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Clitoria

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Clitoria

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Clitoria amazonum Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria andrei Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria annua J.Graham Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria arborea Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria arborescens R.Br. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria australis Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria brachycalyx Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria brachystegia Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria canescens Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria cavalcantei Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria cordiformis Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria cordobensis Burkart Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria coriacea Schery Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria dendrina Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria densiflora (Benth.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria epetiolata Burkart Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria fairchildiana R.A.Howard Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria falcata Lam. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria flagellaris (Benth.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria flexuosa Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria fragrans Small Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria froesii Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria glaberrima Pittier Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria guianensis (Aubl.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria hanceana Hemsl. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria hermannii Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria heterophylla Lam. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria humilis Rose Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria irwinii Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria javanica Miq. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria javitensis (Kunth) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria juninensis Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria kaessneri Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria kaieteurensis Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria lasciva Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria laurifolia Poir. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria leptostachya Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria linearis Gagnep. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria macrophylla Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria magentea Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria magnifica Alf.Fern. & P.Bezerra Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria mariana L. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria mexicana Link Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria monticola Brandegee Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria moyobambensis Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria nana Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria nervosa Herzog Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria obidensis Huber Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria pendens Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria plumosa Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria polystachya Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria pozuzoensis J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria rubiginosa Pers. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria sagotii Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria selloi Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria simplicifolia (Kunth) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria snethlageae Ducke Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria steyermarkii Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria stipularis Burkart Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria ternatea L. Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria triflora S.Watson Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria tunuhiensis Fantz Accepted H ILDIS
Clitoria vaupellii J.Graham Accepted L ILDIS
Clitoria woytkowskii Fantz Accepted H ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 178 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Clitoria. Of these 64 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 50 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Clitoria. 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 178 species names for the genus Clitoria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 64 36.0%
Synonym 88 49.4%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 26 14.6%

All names

The status of the 228 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Clitoria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 85 37.3%
Synonym 117 51.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 26 11.4%

Of these names,

A further 5 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 178 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Clitoria, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 63 84 0 0 147 82.6%
Medium confidence 0 4 0 0 4 2.2%
Low confidence 1 0 0 26 27 15.2%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 64 84 0 0 5 153 86.0%
Tropicos 0 4 0 4 0 8 4.5%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 22 0 22 12.4%