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The genus Gomphocarpus is in the family Apocynaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Gomphocarpus

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Gomphocarpus abyssinicus Decne.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus cancellatus (Burm.f.) Bruyns	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus filiformis (E.Mey.) D.Dietr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus glaucophyllus Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus grandiflorus (L. f.) K. Schum.	Accepted		TRO
Gomphocarpus integer (N.E.Br.) Bullock	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus kaessneri (N.E.Br.) Goyder & Nicholas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus munonquensis (S.Moore) Goyder & Nicholas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus peltiger (E. Mey.) D. Dietr.	Accepted		TRO
Gomphocarpus phillipsiae (N.E.Br.) Goyder	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus praticola (S.Moore) Goyder & Nicholas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus purpurascens A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus rivularis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus semiamplectens K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus semilunatus A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus sinaicus Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus stenophyllus Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus swynnertonii (S.Moore) Goyder & Nicholas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus tenuifolius (N.E.Br.) Bullock	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gomphocarpus tomentosus Burch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 184 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Gomphocarpus. Of these 22 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 11 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Gomphocarpus. 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 184 species names for the genus Gomphocarpus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	22	12.0%
◕	Synonym	112	60.9%
◕	Unplaced	3	1.6%
◕	Unassessed	47	25.5%

All names

The status of the 195 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Gomphocarpus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	27	13.8%
◕	Synonym	117	60.0%
◕	Unplaced	3	1.5%
◕	Unassessed	48	24.6%

Of these names,

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

The confidence with which the status of the 184 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Gomphocarpus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	19	93	0	0	112	60.9%
	Low confidence	3	19	3	47	72	39.1%

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