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The genus Cynosurus is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cynosurus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Cynosurus aristatus Brouss.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus balansae Coss. & Durieu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus castagne Jord. ex Matr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cynosurus coloratus Lehm. ex Steud.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus cristatus L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus didactylis Larrañaga	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus echinatus L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus elegans Desf.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus geniculatus Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus glomeratus Loefl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cynosurus junceus Murb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus macrocephalus Link	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus peltieri Maire	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus polybracteatus Poir.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus polydactylon Nocca ex Roem. & Schult.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus procumbens L. ex B.D.Jacks.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus ternatus Forssk.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cynosurus turcomanicus Proskur.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 53 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cynosurus. Of these 9 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 17 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cynosurus. 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 53 species names for the genus Cynosurus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	9	17.0%
◕	Synonym	35	66.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	9	17.0%

All names

The status of the 70 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cynosurus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	9	12.9%
◕	Synonym	52	74.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	9	12.9%

Of the species names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 53 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cynosurus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	9	34	0	0	43	81.1%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	9	10	18.9%

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