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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Tephrocactus

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Tephrocactus alexanderi Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus andicolus Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus aoracanthus Lem.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus archiconoideus (F.Ritter) G.D.Rowley	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus atroglobosus Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus bonnieae (D.J.Ferguson & R.Kiesling) Stuppy	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus bruchii (Speg.) Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus bruchii Speg.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus camachoi Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus campestris (Britton & Rose) Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus catacanthus Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus chichensis Cárdenas	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus chilensis Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus clavarioides (Pfeiff.) G.D.Rowley	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus curvispinus Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus dactyliferus (Vaupel) Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus diademata (Lem.) Lem.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus duvalioides Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus echinaceus F. Ritter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus erectocladus (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus flexispinus Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus geometricus (A. Cast.) Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus halophilus (Speg.) Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus hegenbartianus Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus heteromorphus Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus hickenii Speg.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus hossei Krainz & Gräser	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus inermis (Speg.) Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus kuehnirichianus Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus leoninus Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus longiarticulatus Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus melanacanthus Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus microdiscus (F.A.C.Weber) G.D.Rowley	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus microsphaericus Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus molinensis (Speg.) Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus muellerianus Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus multiareolatus F. Ritter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus neoglomeratus Y.Itô	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus neopentlandii Y.Itô	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus paediophilus (A.Cast.) F.Ritter	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus parvisetus Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Tephrocactus platyacanthus Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus polyacanthus Lem. ex C.F.Först.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus pseudorauppianus Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus pusillus Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus rauppianus (K.Schum.) Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus retrospinus Lem. ex C.F.Först.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus riojanus Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus setiger Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus soehrensii (Britton & Rose) G.D.Rowley	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus subsphaericus Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus tilcarensis (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus verschaffeltii (Cels ex F.A.C.Weber) D.R.Hunt & Ritz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Tephrocactus virgultus Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 73 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Tephrocactus. Of these 15 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Tephrocactus. 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 73 species names for the genus Tephrocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	15	20.5%
◕	Synonym	14	19.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	44	60.3%

All names

The status of the 78 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Tephrocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	15	19.2%
◕	Synonym	17	21.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	46	59.0%

The confidence with which the status of the 73 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Tephrocactus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	15	14	0	0	29	39.7%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	44	44	60.3%

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