The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Peristeria

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Peristeria

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Peristeria cerina Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Peristeria cochlearis Garay Accepted H WCSP
Peristeria elata Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Peristeria guttata Knowles & Westc. Accepted H WCSP
Peristeria leucoxantha Garay Accepted H WCSP
Peristeria lindenii Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Peristeria pendula Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Peristeria rossiana Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Peristeria selligera Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Peristeria serroniana (Barb.Rodr.) Garay Accepted H WCSP
Peristeria violacea (Josst) Foldats Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 23 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Peristeria. Of these 11 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Peristeria. 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 23 species names for the genus Peristeria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 11 47.8%
Synonym 8 34.8%
Unplaced 3 13.0%
Unassessed 1 4.3%

All names

The status of the 25 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Peristeria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 11 44.0%
Synonym 10 40.0%
Unplaced 3 12.0%
Unassessed 1 4.0%

The confidence with which the status of the 23 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Peristeria, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 11 8 0 0 19 82.6%
Medium confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Low confidence 0 0 3 1 4 17.4%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
WCSP 11 8 3 0 0 22 95.7%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.3%