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The genus Papilionanthe is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Papilionanthe

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Papilionanthe biswasiana (Ghose & Mukerjee) Garay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Papilionanthe greenii (W.W.Sm.) Garay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Papilionanthe hookeriana (Rchb.f.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Papilionanthe pedunculata (Kerr) Garay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Papilionanthe sillemiana (Rchb.f.) Garay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Papilionanthe subulata (Willd.) Garay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Papilionanthe taiwaniana (S.S.Ying) Ormerod	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Papilionanthe teres (Roxb.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Papilionanthe tricuspidata (J.J.Sm.) Garay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Papilionanthe uniflora (Lindl.) Garay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Papilionanthe vandarum (Rchb.f.) Garay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 38 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Papilionanthe. Of these 11 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Papilionanthe. 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 38 species names for the genus Papilionanthe recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	11	28.9%
◕	Synonym	27	71.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 41 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Papilionanthe recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	11	26.8%
◕	Synonym	30	73.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 38 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Papilionanthe, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	11	26	0	0	37	97.4%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	2.6%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

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