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Coryphantha

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

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

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

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
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:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 61 21.2%
Synonym 171 59.4%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 56 19.4%

Of the species names,

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:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 53 0 11 0 64 28.4%
WCSP (in review) 50 68 0 43 0 161 71.6%