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The genus Acianthera is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Acianthera

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Acianthera aberrans (Luer) Pupulin & Bogarín	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera aculeata (Luer & Hirtz) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera acuminatipetala (A.Samp.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera adamantinensis (Brade) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera adirii (Brade) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera aechme (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera agathophylla (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera alligatorifera (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera angustifolia (Lindl.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera angustisepala (Ames & Correll) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera antennata (Garay) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera aphthosa (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera asaroides (Kraenzl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera aurantiaca (Barb.Rodr.) Campacci	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera aurantiolateritia (Speg.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera auriculata (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera aveniformis (Hoehne) C.N.Gonç. & Waechter	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera bicarinata (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera biceps (Luer & Hirtz) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera bicornuta (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera bidentula (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera binotii (Regel) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera bissei (Luer) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera bohnkiana Campacci & Baptista	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera boliviana (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera brachiloba (Hoehne) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera bragae (Ruschi) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera breviflora (Lindl.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera butcheri (L.O.Williams) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera cabiriae Pupulin, G.A.Rojas & J.D.Zuñiga	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera caldensis (Hoehne & Schltr.) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera capanemae (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera caparaoensis (Brade) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera capillaris (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera carinata (C.Schweinf.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera casapensis (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera cerberus (Luer & R.Vásquez) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera chamelopoda (Luer) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera chionopa (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera chrysantha (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera circumplexa (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera cogniauxiana (Schltr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera compressicaulis (Dod) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera consatae (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera cordatifolia (Dod) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera costabilis (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera crassilabia (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera cremasta (Luer & J.Portilla) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera crinita (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera cryptantha (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera cryptophoranthoides (Loefgr.) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera decipiens (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera decurrens (Poepp. & Endl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera deserta (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera discophylla (Luer & Carnevali) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera duartei (Hoehne) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera dutrae (Pabst) C.N.Gonç. & Waechter	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera ellipsophylla (L.O.Williams) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera erebatensis (Carnevali & G.A.Romero) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera erosa (Garay) ined.	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera erythrogramma (Luer & Carnevali) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera esmeraldae (Luer & Hirtz) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera exarticulata (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera exdrasii (Luer & Toscano) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera eximia (L.O.Williams) Solano	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera fabiobarrosii (Borba & Semir) F.Barros & F.Pinheiro	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera fecunda Pupulin, G.A.Rojas & J.D.Zuñiga	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera fenestrata (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera fockei (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera fornograndensis L.Kollmann & A.P.Fontana	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera fumioi (T.Hashim.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera garciae (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera geminicaulina (Ames) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera glanduligera (Lindl.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera glumacea (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera gracilisepala (Brade) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera granitica (Luer & G.A.Romero) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera hamata Pupulin & G.A.Rojas	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera heliconioides (Luer & R.Vásquez) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera heliconiscapa (Hoehne) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera henrici (Schltr.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera heringeri (Hoehne) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera herrerae (Luer) Solano & Soto Arenas	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera herzogii (Schltr.) Baumbach	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera heteropetala (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera hirsutula (Fawc. & Rendle) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera hoffmannseggiana (Rchb.f.) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera hondurensis (Ames) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera hygrophila (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera hystrix (Kraenzl.) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera johannensis (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera johnsonii (Ames) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera jordanensis (Brade) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera juxtaposita (Luer) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera kegelii (Rchb.f.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera klotzschiana (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera krahnii Luer & Vásquez	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera lamia (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera langeana (Kraenzl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera lepidota (L.O.Williams) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera leptotifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera limae (Porto & Brade) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera litensis (Luer & Hirtz) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera lojae (Schltr.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera luteola (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera macropoda (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera macuconensis (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera maculiglossa Chiron & N.Sanson	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera madisonii (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera magalhaensii (Pabst) Luer	Accepted		TRO
Acianthera magalhanesii (Pabst) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera malachantha (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera martinezii Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera marumbyana (Garay) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera melachila (Barb.Rodr.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera melanochthoda (Luer & Hirtz) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera melanoglossa (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera mendozae Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera mexiae (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera micrantha (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera minima (Cogn.) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera miqueliana (H.Focke) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera modestissima (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera morenoi (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera morilloi (Carnevali & I.Ramírez) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera moronae (Luer & Hirtz) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera murex (Rchb.f.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera murexoidea (Pabst) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera muscicola (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera muscosa (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera nemorosa (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera obscura (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera ochreata (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera octophrys (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera odontotepala (Rchb.f.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera ofella (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera oligantha (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera omissa (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera ophiantha (Cogn.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera oscitans (Ames) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera pacayana (Schltr.) Solano & Soto Arenas	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera panduripetala (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera pantasmi (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera pantasmoides (C.Schweinf.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera papillosa (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera papulifolia (Luer) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera pardipes (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera pariaensis (Carnevali & G.A.Romero) Carnevali & G.A.Romero	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera pavimentata (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera pazii Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera pectinata (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera pernambucensis (Rolfe) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera phoenicoptera (Carnevali & G.A.Romero) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera prognatha (Luer & R.Escobar) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera prolifera (Herb. ex Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera pubescens (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera punctatiflora (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera punicea (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera purpureoviolacea (Cogn.) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera quadricristata (Luer & Hirtz) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera quadriserrata (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera ramosa (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera recurva (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera rinkei Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera rodrigoi (Luer) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera rodriguesii (Cogn.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera rostellata (Barb.Rodr.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera rubroviridis (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera sandaliorum (G.A.Romero & Carnevali) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera sarcosepala (Carnevali & I.Ramírez) Carnevali & G.A.Romero	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera saundersiana (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera saurocephala (Lodd.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera scalpricaulis (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera serpentula (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera serrulatipetala (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera sicaria (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera sicariopsis (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera sicula (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera silvae (Luer & Toscano) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera sonderiana (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera spilantha (Barb.Rodr.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera strupifolia (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera teres (Lindl.) Borba	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera tikalensis (Correll & C.Schweinf.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera toachica (Luer & Dodson) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera tokachii (Luer) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera translucida (Barb.Rodr.) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera tricarinata (Poepp. & Endl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera tristis (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera unguicallosa (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Solano	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera variegata (Barb.Rodr.) Campacci	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera venulosa Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera verecunda (Schltr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera violacea (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera violaceomaculata (Hoehne) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera viridis (Luer & Hirtz) Luer	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera wageneriana (Klotzsch) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera welsiae-windischiae (Pabst) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera wyvern (Luer & R.Escobar) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera yauaperyensis (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthera zumbae (Luer & Hirtz) Luer	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 260 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Acianthera. Of these 201 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Acianthera. 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 260 species names for the genus Acianthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	201	77.3%
◕	Synonym	55	21.2%
◕	Unplaced	3	1.2%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.4%

All names

The status of the 262 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Acianthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	203	77.5%
◕	Synonym	55	21.0%
◕	Unplaced	3	1.1%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.4%

Of these names,

• 5 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 260 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Acianthera, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	200	43	0	0	243	93.5%
	Medium confidence	1	12	0	0	13	5.0%
	Low confidence	0	0	3	1	4	1.5%

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