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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sphenostylis

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Sphenostylis angustifolia Sond.	Accepted		ILDIS
Sphenostylis briartii (De Wild.) Baker f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Sphenostylis gossweileri Baker f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Sphenostylis marginata E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS
Sphenostylis ornata (Welw. ex Baker) A. Chev.	Accepted		TRO
Sphenostylis schweinfurthii Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Sphenostylis stenocarpa (A.Rich.) Harms	Accepted		ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 19 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sphenostylis. Of these 7 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sphenostylis. 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 19 species names for the genus Sphenostylis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	7	36.8%
◕	Synonym	7	36.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	26.3%

All names

The status of the 21 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sphenostylis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	9	42.9%
◕	Synonym	7	33.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	23.8%

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 19 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sphenostylis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	5	6	0	0	11	57.9%
	Medium confidence	1	0	0	0	1	5.3%
	Low confidence	1	1	0	5	7	36.8%

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