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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Clitoria

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Clitoria amazonum Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria andrei Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria annua J.Graham	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria arborea Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria arborescens R.Br.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria australis Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria brachycalyx Harms	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria brachystegia Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria brasilensis Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria caelestis Hort. ex Vilmorin's	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Clitoria calcarata L'Hér. ex DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria calcarigera Salisb.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Clitoria canescens Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria cavalcantei Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria chanondii Chuakul	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria cordiformis Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria cordobensis Burkart	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria coriacea Schery	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria dendrina Pittier	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria densiflora (Benth.) Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria epetiolata Burkart	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria fairchildiana R.A.Howard	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria falcata Lam.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	3
Clitoria flagellaris (Benth.) Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria flexuosa Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria fluminensis Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria fragrans Small	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria froesii Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria glabella Desf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria glaberrima Pittier	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria guadalupensis Scop.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria guianensis (Aubl.) Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	1
Clitoria hanceana Hemsl.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	3
Clitoria hermannii Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria heterophylla Lam.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	1
Clitoria humilis Rose	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria irwinii Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria javanica Miq.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria javitensis (Kunth) Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	2
Clitoria juninensis Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria kaessneri Harms	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria kaieteurensis Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria lactescens L.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria lasciva Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria laurifolia Poir.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	1
Clitoria leptostachya Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria linearis Gagnep.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria macrophylla Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria magentea Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria magnifica Alf.Fern. & P.Bezerra	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria magnifica A. Fern. & J.L. Bezerra	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Clitoria mariana L.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	1
Clitoria mexicana Link	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria micrantha Scop.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria micrantha Guill. & Perr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria micrantha Sm. ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria monticola Brandegee	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria moyobambensis Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria mucronulata Benth.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Clitoria nana Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria nervosa Herzog	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria obidensis Huber	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria oblonga Hassk.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria occidentalis Sweet	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria pendens Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria phyrne Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria plumosa Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria polystachya Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria pozuzoensis J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria pubescens (Benth.) E.H.L.Krause	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria pudica (Descourt.) Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria quadalupensis Scop.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Clitoria rotundifolia (Vahl) Sessé & Moc.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Clitoria rubiginosa Pers.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria sagotii Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	2
Clitoria selloi Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria simplicifolia (Kunth) Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria snethlageae Ducke	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria speciosa Cav.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria spectabilis Salisb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria steyermarkii Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria stipularis Burkart	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	1
Clitoria stipularis Benth.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Clitoria ternatea L.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	1
Clitoria tomentosa Mart.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria triandra Frag. & Cif.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Clitoria triflora S.Watson	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria tristis Ten.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Clitoria tunuhiensis Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria vaupellii J.Graham	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria woytkowskii Fantz	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Clitoria zoophthalmum L.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 226 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Clitoria. Of these 66 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 61 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Clitoria. 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 226 species names for the genus Clitoria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	66	29.2%
◕	Synonym	132	58.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	28	12.4%

All names

The status of the 287 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Clitoria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	82	28.6%
◕	Synonym	177	61.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	28	9.8%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 5 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 226 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Clitoria, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	63	121	0	0	184	81.4%
	Medium confidence	2	11	0	0	13	5.8%
	Low confidence	1	0	0	28	29	12.8%

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