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Selenicereus

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Selenicereus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Selenicereus anthonyanus (Alexander) D.R. Hunt Accepted L TRO
Selenicereus atropilosus Kimnach Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus boeckmannii (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus chontalensis (Alexander) Kimnach Accepted M TRO
Selenicereus chrysocardium (Alexander) Kimnach Accepted L TRO
Selenicereus coniflorus (Weing.) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus donkelaarii (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus extensus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Leuenb. Accepted M TRO
Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus hamatus (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus hondurensis (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus inermis Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus megalanthus (K. Schum. ex Vaupel) Moran Accepted M TRO
Selenicereus mirandae Bravo Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus murrillii Britton & Rose Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus nelsonii (Weing.) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus pteranthus (Link ex A. Dietr.) Britton & Rose Accepted M TRO
Selenicereus radicans (DC.) A. Berger Accepted M TRO
Selenicereus rubineus Kimnach Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus spinulosus (DC.) Britton & Rose Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus testudo (Karw. ex Zucc.) Buxb. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus tricae D.R.Hunt Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus urbanianus (Gürke & Weing.) Britton & Rose Accepted L TRO
Selenicereus vagans (K.Brandegee) Britton & Rose Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus validus S.Arias & U.Guzmán Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Selenicereus wercklei (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose Accepted L TRO
Selenicereus wittii (K.Schum.) G.D.Rowley Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 44 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Selenicereus. Of these 27 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 7 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Selenicereus. 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 44 species names for the genus Selenicereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 27 61.4%
◕ Synonym 10 22.7%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 7 15.9%

All names

The status of the 51 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Selenicereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 31 60.8%
◕ Synonym 12 23.5%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 8 15.7%

The confidence with which the status of the 44 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Selenicereus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 18 7 0 0 25 56.8%
Low confidence 9 3 0 7 19 43.2%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 9 8 0 0 0 17 38.6%
WCSP (in review) 18 2 0 7 0 27 61.4%