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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Aeranthes

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Aeranthes adenopoda H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes aemula Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes africana J.Stewart	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes albidiflora Toill.-Gen., Ursch & Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes ambrensis Toill.-Gen., Ursch & Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes angustidens H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes antennophora H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes arachnitis (Thouars) Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes bathieana Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes campbelliae Hermans & Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes carnosa Toill.-Gen., Ursch & Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes caudata Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes crassifolia Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes denticulata Toill.-Gen., Ursch & Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes dentiens Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes ecalcarata H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes filipes Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes grandiflora Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes hermannii Frapp. ex Cordem.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes hymenanthus (Rchb. f. ex Benth. & Hook. f.) Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Aeranthes laxiflora Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes leandriana Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes moratii Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes multinodis Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes neoperrieri Toill.-Gen., Ursch & Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes nidus Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes orophila Toill.-Gen.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes orthopoda Toill.-Gen., Ursch & Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes parkesii G.Will.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes parvula Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes peyrotii Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes polyanthemus Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes ramosa Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes robusta Senghas	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes sambiranoensis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes schlechteri Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes setiformis Garay	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes setipes Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes strangulata Frapp. ex Cordem.	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes strangulatus Frapp. ex Cordem.	Accepted		TRO
Aeranthes subramosa Garay	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes tenella Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes tricalcarata H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes tropophila Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Aeranthes virginalis D.L.Roberts	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 140 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Aeranthes. Of these 45 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Aeranthes. 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 140 species names for the genus Aeranthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	45	32.1%
◕	Synonym	91	65.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	4	2.9%

All names

The status of the 141 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Aeranthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	45	31.9%
◕	Synonym	92	65.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	4	2.8%

Of these names,

• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 140 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Aeranthes, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	43	74	0	0	117	83.6%
	Medium confidence	2	15	0	0	17	12.1%
	Low confidence	0	2	0	4	6	4.3%

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