The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Dracontium

The genus Dracontium is in the family Araceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Dracontium

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Dracontium amazonense G.H.Zhu & Croat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium angustispathum G.H.Zhu & Croat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium asperispathum G.H.Zhu & Croat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium asperum K.Koch Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium bogneri G.H.Zhu & Croat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium croatii G.H.Zhu Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium dubium Kunth Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium gigas (Seem.) Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium grandispathum G.H.Zhu & Croat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium grayumianum G.H.Zhu & Croat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium guianense G.H.Zhu & Croat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium iquitense E.C.Morgan & J.A.Sperling Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium longipes Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium margaretae Bogner Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium nivosum (Lem.) G.H.Zhu Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium papillosum G.H. Zhu Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Dracontium paruense G.H. Zhu Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Dracontium peruvianum G.H.Zhu & Croat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium pittieri Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium plowmanii G.H.Zhu & Croat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium polyphyllum L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium prancei G.H.Zhu & Croat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium purdieanum (Schott) Engl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium quebitea J.F.Gmel. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium soconuscum Matuda Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium spruceanum (Schott) G.H.Zhu Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium ulei K.Krause Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Dracontium violaceum Noronha Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 56 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Dracontium. Of these 24 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Dracontium. 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 56 species names for the genus Dracontium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 24 42.9%
Synonym 28 50.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 4 7.1%

All names

The status of the 57 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Dracontium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 24 42.1%
Synonym 29 50.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 4 7.0%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 56 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Dracontium, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 24 28 0 0 52 92.9%
Medium confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Low confidence 0 0 0 4 4 7.1%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Dracontium is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 0 0 3 0 3 5.4%
WCSP 24 28 0 1 0 53 94.6%