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Sphaeranthus

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sphaeranthus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Sphaeranthus africanus L. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus angolensis O.Hoffm. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus angustifolius DC. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus bullatus Mattf. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus chandleri Ross-Craig Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus confertifolius Robyns Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus cristatus O.Hoffm. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus epigaeus Schinz Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus fischeri O.Hoffm. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus flexuosus O.Hoffm. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus foliosus Ross-Craig Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus greenwayi Ross-Craig Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus indicus L. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus kirkii Oliv. & Hiern Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus mimetes Ross-Craig Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus mozambiquensis Steetz Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus neglectus R.E.Fr. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus oppositifolius Ross-Craig Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus peduncularis DC. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus ramosus (Klatt) Mesfin Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus randii S.Moore Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus salinarum Symoens Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus samburuensis Beentje Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus senegalensis DC. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus similis Kers Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus spathulatus Peter Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus steetzii Oliv. & Hiern Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus strobiliferus Boiss. & Noë Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus stuhlmannii O.Hoffm. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus suaveolens (Forssk.) DC. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus ukambensis Vatke & O.Hoffm. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus wattii Giess ex Merxm. Accepted M TICA
Sphaeranthus zavattarii Cufod. Accepted M TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 109 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sphaeranthus. Of these 33 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 13 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sphaeranthus. 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 109 species names for the genus Sphaeranthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 33 30.3%
Synonym 54 49.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 22 20.2%

All names

The status of the 122 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sphaeranthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 39 32.0%
Synonym 61 50.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 22 18.0%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 109 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sphaeranthus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 33 52 0 0 85 78.0%
Low confidence 0 2 0 22 24 22.0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
TICA 33 54 0 22 0 109 100%