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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Loxanthocereus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Loxanthocereus deserticola F. Ritter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Loxanthocereus erectispinus Rauh & Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Loxanthocereus eulalianus Rauh & Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Loxanthocereus ferrugineus Rauh & Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Loxanthocereus hoffmannii F. Ritter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Loxanthocereus hystrix Rauh & Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Loxanthocereus montanus F. Ritter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Loxanthocereus sulcifer Rauh & Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 15 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Loxanthocereus. Of these 7 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Loxanthocereus. 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 15 species names for the genus Loxanthocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	7	46.7%
◕	Synonym	7	46.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	6.7%

All names

The status of the 17 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Loxanthocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	7	41.2%
◕	Synonym	9	52.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	5.9%

The confidence with which the status of the 15 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Loxanthocereus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	7	7	0	0	14	93.3%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	1	1	6.7%

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