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The genus Canthium is in the family Rubiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Canthium

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Canthium aciculatum Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium andamanicum M.G.Gangop. & Chakrab.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium angustifolium Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium approximatum Korth.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium arboreum Vidal	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium aurantiacum Merr. & L.M.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium bakerianum Drake	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium berberidifolium Geddes	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium bipinnatum (Blanco) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium brunnescens Craib	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium brunneum (Merr.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium calvum Craib	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium cambodianum Pit.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium campanulatum Thwaites	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium carinatum (Baker) Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium cavaleriei H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium ciliatum (D.Dietr.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium cochinchinense Pierre ex Pit.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium coffeoides Pierre ex Pit.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium confertum Korth.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium congestiflorum Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium cordatum Dillwyn	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium coromandelicum (Burm.f.) Alston	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium culionense (Elmer) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium depressinerve Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium ellipticum (Merr.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium elmeri Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium fenicis (Merr.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium ferrugineum Craib	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium filipendulum Pierre ex Pit.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium fraternum Miq.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium glabrum Blume	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium glandulosum (Blanco) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium glaucum Hiern	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium gracilipes Kurz	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium gynochthodes Baill.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium hebecladum DC.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium hirtellum Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium hispidonervosum (De Wild.) C.M.Evrard	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium homolleanum Cavaco	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium horridulum Craib	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium horridum Blume	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium inerme (L.f.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium korrense (Valeton) Kaneh.	Accepted		TRO
Canthium korthalsianum Miq.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium kuntzeanum Bridson	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium laeve Teijsm. & Binn.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium lasianthoides Miq.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium leytense (Merr.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium libericum Dinkl.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium longipes Geddes	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium lucidum R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium macrocarpum Thwaites	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium megacarpum (Merr.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium megistocarpum Merr. & L.M.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium merrillianum Mabb.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium merrillii (Setch.) Christoph.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium micranthum (Baker) comb. ined.	Accepted		TRO
Canthium mite Bartl. ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium molle King & Gamble	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium moluccanum Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium monstrosum (A.Rich.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium neilgherrense Wight	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium oblongifolium Quisumb. & Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium oblongum (Valeton) Kaneh.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium obovatifolium (Merr.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium oliganthum (Miq.) Boerl.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium oligocarpum Hiern	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium oligophlebium (Merr.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium parvifolium Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium paucinervium (Merr.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium pedunculare Cav.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium perakanthus ined.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium polyanthum Miq.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium puberulum Thwaites ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium quadratum Craib	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium ramosii (Merr.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium rheedei DC.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium sarcocarpum (Merr.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium sarmentosum Craib	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium scabridum Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium scandens Blume	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium schlechterianum Merr. & L.M.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium sechellense Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium siamense (Harms) Pit.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium simile Merr. & Chun	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium sordidum (K.Schum.) Bullock	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium spinosissimum Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium spinosum (Klotzsch ex Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium spirostylum Miq.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium stellulatum Craib	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium strigosum Craib	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium strychnoides Craib	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium subaureum Craib	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium subcapitatum (Merr.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium suberosum Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium subsessilifolium (Merr.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium sumatranum Miq.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium tavoyanum (R.Parker) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium travancoricum Bedd.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium trichophorum Quisumb. & Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium umbelligerum Miq.	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium vanwykii Tilney & Kok	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium villarii Vidal	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium violaceum Zoll. & Moritzi	Accepted		WCSP
Canthium wenzelii (Merr.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 441 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Canthium. Of these 106 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 55 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Canthium. 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 441 species names for the genus Canthium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	106	24.0%
◕	Synonym	327	74.1%
◕	Unplaced	4	0.9%
◕	Unassessed	4	0.9%

All names

The status of the 496 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Canthium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	111	22.4%
◕	Synonym	377	76.0%
◕	Unplaced	4	0.8%
◕	Unassessed	4	0.8%

Of these names,

• 9 are recorded as invalid
• 15 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 441 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Canthium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	103	320	0	0	423	95.9%
	Medium confidence	1	6	0	0	7	1.6%
	Low confidence	2	1	4	4	11	2.5%

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