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Xanthosoma

The genus Xanthosoma is in the family Araceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Xanthosoma

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Xanthosoma acutiloba Croat Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Xanthosoma acutum E.G.Gonç. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma akkermansii (G.S.Bunting) Croat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma aristeguietae (G.S.Bunting) Madison Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma auriculatum Regel Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma baguense Croat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma barilletii Carrière Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma bayo G.S.Bunting Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma belophyllum (Willd.) Kunth Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma belophyllum x caracassanum K. Koch Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Xanthosoma bilineatum Rusby Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma bolivaranum G.S.Bunting Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma brasiliense (Desf.) Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma brevispathaceum Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma × brownii O.Deg. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma caladioides Grayum Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma caracu K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma caulotuberculatum G.S.Bunting Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma ceronii Croat & L.P. Hannon Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Xanthosoma conspurcatum Schott Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma contractum G.S.Bunting Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma cordatum N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma cordifolium N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma crassilaminum Croat Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Xanthosoma crassinervium Croat Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Xanthosoma cubense (Schott) Schott Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma daguense Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma dealbatum Grayum Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma eggersii (Engl.) Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma exiguum G.S.Bunting Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma flavomaculatum Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma fractum Madison Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma granvillei Croat & Thomps. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma guttatum Croat & D.C.Bay Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma hannoniae Croat Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Xanthosoma harlingii Croat & L.P. Hannon Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Xanthosoma hebetatum Croat & D.C.Bay Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma helleborifolium (Jacq.) Schott Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma herrerae Croat & P.Huang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma hylaeae Engl. & K.Krause Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma latestigmatum Bogner & E.G.Gonç. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma litense Croat Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Xanthosoma longilobum G.S.Bunting Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma lucens E.G.Gonç. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma mafaffoides G.S.Bunting Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma mariae Bogner & E.G.Gonç. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma maroae G.S.Bunting Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma maximiliani Schott Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma mendozae Matuda Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma mexicanum Liebm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma minima Croat Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Xanthosoma mucronatum Schott Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma narinoense Bogner & L.P.Hannon Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma nitidum G.S.Bunting Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma obtusilobum Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma orinocense G.S.Bunting Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma paradoxum (Bogner & Mayo) Bogner Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma pariense G.S.Bunting Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma peltatum G.S.Bunting Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma pentaphyllum (Schott) Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma pichinchense Croat Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Xanthosoma platylobum (Schott) Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma plowmanii Bogner Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma poeppigii Schott Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma pottii E.G.Gonç. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma pringlei Croat Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Xanthosoma puberulum Croat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma pubescens Poepp. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma pulchrum E.G.Gonç. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma purpureomaculatum Croat Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Xanthosoma riedelianum (Schott) Schott Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma riparium E.G.Gonç. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma robustum Schott Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma saguasense G.S.Bunting Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma seideliae Croat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma stenospathum Madison Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma striatipes (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Madison Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma striolatum Mart. ex Schott Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma supiaense Croat Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Xanthosoma sylvestre Bello Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma syngoniifolium Rusby Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma taioba E.G.Gonç. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma tarapotense Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma trichophyllum K.Krause Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma trilobum G.S.Bunting Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma ulei Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma undipes (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) K.Koch Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma viviparum Madison Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma weeksii Madison Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma wendlandii (Schott) Standl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Xanthosoma yucatanense Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 187 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Xanthosoma. Of these 76 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 21 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Xanthosoma. 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 187 species names for the genus Xanthosoma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 76 40.6%
Synonym 95 50.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 16 8.6%

All names

The status of the 208 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Xanthosoma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 76 36.5%
Synonym 116 55.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 16 7.7%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 187 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Xanthosoma, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 75 91 0 0 166 88.8%
Medium confidence 1 3 0 0 4 2.1%
Low confidence 0 1 0 16 17 9.1%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 3 0 12 0 16 8.6%
WCSP 75 92 0 4 0 171 91.4%