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The genus Acokanthera is in the family Apocynaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Acokanthera

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Acokanthera laevigata Kupicha	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acokanthera lycioides (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) G.Don	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acokanthera pubescens (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) G.Don	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acokanthera rotundata (Codd) Kupicha	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acokanthera schimperi (A.DC.) Schweinf.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acokanthera wabajo Markgr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 40 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Acokanthera. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Acokanthera. 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 40 species names for the genus Acokanthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	12.5%
◕	Synonym	30	75.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	12.5%

All names

The status of the 43 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Acokanthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	11.6%
◕	Synonym	33	76.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	11.6%

Of the species names,

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

The confidence with which the status of the 40 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Acokanthera, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	5	27	0	0	32	80.0%
	Medium confidence	0	3	0	0	3	7.5%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	5	5	12.5%

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