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The genus Orectanthe is in the family Xyridaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Orectanthe

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Orectanthe ptaritepuiana (Steyerm.) Maguire	Accepted		WCSP
Orectanthe sceptrum (Oliv.) Maguire	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 2 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Orectanthe. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Orectanthe. 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 2 species names for the genus Orectanthe recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	100%
◕	Synonym	0	0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 3 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Orectanthe recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	66.7%
◕	Synonym	1	33.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

The confidence with which the status of the 2 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Orectanthe, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	2	0	0	0	2	100%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

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