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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Scorpiurus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Scorpiurus actuifolia Viv.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Scorpiurus acutifolius Viv.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Scorpiurus echinata Lam.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Scorpiurus echinata A. Rich.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Scorpiurus minima Los.-Losinsk.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Scorpiurus minimus Losinsk.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Scorpiurus muricatus L.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	1
Scorpiurus sulcata L.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18	1
Scorpiurus sulcata Sibth. & Sm.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Scorpiurus vermiculatus L.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14

Statistics

The Plant List includes 20 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Scorpiurus. Of these 3 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 11 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Scorpiurus. 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 20 species names for the genus Scorpiurus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	3	15.0%
◕	Synonym	10	50.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	35.0%

All names

The status of the 31 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Scorpiurus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	12.9%
◕	Synonym	17	54.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	32.3%

A further 2 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 20 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Scorpiurus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	3	5	0	0	8	40.0%
	Medium confidence	0	5	0	0	5	25.0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	7	7	35.0%

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