The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Prosopis

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Prosopis

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Prosopis abbreviata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis affinis Spreng. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis africana (Guill. & Perr.) Taub. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis alba Griseb. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis alpataco Phil. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis argentina Burkart Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis articulata S.Watson Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis burkartii O.Muniz Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis caldenia Burkart Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis calingastana Burkart Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis campestris Griseb. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis castellanosii Burkart Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis chilensis (Molina) Stuntz Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis denudans Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis elata (Burkart) Burkart Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis farcta (Banks & Sol.) J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis ferox Griseb. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis fiebrigii Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis flexuosa DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis glandulosa Torr. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis globosa Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. Accepted M TRO
Prosopis hassleri Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis humilis Hook. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis koelziana Burkart Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis kuntzei Kuntze Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis laevigata (Willd.) M.C.Johnst. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis nigra Hieron. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis nuda Schinini Accepted M TRO
Prosopis pallida (Willd.) Kunth Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis palmeri S.Watson Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis pubescens Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis pugionata Burkart Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis reptans Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis rojasiana Burkart Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis rubriflora Hassl. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis ruizlealii Burkart Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis ruscifolia Griseb. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis sericantha Hook. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis strombulifera (Lam.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis tamarugo Phil. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis tamaulipana Burkart Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis torquata (Lag.) DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis velutina Wooton Accepted H ILDIS
Prosopis vinalillo Stuck. Accepted H ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 111 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Prosopis. Of these 46 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 28 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Prosopis. 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 111 species names for the genus Prosopis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 46 41.4%
Synonym 43 38.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 22 19.8%

All names

The status of the 139 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Prosopis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 54 38.8%
Synonym 63 45.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 22 15.8%

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

The confidence with which the status of the 111 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Prosopis, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 44 33 0 0 77 69.4%
Medium confidence 2 10 0 0 12 10.8%
Low confidence 0 0 0 22 22 19.8%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 44 33 0 0 2 79 71.2%
Tropicos 2 10 0 6 0 18 16.2%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 16 0 16 14.4%