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Gasteria

The genus Gasteria is in the family Asparagaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Gasteria

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Gasteria acinacifolia (J.Jacq.) Haw. Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria batesiana G.D.Rowley Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria baylissiana Rauh Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria brachyphylla (Salm-Dyck) van Jaarsv. Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria carinata (Mill.) Duval Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria croucheri (Hook.f.) Baker Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria disticha (L.) Haw. Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria doreeniae van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria ellaphieae van Jaarsv. Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria excelsa Baker Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria glauca van Jaarsv. Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria glomerata van Jaarsv. Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria nigricans Haw. Accepted M TRO
Gasteria nitida (Salm-Dyck) Haw. Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria obliqua (Aiton) Duval Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria pendulifolia van Jaarsv. Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria pillansii Kensit Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria polita van Jaarsv. Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria pulchra (Aiton) Haw. Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria rawlinsonii Oberm. Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria tukhelensis van Jaarsv. Accepted H WCSP
Gasteria vlokii van Jaarsv. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 133 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Gasteria. Of these 22 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 56 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Gasteria. 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 133 species names for the genus Gasteria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 22 16.5%
Synonym 93 69.9%
Unplaced 13 9.8%
Unassessed 5 3.8%

All names

The status of the 189 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Gasteria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 32 16.9%
Synonym 139 73.5%
Unplaced 13 6.9%
Unassessed 5 2.6%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 133 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Gasteria, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 21 85 0 0 106 79.7%
Medium confidence 1 3 0 0 4 3.0%
Low confidence 0 5 13 5 23 17.3%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 3 0 5 0 9 6.8%
WCSP 21 90 13 0 0 124 93.2%