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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Scorpiurus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Scorpiurus minimus Losinsk.	Accepted		ILDIS
Scorpiurus muricatus L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Scorpiurus vermiculatus L.	Accepted		ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 16 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Scorpiurus. Of these 3 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 9 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Scorpiurus. 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 16 species names for the genus Scorpiurus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	3	18.8%
◕	Synonym	9	56.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	4	25.0%

All names

The status of the 25 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Scorpiurus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	16.0%
◕	Synonym	16	64.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	20.0%

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 16 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Scorpiurus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	3	7	0	0	10	62.5%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	12.5%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	4	4	25.0%

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