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The genus Epithelantha is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Epithelantha

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Epithelantha micromeris (Engelm.) F.A.C.Weber ex Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Epithelantha petri Halda & Horácek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 9 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Epithelantha. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 16 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Epithelantha. 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 9 species names for the genus Epithelantha recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	22.2%
◕	Synonym	7	77.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 25 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Epithelantha recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	8	32.0%
◕	Synonym	16	64.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	4.0%

The confidence with which the status of the 9 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Epithelantha, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	2	5	0	0	7	77.8%
	Low confidence	0	2	0	0	2	22.2%

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