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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Desmanthus

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Desmanthus acuminatus Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus balsensis J.L.Contr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus bicornutus S.Watson	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus cooleyi (Eaton) Trel.	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus covillei (Britton & Rose) B.L.Turner	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus fruticosus Rose	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus glandulosus (B.L.Turner) Luckow	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus hexapetalus (Micheli) J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacMill.	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus insularis (Britton & Rose) León	Accepted		TRO
Desmanthus interior (Britton & Rose) Bullock	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus leptolobus Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus leptophyllus Kunth	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus luteus (Leavenw.) Benth. ex Chapman	Accepted		TRO
Desmanthus obtusus S.Watson	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus oligospermus Brandegee	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus painteri (Britton & Rose) Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus palmeri (Britton & Rose) Wiggins	Accepted		TRO
Desmanthus paspalaceus (Lindm.) Burkart	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus pernambucanus (L.) Thell.	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus pringlei (Britton & Rose) F.J.Herm.	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus pubescens B.L.Turner	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus pumilus (Schltdl.) J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus reticulatus Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus richardianus (Baill.) Drake	Accepted		TRO
Desmanthus subulatus (Britton & Rose) Wiggins	Accepted		TRO
Desmanthus tatuhyensis Hoehne	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus velutinus Scheele	Accepted		ILDIS
Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd.	Accepted		ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 93 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Desmanthus. Of these 29 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 14 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Desmanthus. 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 93 species names for the genus Desmanthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	29	31.2%
◕	Synonym	51	54.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	13	14.0%

All names

The status of the 107 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Desmanthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	31	29.0%
◕	Synonym	63	58.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	13	12.1%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 93 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Desmanthus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	24	48	0	0	72	77.4%
	Medium confidence	5	2	0	0	7	7.5%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	13	14	15.1%

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