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The genus Aeschynomene is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Aeschynomene

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Aeschynomene abyssinica (A.Rich.) Vatke	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene acapulcensis Rose	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene acutangula Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene afraspera J.Leonard	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene americana L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene amorphoides (S.Watson) Robinson	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene angolense Rossberg	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene aphylla Wild	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene aspera L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene batekensis Troch. & Koechlin	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene baumii Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene bella Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene benguellensis Torre	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene bracteosa Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene bradei Rudd	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene brasiliana (Poir.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene brevifolia Poir.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene brevipes Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene bullockii J.Leonard	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene burttii Baker f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene carichanica (Rudd) G.B. Rodr. & G. Agostini	Accepted		TRO
Aeschynomene carvalhoi G.P.Lewis	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene chimanimaniensis Verdc.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene ciliata Vogel	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene compacta Rose	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene crassicaulis Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene cristata Vatke	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene curtisiae Johnston	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene deamii Robinson & Bartlett	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene debilis Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene deightonii Hepper	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene denticulata Rudd	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene dimidiata Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene egena (J.F.Macbr.) Rudd	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.) Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene elegans Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene evenia C.Wright	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene falcata (Poir.) DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene fascicularis Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene filosa Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene fluitans Peter	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene fluminensis Vell.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene foliolosa Rudd	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene fructipendula Abruzzi de Oliveira	Accepted		TRO
Aeschynomene fulgida Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene gazensis Baker f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene genistoides (Taub.) Rudd	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene glabrescens Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene glauca R.E.Fr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene goetzei Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene gracilipes Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene gracilis Vogel	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene grandistipulata Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene guatemalensis (Standl. & Steyerm.) Rudd	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene heurckeana Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene hintonii Sandwith	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene histrix Poir.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene indica L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene interrupta Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene inyangensis Wild	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene katangensis De Wild.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene kerstingii Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene langlassei Rudd	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene latericola Verdc.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene lateritia Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene laxiflora Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene leptophylla Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene leptostachya Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene lorentziana Bacigalupo & Vanni	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene lyonnetii Rudd	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene magna Rudd	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene marginata Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene martii Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene maximistipulata Torre	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene mediocris Verdc.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene megalophylla Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene mimosifolia Vatke	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene minutiflora Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene mollicula Kunth	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene monteiroi Alf.Fern. & P.Bezerra	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene montevidensis Vogel	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene mossambicensis Verdc.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene mossoensis J.Leonard	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene multicaulis Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene nana Rudd	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene neglecta Hepper	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene nematopoda Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene nicaraguensis (Oerst.) Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene nilotica Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene nivea Brandegee	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene nodulosa (Baker) Baker f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene nyassana Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene nyikensis Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene oligophylla Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene oroboides Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene palmeri Rose	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene paniculata Vogel	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene paraguayensis Rudd	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene pararubrofarinacea J.Leonard	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene parviflora Micheli	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene patula Poir.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene paucifolia Vogel	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene paucifoliolata Micheli	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene petraea Robinson	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene pfundii Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene pinetorum Brandegee	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene pleuronervia DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene pluriarticulata G.Don	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene podocarpa Vogel	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene pratensis Small	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene pringlei Rose	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene pseudoglabrescens Verdc.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene pulchella Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene purpusii Brandegee	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene pygmaea Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene racemosa Vogel	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene rehmannii Schinz	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene rhodesica Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene riedeliana Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene rivularis Frapp.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene rosei C.V.Morton	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene rostrata Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene rubrofarinacea (Taub.) F.White	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene rubroviolacea J.Leonard	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene rudis Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene ruspoliana Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene sansibarica Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene scabra G.Don	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene schimperi A.Rich.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene schindleri R.Vig.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene schliebenii Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene scoparia Kunth	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene selloi Vogel	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene semilunaris Hutch.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene sensitiva Sw.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene siifolia Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene simulans Rose	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene solitariiflora J.Leonard	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene sparsiflora Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene standleyi A.R.Molina	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene stipitata Burtt Davy	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene stipulosa Verdc.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene stolzii Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene tambacoundensis Berhaut	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene tenuirama Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene tenuis Griseb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene trigonocarpa Baker f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene tsaratanensis Du Puy & Labat	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene tumbezensis J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene uniflora E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene unijuga (M.E.Jones) Rudd	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene upembensis J.Leonard	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene venezolana (Rudd) G.B. Rodr. & G. Agostini	Accepted		TRO
Aeschynomene venulosa Verdc.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene vigil Brandegee	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene villosa Poir.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene virginica (L.) Britton & al.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene viscidula Michx.	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene vogelii Rudd	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene warmingii Micheli	Accepted		ILDIS
Aeschynomene weberbaueri Ulbr.	Accepted		ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 400 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Aeschynomene. Of these 161 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 47 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Aeschynomene. 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 400 species names for the genus Aeschynomene recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	161	40.3%
◕	Synonym	149	37.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	90	22.5%

All names

The status of the 447 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Aeschynomene recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	182	40.7%
◕	Synonym	174	38.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	91	20.4%

A further 8 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 400 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Aeschynomene, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	156	130	0	0	286	71.5%
	Medium confidence	3	17	0	0	20	5.0%
	Low confidence	2	2	0	90	94	23.5%

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