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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		WCSP
Peristeria cochlearis Garay	Accepted		WCSP
Peristeria elata Hook.	Accepted		WCSP
Peristeria guttata Knowles & Westc.	Accepted		WCSP
Peristeria leucoxantha Garay	Accepted		WCSP
Peristeria lindenii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Peristeria pendula Hook.	Accepted		WCSP
Peristeria rossiana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Peristeria selligera Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Peristeria serroniana (Barb.Rodr.) Garay	Accepted		WCSP
Peristeria violacea (Josst) Foldats	Accepted		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: