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The genus Cantua is in the family Polemoniaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cantua

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cantua alutacea Infantes	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua bicolor Lem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua buxifolia Juss. ex Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua candelilla Brand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua coerulea (Brand) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua cordata Juss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua cuzcoensis Infantes	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua dendritica J.M.Porter & Prather	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua flexuosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua glutinosa C.Presl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua hibrida Herrera	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua longifolia Brand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua mediamnis J.M.Porter & Prather	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua megapotamica Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua ovata Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua pyrifolia Juss. ex Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua quercifolia Juss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua tomentosa Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cantua volcanica J.M.Porter & Prather	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 51 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cantua. Of these 19 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 4 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cantua. 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 51 species names for the genus Cantua recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	19	37.3%
◕	Synonym	20	39.2%
◕	Unplaced	1	2.0%
◕	Unassessed	11	21.6%

All names

The status of the 55 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cantua recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	19	34.5%
◕	Synonym	24	43.6%
◕	Unplaced	1	1.8%
◕	Unassessed	11	20.0%

The confidence with which the status of the 51 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cantua, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	19	12	0	0	31	60.8%
	Low confidence	0	8	1	11	20	39.2%

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