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum balansae (Pit.) H.S.Lo	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum biceps Ridl.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum borneense (Valeton) Axelius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum brookei Axelius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum bullatum Tange	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum calycinum (A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum capitatum Valeton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum capitellatum Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum chinense Merr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Xanthophytum cylindricum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum ferrugineum (DC.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum foliaceum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum fruticulosum Reinw. ex Blume	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum glabrum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum glomeratum Valeton ex Bakh.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum grandiflorum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum grandifolium Valeton ex Bakh.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum involucratum Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum johannis-winkleri Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum kinabaluense (Bremek.) Tange	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum kwangtungense (Chun & F.C.How) H.S.Lo	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum longipedunculatum Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum magnisepalum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum minus Axelius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum nitens Axelius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum olivaceum Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum papuanum Wernham	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum polyanthum Pit.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum pubistylosum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum semiorbiculare (Bakh.f.) Axelius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum sessile Axelius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthophytum setosum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 45 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Xanthophytum. Of these 32 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Xanthophytum. 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 45 species names for the genus Xanthophytum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	32	71.1%
◕	Synonym	11	24.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	4.4%

All names

The status of the 50 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Xanthophytum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	32	64.0%
◕	Synonym	16	32.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	4.0%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 45 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Xanthophytum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	32	11	0	0	43	95.6%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	2	2	4.4%

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