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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Pentodon

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Pentodon barbatus Ehrenb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Pentodon laurentioides Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentodon pentandrus (Schumach. & Thonn.) Vatke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1

Statistics

The Plant List includes 21 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pentodon. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pentodon. 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 21 species names for the genus Pentodon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	9.5%
◕	Synonym	17	81.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	9.5%

All names

The status of the 23 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pentodon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	3	13.0%
◕	Synonym	18	78.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	8.7%

Of the species names,

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

The confidence with which the status of the 21 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pentodon, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	2	14	0	0	16	76.2%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	3	0	2	5	23.8%

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