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The genus Anisacanthus is in the family Acanthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Anisacanthus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Anisacanthus andersonii T.F.Daniel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus boliviensis (Nees) Wassh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus brasiliensis Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus insignis A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Anisacanthus juncea (Torr.) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Anisacanthus linearis (S.H.Hagen) Henrickson & E.J.Lott	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus malmei Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus nicaraguensis Durkee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus pohlii Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus puberulus (Torr.) Henrickson & E.J.Lott	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus pumilus (Dietr.) Nees	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus quadrifidus (Vahl) Nees	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus ramosissimus (Moric.) V.M.Baum	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus secundus Leonard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus tetracaulis Leonard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus thurberi (Torr.) A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus trilobus Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anisacanthus tulensis Greenm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 33 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Anisacanthus. Of these 18 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 4 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Anisacanthus. 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 33 species names for the genus Anisacanthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	18	54.5%
◕	Synonym	8	24.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	21.2%

All names

The status of the 37 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Anisacanthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	19	51.4%
◕	Synonym	11	29.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	18.9%

The confidence with which the status of the 33 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Anisacanthus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	18	8	0	0	26	78.8%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	7	7	21.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Anisacanthus, are as follows: