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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Hoodia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Hoodia albispina N.E. Br.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia alstonii (N.E. Br.) Plowes	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia bainii Dyer	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia barklyi Dyer	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia burkei N.E. Br.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia cactiformis (Hook.) Halda	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia coleorum Plowes	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia currorii (Hook.) Decne.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia dinteri Schltr. ex Dinter	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia dinteri (A.Berger) Halda	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia dregei N.E. Br.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia felina (D.T.Cole) Halda	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia flava (N.E. Br.) Plowes	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia foetida Plowes	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia gibbosa Nel	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia gordonii (Masson) Sweet ex Decne.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia grandis (N.E. Br.) Plowes	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia haagnerae (Plowes) Halda	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia husabensis Nel	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia juttae Dinter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia langii Oberm. & Letty	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia longispina Plowes	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia lugardi N.E. Br.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia lugardii N.E. Br.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia macrantha Dinter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia marlothii (N.E.Br.) Halda	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia meloformis (Marloth) Halda	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia montana Nel	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia mossamedensis (L.C.Leach) Plowes	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia officinalis (N.E. Br.) Plowes	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1
Hoodia parviflora N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia pedicellata (Schinz) Plowes	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia perlata (Dinter) Halda	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia picta (N.E.Br.) Halda	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia pilifera (L. f.) Plowes	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1
Hoodia pillansii N.E. Br.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia rosea Oberm. & Letty	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia ruschii Dinter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia rustica (N.E. Br.) Plowes	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia similis Dinter	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia similis (N.E.Br.) Halda	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia sociarum (A.C.White & B.Sloane) Halda	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hoodia triebneri Schuldt	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia triebneri (Nel) Bruyns	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hoodia whitesloaneana Dinter ex A.C.White & B.Sloane	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 56 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Hoodia. Of these 27 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Hoodia. 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 56 species names for the genus Hoodia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	27	48.2%
◕	Synonym	11	19.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	18	32.1%

All names

The status of the 59 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Hoodia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	29	49.2%
◕	Synonym	12	20.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	18	30.5%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 56 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Hoodia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	1	0	0	1	1.8%
	Medium confidence	27	10	0	0	37	66.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	18	18	32.1%

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