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The genus Phthirusa is in the family Loranthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Phthirusa

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Phthirusa × angulata K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa bisexualis Rizzini	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa delicatula Rizzini	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa disjectifolia (Rizzini) Kuijt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa elliptica Rizzini	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa guyanensis Eichler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa janeirensis Eichler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa lobaterae G.Ferrari	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa murcae Rizzini	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa nitens (Mart.) Eichler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa pedicularis Rizzini	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa podoptera (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuijt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa pycnostachya Eichler	Accepted		TRO
Phthirusa pyrifolia (Kunth) Eichler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa rhynchophylla (Kuijt) Kuijt	Accepted		TRO
Phthirusa rufa (Mart.) Eichler	Accepted		TRO
Phthirusa salicifolia (Mart.) G. Don	Accepted		TRO
Phthirusa schneeana G.Ferrari	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa stelis (L.) Kuijt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa stenophylla Eichler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa steyermarkiana Rizzini	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa subcorymbosa Rizzini	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phthirusa trichoides Rizzini	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 130 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Phthirusa. Of these 23 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 9 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Phthirusa. 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 130 species names for the genus Phthirusa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	23	17.7%
◕	Synonym	64	49.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	43	33.1%

All names

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

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	23	16.5%
◕	Synonym	73	52.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	43	30.9%

The confidence with which the status of the 130 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Phthirusa, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	23	64	0	0	87	66.9%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	43	43	33.1%

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