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Cuphea

The genus Cuphea is in the family Lythraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cuphea

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Cuphea acicularis Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea acinifolia A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea acinos A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea adenophylla T.B.Cavalc. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea aequipetala Cav. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea affinitatum Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea alaniana S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea alatosperma T.B.Cavalc. & S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea anagalloidea A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea anamariae T.B.Cavalc. & S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea andersonii S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea angustifolia Jacq. ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea anisoclada Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea annulata Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea antisyphilitica Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea aperta Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea appendiculata Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea apurensis Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea aquilana S.A.Graham & T.B.Cavalc. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea arenarioides A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea aristata Hemsl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea armata S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea aspera Chapm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea avigera B.L.Rob. & Seaton Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea bahiensis (Lourteig) S.A.Graham & T.B.Cavalc. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea baillonis Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea beckiana Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea beneradicata Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea blackii Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea bolivariensis Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea bombonasae Sprague Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea bonplandii Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea brachiata Mart. ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea brachyantha Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea brachypoda T.B.Cavalc. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea bracteolosa Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea burchellii Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea bustamanta Lex. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea caeciliae Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea caesariata S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea calaminthifolia Schltdl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea calcarata Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea callosa Bacig. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea calophylla Cham. & Schltdl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea campestris Mart. ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea campylocentra Griseb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea carajasensis Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea cardonae Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.) J.F.Macbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea carunculata Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea cataractarum Spruce ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea chiribiquetea Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea ciliata Ruiz & Pav. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea cipoensis T.B.Cavalc. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea circaeoides Sm. ex Sims Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea concinna Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea confertiflora A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea congesta S.A.Graham & T.B.Cavalc. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea cordata Ruiz & Pav. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea crassiflora S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea crudyana Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea crulsiana Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea cuiabensis Mart. ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea cunninghamiifolia T.B.Cavalc. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea curiosa Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea cyanea Moç. & Sessé ex DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea cylindracea S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea cyrilli-nelsonii Zúniga Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea dactylophora Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea decandra Dryand. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea decipiens Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea delicatula Brandegee Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea densiflora Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea denticulata Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea dibrachiata S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea diosmifolia A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea dipetala (L.f.) Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea disperma Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea distichophylla Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea dusenii Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea egleri Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea ekmanii O.C.Schmidt Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea elliptica Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea empetrifolia Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea ennearthera Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea epilobiifolia Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea ericoides Cham. & Schltdl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea excoriata Mart. ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea exilis T.B.Cavalc. & S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea ferrisiae Bacig. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea ferruginea Pohl ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea filiformis T.B.Cavalc. & S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea flava Spreng. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea flavisetula Bacig. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea flavovirens S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea froesii Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea fruticosa Spreng. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea fuchsiifolia A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea fuscinervis Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea galeatocalcarata Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea gardneri Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea gaumeri Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea glareosa T.B.Cavalc. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea glauca Pohl ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea glaziovii Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea glossostoma Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea glutinosa Cham. & Schltdl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea goldmanii Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea gracilis Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea grandiflora Pohl ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea hatschbachii Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea heteropetala Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea heterophylla Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea heydei Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea hirsutissima Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea hookeriana Walp. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea humifusa S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea hybogyna Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea hyssopifolia Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea hyssopoides A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea ignea A.DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea iguazuensis Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea impatientifolia A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea inaequalifolia Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea inflata S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea ingrata Cham. & Schltdl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea insolita Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea intermedia Hemsl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea jorullensis Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea karwinskii Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea killipii Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea koehneana Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea kubeorum Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea laeviuscula Bacig. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea laminuligera Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea lanceolata Dryand. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea laricoides Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea lehmannii Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea leptopoda Hemsl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea linarioides Cham. & Schltdl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea lindmaniana Koehne ex Bacig. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea linifolia Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea llavea Lex. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea lobelioides Griseb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea lobophora Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea loefgrenii Bacig. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea lophostoma Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea lucens T.B.Cavalc. & S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea lutea Rose ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea luteola S.A.Graham & T.B.Cavalc. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea lutescens Pohl ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea lysimachioides Cham. & Schltdl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea maigualidensis Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea mapiriensis Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea megalophylla S.F.Blake Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea melampyrifolia Pohl ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea melanium (L.) R.Br. ex Steud. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea melvilla Lindl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea mexiae Bacig. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea michoacana R.C.Foster Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea micrantha Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea micropetala Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea mimuloides Cham. & Schltdl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea multiflora Lodd. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea myrtifolia Bacig. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea niederleinii Koehne ex Taub. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea nitidula Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea nivea S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea nudicostata Hemsl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea odonellii Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea oreophila Brandegee ex Bacig. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea ornithoides R.C.Foster Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea ownbeyi S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea painteri Rose ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea palustris Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea paradoxa Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea paranensis Bacig. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea parsonsia (L.) R.Br. ex Steud. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea pascuorum Mart. ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea patula A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea paucipetala S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea pergracilis O.C.Schmidt Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea persistens Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea pertenuis R.C.Foster Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea philombria Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea pinetorum Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea pleiantha Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea pohlii Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea polymorpha A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea polymorphoides Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea potamophila T.B.Cavalc. & S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea procumbens Ortega Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea prunellifolia A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea pseudericoides Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea pseudosilene Griseb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea pseudovaccinium A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea pterosperma Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea pulchra Moric. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea punctulata Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea purpurascens Bacig. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea pustulata Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea quaternata Bacig. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea racemosa (L.f.) Spreng. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea radiaticaulis Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea ramosissima Pohl ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea rasilis S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea reflexifolia Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea reitzii Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea remotifolia Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea repens Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea reticulata Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea retrorsicapilla Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea retroscabra S.Watson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea rhodocalyx Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea rigidula Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea rionegrensis Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea riparia Ekman & O.C.Schmidt Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea rivularis Seem. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea roseana Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea rotundifolia Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea rubescens Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea rubrovirens T.B.Cavalc. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea rupestris T.B.Cavalc. & S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea rusbyi Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea sabulosa S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea salicifolia Cham. & Schltdl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea salvadorensis (Standl.) Standl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea santos-limae G.M.Barroso Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea scaberrima Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea schumannii Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea schwackei Koehne ex Schwacke Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea sclerophylla Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea scolnikiae Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea seleri Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea sessiliflora A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea sessilifolia Mart. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea setosa Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea sincorana T.B.Cavalc. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea sordida Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea spectabilis S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea sperguloides A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea spermacoce A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea splendida Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea spraguei Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea spruceana Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea stenopetala Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea strigulosa Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea stygialis Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea subuligera Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea sucumbiensis Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea sunubana Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea swartziana Spreng. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea tarapotensis Sprague Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea teleandra Lourteig Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea tenuissima Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea tetrapetala Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea thymoides Cham. & Schltdl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea tolucana Peyr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea trichochila R.C.Foster Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea trochilus S.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea tuberosa Cham. & Schltdl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea urbaniana Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea urens Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea utriculosa Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea vargasii J.F.Macbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea varia Koehne ex Bacig. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea vesiculigera R.C.Foster Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea vesiculosa Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea viscosa Rose ex Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea viscosissima Jacq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea warmingii Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea watsoniana Koehne Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea watsonii M.E.Jones Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea wrightii A.Gray Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cuphea xanthopetala S.A.Graham & T.B.Cavalc. Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 519 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cuphea. Of these 275 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 224 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cuphea. 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 519 species names for the genus Cuphea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 275 53.0%
◕ Synonym 200 38.5%
◕ Unplaced 3 0.6%
◕ Unassessed 41 7.9%

All names

The status of the 743 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cuphea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 289 38.9%
◕ Synonym 406 54.6%
◕ Unplaced 3 0.4%
◕ Unassessed 45 6.1%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 519 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cuphea, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 275 199 0 0 474 91.3%
Low confidence 0 1 3 41 45 8.7%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 4 0 18 0 22 4.2%
WCSP (in review) 275 196 3 23 0 497 95.8%