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The genus Brachystegia is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Brachystegia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Brachystegia allenii Burtt Davy & Hutch.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	1
Brachystegia allenii Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Brachystegia angustistipulata De Wild.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia apertifolia Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia appendiculata Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia astlei Hoyle	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia bakeriana Burtt Davy & Hutch.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia bakeriana Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Brachystegia bequaertii De Wild.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia boehmii Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	1
Brachystegia bournei Greenway	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia bragaei Harms	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia bussei Harms	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia cynometroides Harms	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia diloloensis De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia edulis Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia eurycoma Harms	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia euryphylla Harms	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia falcato-appendiculata De Wild.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Brachystegia ferruginea De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia filiformis Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia fischeri Taub.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia flagristipulata Taub.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia floribunda Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia gairdnerae Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia glaberrima R.E.Fr.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia glaucescens Burtt Davy & Hutch.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia goetzei Harms	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia gossweileri Burtt Davy & Hutch.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia gossweileri Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Brachystegia hockii De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia holtzii Harms	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia homblei De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia hopkinsii Suess.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia itoliensis Taub.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia kalongensis De Wild.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia kassneri Baker f.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia kennedyi Hoyle	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia laurentii (De Wild.) Hoyle	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia le-testui De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia leonensis Burtt Davy & Hutch.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia leonensis Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Brachystegia longifolia Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia longifoliolata De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia luishiensis De Wild.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia lujae De Wild.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia malengensis De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia manga De Wild.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia michelmorei Hoyle	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia microphylla Harms	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia mildbraedii Harms	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia mimosaefolia Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Brachystegia mimosifolia Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia nchangensis Greenway	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia nigerica Hoyle & A.P.D.Jones	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia obliqua Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Brachystegia oblonga Sim	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Brachystegia oliveri Taub.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia pectinata Sim	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia polyantha Harms	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia pruinosa De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia puberula Burtt Davy & Hutch.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia puberula Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Brachystegia randii Baker f.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia reticulata Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia robynsi De Wild.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Brachystegia russelliae I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia sapini De Wild.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Brachystegia schliebenii Harms	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia spiciformis Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	2
Brachystegia stipulacea Taub.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia stipulata De Wild.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	2
Brachystegia subfalcato-foliolata De Wild.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia tamarindoides Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia taubertiana Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia taxifolia Harms	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia thomasi De Wild.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Brachystegia torrei Hoyle	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia trijuga R.E.Fr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia utilis Burtt Davy & Hutch.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia utilis Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Brachystegia venosa Hutch. & Burtt Davy	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia wangermeeana De Wild.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Brachystegia welwitschii Taub.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia wildemaniana R.E.Fr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia woodiana Harms	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Brachystegia zenkeri Harms	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14

Statistics

The Plant List includes 96 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Brachystegia. Of these 35 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 7 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Brachystegia. 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 96 species names for the genus Brachystegia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	35	36.5%
◕	Synonym	9	9.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	52	54.2%

All names

The status of the 103 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Brachystegia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	41	39.8%
◕	Synonym	10	9.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	52	50.5%

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 96 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Brachystegia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	28	3	0	0	31	32.3%
	Medium confidence	1	6	0	0	7	7.3%
	Low confidence	6	0	0	52	58	60.4%

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