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The genus Zygopetalum is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Zygopetalum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Zygopetalum brachypetalum Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Zygopetalum crinitum Lodd.	Accepted		WCSP
Zygopetalum ghillanyi Pabst	Accepted		WCSP
Zygopetalum graminifolium Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Zygopetalum maculatum (Kunth) Garay	Accepted		WCSP
Zygopetalum maxillare Lodd.	Accepted		WCSP
Zygopetalum microphytum Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Zygopetalum pabstii Toscano	Accepted		WCSP
Zygopetalum pedicellatum (Sw.) Garay	Accepted		WCSP
Zygopetalum reginae Pabst	Accepted		WCSP
Zygopetalum rigbyanum Ruschi	Accepted		WCSP
Zygopetalum sellowii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Zygopetalum silvanum V.P.Castro & Campacci	Accepted		WCSP
Zygopetalum sincoranum V.P.Castro & Campacci	Accepted		WCSP
Zygopetalum triste Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 154 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Zygopetalum. Of these 15 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Zygopetalum. 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 154 species names for the genus Zygopetalum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	15	9.7%
◕	Synonym	125	81.2%
◕	Unplaced	10	6.5%
◕	Unassessed	4	2.6%

All names

The status of the 159 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Zygopetalum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	15	9.4%
◕	Synonym	130	81.8%
◕	Unplaced	10	6.3%
◕	Unassessed	4	2.5%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 154 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Zygopetalum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	15	109	0	0	124	80.5%
	Medium confidence	0	7	0	0	7	4.5%
	Low confidence	0	9	10	4	23	14.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Zygopetalum, are as follows: