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The genus Desmoncus is in the family Arecaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Desmoncus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Desmoncus aculeatus H.L. Wendl.	Accepted		TRO
Desmoncus anomalus Bartlett	Accepted		WCSP
Desmoncus chinantlensis Liebm. ex Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Desmoncus cirrhifer A.H. Gentry & Zardini	Accepted		TRO
Desmoncus cirrhiferus A.H.Gentry & Zardini	Accepted		WCSP
Desmoncus costaricensis (Kuntze) Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Desmoncus giganteus A.J.Hend.	Accepted		WCSP
Desmoncus isthmius L.H.Bailey	Accepted		WCSP
Desmoncus mitis Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Desmoncus orthacanthos Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Desmoncus phoenicocarpus Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Desmoncus polyacanthos Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Desmoncus schippii Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Desmoncus stans Grayum & Nevers	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 92 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Desmoncus. Of these 14 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 13 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Desmoncus. 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 92 species names for the genus Desmoncus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	14	15.2%
◕	Synonym	64	69.6%
◕	Unplaced	7	7.6%
◕	Unassessed	7	7.6%

All names

The status of the 105 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Desmoncus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	19	18.1%
◕	Synonym	72	68.6%
◕	Unplaced	7	6.7%
◕	Unassessed	7	6.7%

The confidence with which the status of the 92 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Desmoncus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	12	63	0	0	75	81.5%
	Medium confidence	2	1	0	0	3	3.3%
	Low confidence	0	0	7	7	14	15.2%

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