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Sophora

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sophora

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Sophora affinis Torr. & A.Gray Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora albescens (Rehder) C.Y.Ma Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora albo-petiolulata Leonard Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora alopecuroides L. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora arizonica S.Watson Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora bakeri Prain Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora benthamii Steenis Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora brachygyna C.Y.Ma Accepted L ILDIS
Sophora chrysophylla (Salisb.) Seem. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora conzattii Standl. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora davidii (Franch.) Pavol. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora denudata Bory Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora dunnii Craib Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora exigua Craib Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora fernandeziana (Phil.) Skottsb. Accepted M TRO
Sophora flavescens Aiton Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora franchetiana Dunn Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora fraseri Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora gibbosa (DC.) Yakovlev Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora gypsophila B.L.Turner & A.M.Powell Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora howinsula (W.R.B.Oliv.) P.S.Green Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora inhambanensis Klotzsch Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora interrupta Bedd. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora jaubertii Spach Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora koreensis Nakai Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora lanaiensis (Chock) Degener & I. Degener Accepted M TRO
Sophora leachiana M.Peck Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora lehmanni (Bunge) Yakovlev Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora lehmannii (Bunge) Townsend Accepted M TRO
Sophora linearifolia Griseb. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora longipes Merr. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora macnabiana (Graham) Skottsb. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora macrocarpa Sm. Accepted M TRO
Sophora masafuerana (Phil.) Skottsb. Accepted M TRO
Sophora microcarpa C.Y.Ma Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora microphylla Aiton Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora mollis (Royle) Baker Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora moorcroftiana (Benth.) Baker Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora nuttalliana B.L.Turner Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora pachycarpa C.A.Mey. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora polyphylla Urb. Accepted M TRO
Sophora praetorulosa Chun & T.Chen Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora prazeri Prain Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora prostrata Buchanan Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora purpusii Brandegee Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora rhynchocarpa Griseb. Accepted M TRO
Sophora rubriflora P.C.Tsoong Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora saxicola Proctor Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora secundiflora (Ortega) DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora songorica Schrenk Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora stenophylla A.Gray Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora tomentosa L. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora tonkinensis Gagnep. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora toromiro Skottsb. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora unifoliata (Rock) Degener & Sherff Accepted M TRO
Sophora velutina Lindl. Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora wightii Baker Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora xanthantha C.Y.Ma Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora xanthoantha C.Y. Ma Accepted M TRO
Sophora yunnanensis C.Y.Ma Accepted H ILDIS
Sophora zeylanica Trimen Accepted H ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 216 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sophora. Of these 62 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 95 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sophora. 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 216 species names for the genus Sophora recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 62 28.7%
Synonym 96 44.4%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 58 26.9%

All names

The status of the 311 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sophora recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 84 27.0%
Synonym 165 53.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 62 19.9%

Of these names,

A further 7 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 216 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sophora, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 52 71 0 0 123 56.9%
Medium confidence 9 22 0 0 31 14.4%
Low confidence 1 3 0 58 62 28.7%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 53 72 0 0 7 132 61.1%
Tropicos 9 24 0 9 0 42 19.4%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 49 0 49 22.7%