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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Xanthophytum

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Xanthophytum alopecurum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum attopevense (Pierre ex Pit.) H.S.Lo	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum balansae (Pit.) H.S.Lo	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum borneense (Valeton) Axelius	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum brookei Axelius	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum bullatum Tange	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum calycinum (A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum capitatum Valeton	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum capitellatum Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum cylindricum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum ferrugineum (DC.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum foliaceum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum fruticulosum Reinw. ex Blume	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum glabrum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum glomeratum Valeton ex Bakh.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum grandiflorum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum grandifolium Valeton ex Bakh.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum involucratum Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum johannis-winkleri Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum kinabaluense (Bremek.) Tange	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum kwangtungense (Chun & F.C.How) H.S.Lo	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum longipedunculatum Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum magnisepalum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum minus Axelius	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum nitens Axelius	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum olivaceum Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum papuanum Wernham	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum polyanthum Pit.	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum pubistylosum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum semiorbiculare (Bakh.f.) Axelius	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum sessile Axelius	Accepted		WCSP
Xanthophytum setosum Axelius	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 39 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Xanthophytum. Of these 32 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Xanthophytum. 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 Xanthophytum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	32	82.1%
◕	Synonym	5	12.8%
◕	Unplaced	1	2.6%
◕	Unassessed	1	2.6%

All names

The status of the 42 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Xanthophytum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	32	76.2%
◕	Synonym	8	19.0%
◕	Unplaced	1	2.4%
◕	Unassessed	1	2.4%

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 Xanthophytum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	32	5	0	0	37	94.9%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	1	1	2	5.1%

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