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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Dichrostachys

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Dichrostachys akataensis Villiers	Accepted		ILDIS
Dichrostachys arborescens (Benth.) Villiers	Accepted		ILDIS
Dichrostachys bernieriana Baill.	Accepted		ILDIS
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.	Accepted		ILDIS
Dichrostachys dehiscens Balf.f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Dichrostachys dumetaria Villiers	Accepted		ILDIS
Dichrostachys kirkii Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Dichrostachys paucifoliolata (Scott-Elliot) Drake	Accepted		ILDIS
Dichrostachys paucifoliolatus (Scott-Elliot) Drake	Accepted		TRO
Dichrostachys pervilleanus (Baill.) Drake	Accepted		TRO
Dichrostachys richardiana Baill.	Accepted		ILDIS
Dichrostachys santapaui Sebast. & Ramam.	Accepted		ILDIS
Dichrostachys scottiana (Drake) Villiers	Accepted		ILDIS
Dichrostachys spicata (F.Muell.) Domin	Accepted		ILDIS
Dichrostachys tenuifolia Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Dichrostachys unijuga Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Dichrostachys venosa Villiers	Accepted		ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 47 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Dichrostachys. Of these 17 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 12 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Dichrostachys. 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 47 species names for the genus Dichrostachys recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	17	36.2%
◕	Synonym	26	55.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	4	8.5%

All names

The status of the 59 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Dichrostachys recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	26	44.1%
◕	Synonym	29	49.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	4	6.8%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 2 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 47 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Dichrostachys, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	15	22	0	0	37	78.7%
	Medium confidence	2	4	0	0	6	12.8%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	4	4	8.5%

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