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The genus Cinchona is in the family Rubiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cinchona

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Cinchona antioquiae L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona asperifolia Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona barbacoensis H.Karst.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona × boliviana Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona brachycarpa Wright	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona calisaya Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona calisaya wedd x pubescens vahl pro sp.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Cinchona canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cinchona capuli L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona chahuraguera Pav.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cinchona chahuraguera Pav. ex DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cinchona cornifolia Kunth	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cinchona cucumifolia Pav. ex Lamb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cinchona erytrantha Ruiz & Pav.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cinchona fruticosa L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona glabra Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona glabra Ruiz	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona glandulifera Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona glomerata Ruiz & Pav.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cinchona hirsuta Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona hybrida Hort. ex Sasaki	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cinchona krauseana L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona lanceolata Ruiz & Pav.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona lancifolia Mutis	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona ligustrina Vahl	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cinchona lucumifolia Pav. ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona macrocalyx Pav. ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona micrantha Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona mutisii Lamb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona nitida Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona officinalis L.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Cinchona palable Pav.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cinchona parabolica Pav.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona pitayensis (Wedd.) Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona pubescens Vahl	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona pyrifolia L.Andersson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona robusta Howard	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cinchona rostrata Wedd.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cinchona rugosa Pav.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona scrobiculata Humb. & Bonpl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona stupea Pav. ex Lamb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cinchona villosa Pav. ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cinchona vritusino Pav. ex DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 152 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cinchona. Of these 25 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 58 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cinchona. 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 152 species names for the genus Cinchona recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	25	16.4%
◕	Synonym	109	71.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	18	11.8%

All names

The status of the 210 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cinchona recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	25	11.9%
◕	Synonym	167	79.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	18	8.6%

Of the species names,

• 7 are recorded as invalid
• 6 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 152 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cinchona, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	23	86	0	0	109	71.7%
	Medium confidence	2	23	0	0	25	16.4%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	18	18	11.8%

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