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The genus Coryphantha is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Coryphantha

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Coryphantha acanthostephes Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha asperispina Boed.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha aulacothele (Lem.) Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha borwigii (J.A.Purpus) A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha calochlora Boed.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha ceratites (Quehl) A.Berger	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha clava (Pfeiff.) Lem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha clavata (Scheidw.) Backeb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	2
Coryphantha columnaris Lahman	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha compacta (Engelm.) Orcutt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha compacta (Engelm.) Britton & Rose	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Coryphantha conimamma (Linke) A.Berger	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha connivens Britton & Rose	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha conoidea (DC.) Orcutt	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha conspicua Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha cornifera (DC.) Lem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha delaetiana (Quehl) A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha delicata L.Bremer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha difficilis (Quehl) Orcutt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha durangensis (Ruenge ex Schum.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Coryphantha echinoidea (Quehl) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha echinus (Engelm.) Orcutt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha echinus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Coryphantha elephantidens (Lem.) Lem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	2
Coryphantha erecta (Lem. ex Pfeiff.) Lem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha exsudans (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Lem. ex C.F.Först.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha georgii Boed.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha glanduligera (Otto & A.Dietr.) Lem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha glassii Dicht & A.Lüthy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha gracilis L.Bremer & A.B.Lau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha gracilis Bremer & A.B. Lau	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Coryphantha grahamii (Engelm.) Rydb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha grandiflora (Scheidw. ex Foerster) A.Berger	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha heteromorpha Lem.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Coryphantha heterophylla Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha hintoniorum Dicht & A.Lüthy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha hookeri Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha indensis L.Bremer	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha indesis Bremer	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Coryphantha jalpanensis Buchenau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha kieferiana (Boed.) A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha kracikii Halda, Chalupa & Kupčák	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha kracikii Halda	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Coryphantha lehmannii Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha longicornis Boed.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha loricata Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha macromeris (Engelm.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	2
Coryphantha macromeris (Engelm.) Lem.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Coryphantha maiz-tablasensis O.Schwarz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha maiz-tablasensis Schwartz ex Backeb.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Coryphantha neglecta L.Bremer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha neglecta Bremer	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Coryphantha nickelsiae (K.Brandegee) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha nivosa (Link ex Pfeiff.) Britton	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha obscura Boed.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha octacantha (DC.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha odorata Boed.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha oklahomensis Lahman	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha ottonianus (Poselg.) Y.Itô	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha ottonis (Pfeiff.) Lem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha pallida Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	2
Coryphantha panarottoi Halda & Horáček	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha poselgeriana (D.Dietr.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha potosiana (Jacobi) Glass & R.A.Foster ex Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha potosiana (Jacobi) Glass & Foster	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Coryphantha pottsiana (Poselg.) A.D.Zimmerman	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha pottsii (Scheer) Orcutt	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha pseudoechinus Boed.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Coryphantha pseudonickelsae Backeb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha pulleineana (Backeb.) Glass	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha pycnacantha (Mart.) Lem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha ramillosa Cutak	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha recurvata (Engelm.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha retusa (Pfeiff) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Coryphantha rosea Clokey	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha roseana (Boed.) Moran	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha salinensis (Poselg.) Dicht & A.Lüthy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha salm-dyckiana (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha stuetzlei Frič	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha sublanata Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha sulcata (Engelm.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha tripugionacantha A.B.Lau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha tripugionacantha Lau	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Coryphantha tuberculosa (Engelm.) Orcutt	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha vaupeliana Boed.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha vogtherriana Werderm. & Boed.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha vorwerkii (Frič) Halda & Malina	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha werdermannii Boed.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha wissmannii (Hildm. ex K.Schum.) A.Berger	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha wohlschlageri Holzeis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coryphantha zilziana Boed.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 225 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Coryphantha. Of these 50 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 63 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Coryphantha. 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 225 species names for the genus Coryphantha recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	50	22.2%
◕	Synonym	121	53.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	54	24.0%

All names

The status of the 288 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Coryphantha recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	61	21.2%
◕	Synonym	171	59.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	56	19.4%

Of the species names,

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

The confidence with which the status of the 225 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Coryphantha, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	46	108	0	0	154	68.4%
	Low confidence	4	13	0	54	71	31.6%

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