The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Uncaria

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Uncaria

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Uncaria acida (Hunter) Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Uncaria africana G.Don Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Uncaria attenuata Korth. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria barbata Merr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria bernaysii F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria borneensis Havil. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria callophylla Blume ex Korth. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria canescens Korth. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria cordata (Lour.) Merr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 2
Uncaria donisii E.M.A.Petit Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria dosedlae Gilli Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria elliptica R.Br. ex G.Don Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria gambir (Hunter) Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) J.F.Gmel. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria hirsuta Havil. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria homomalla Miq. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria kunstleri King Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria laevigata Wall. ex G.Don Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria lancifolia Hutch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria lanosa Wall. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 8
Uncaria longiflora (Poir.) Merr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Uncaria macrophylla Wall. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria nervosa Elmer Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria oligoneura Korth. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria orientalis Guillaumin Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria paucinervis Teijsm. & Binn. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria perrottetii (A.Rich.) Merr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria rhynchophylla (Miq.) Miq. ex Havil. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria rhynchophylloides F.C.How Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria rostrata Pierre ex Pit. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria roxburghiana Korth. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria scandens (Sm.) Hutch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria schlenckerae S.Moore Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria sessilifructus Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria sinensis (Oliv.) Havil. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria sterrophylla Merr. & L.M.Perry Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria talbotii Wernham Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria velutina Havil. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Uncaria yunnanensis K.C.Hsia Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 207 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Uncaria. Of these 40 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 40 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Uncaria. 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 207 species names for the genus Uncaria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 40 19.3%
Synonym 167 80.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

All names

The status of the 247 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Uncaria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 53 21.5%
Synonym 194 78.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

Of the species names,

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 207 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Uncaria, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 40 165 0 0 205 99.0%
Medium confidence 0 2 0 0 2 1.0%
Low confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 2 0 0 0 2 1.0%
WCSP 40 165 0 0 1 205 99.0%