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The genus Desfontainia is in the family Columelliaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Desfontainia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Desfontainia fulgens D.Don	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Desfontainia spinosa Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Desfontainia splendens Humb. & Bonpl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 14 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Desfontainia. Of these 3 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Desfontainia. 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 14 species names for the genus Desfontainia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	3	21.4%
◕	Synonym	11	78.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 19 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Desfontainia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	3	15.8%
◕	Synonym	16	84.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

The confidence with which the status of the 14 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Desfontainia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	3	11	0	0	14	100%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

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