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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Benthamia

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Benthamia africana (Lindl.) ined.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia bathieana Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia calceolata H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia catatiana H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia chlorantha (Spreng.) Garay & G.A.Romero	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia cinnabarina (Rolfe) H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia cuspidata H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia dauphinensis (Rolfe) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia drummondii (H.P.Linder & G.Will.) Szlach. & Rutk.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia elata Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia exilis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia glaberrima (Ridl.) H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia grandiflora (Kleeb. ex A. Gray) Druce	Accepted		TRO
Benthamia herminioides Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia humbertii H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia longicalceata H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia macra Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia madagascariensis (Rolfe) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia majoriflora H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia melanopoda Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia misera (Ridl.) Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia monophylla Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia nigrescens Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia nigrovaginata H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia nivea Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia perfecunda H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia perularioides Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia praecox Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia procera Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia rostrata Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Benthamia verecunda Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 39 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Benthamia. Of these 31 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Benthamia. 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 39 species names for the genus Benthamia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	31	79.5%
◕	Synonym	8	20.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 40 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Benthamia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	31	77.5%
◕	Synonym	9	22.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 39 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Benthamia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	30	8	0	0	38	97.4%
	Medium confidence	1	0	0	0	1	2.6%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

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