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The genus Pterocaulon is in the family Compositae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Pterocaulon

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Pterocaulon alopecuroides (Lam.) DC.	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon angustifolium DC.	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon balansae Chodat	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon cordobense Kuntze	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon globuliflorus W.Fitzg.	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon interruptum DC.	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon lanatum Kuntze	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon lorentzii Malme	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon niveum Cabrera & Ragonese	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon polypterum (DC.) Cabrera	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon polystachyum DC.	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon pompilianum Standl. & L.O.Williams	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon purpurascens Malme	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum (Michx.) Elliott	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon redolens (G.Forst. ex Willd.) Benth. ex Fern.-Vill.	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon rugosum (Vahl) Malme	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon serrulatum (Montrouz.) Guillaumin	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon sphacelatum (Labill.) F.Muell.	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon sphaeranthoides (DC.) F.Muell.	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon spicatum (Cass.) DC.	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon verbascifolium (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Benth. & Hook. ex F.Muell.	Accepted		TICA
Pterocaulon virgatum (L.) DC.	Accepted		TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 46 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pterocaulon. Of these 22 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 14 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pterocaulon. 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 46 species names for the genus Pterocaulon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	22	47.8%
◕	Synonym	17	37.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	15.2%

All names

The status of the 60 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pterocaulon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	23	38.3%
◕	Synonym	30	50.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	11.7%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 46 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pterocaulon, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	22	16	0	0	38	82.6%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	7	8	17.4%

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