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Cinchona

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cinchona

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Cinchona antioquiae L.Andersson Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona asperifolia Wedd. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona barbacoensis H.Karst. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona × boliviana Wedd. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona brachycarpa Wright Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona calisaya Wedd. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona calisaya wedd x pubescens vahl pro sp. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Cinchona canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Cinchona capuli L.Andersson Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona chahuraguera Pav. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Cinchona chahuraguera Pav. ex DC. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Cinchona cornifolia Kunth Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Cinchona cucumifolia Pav. ex Lamb. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Cinchona erytrantha Ruiz & Pav. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Cinchona fruticosa L.Andersson Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona glabra Vell. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona glabra Ruiz Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona glandulifera Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona glomerata Ruiz & Pav. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Cinchona hirsuta Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona hybrida Hort. ex Sasaki Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Cinchona krauseana L.Andersson Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona lanceolata Ruiz & Pav. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona lancifolia Mutis Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona ligustrina Vahl Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Cinchona lucumifolia Pav. ex Lindl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona macrocalyx Pav. ex DC. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona micrantha Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona mutisii Lamb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona nitida Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona officinalis L. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Cinchona palable Pav. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Cinchona parabolica Pav. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona pitayensis (Wedd.) Wedd. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona pubescens Vahl Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona pyrifolia L.Andersson Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona robusta Howard Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Cinchona rostrata Wedd. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Cinchona rugosa Pav. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona scrobiculata Humb. & Bonpl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona stupea Pav. ex Lamb. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Cinchona villosa Pav. ex Lindl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cinchona vritusino Pav. ex DC. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 152 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cinchona. Of these 25 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 58 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cinchona. 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 152 species names for the genus Cinchona recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 25 16.4%
Synonym 109 71.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 18 11.8%

All names

The status of the 210 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cinchona recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 25 11.9%
Synonym 167 79.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 18 8.6%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 152 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cinchona, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 23 86 0 0 109 71.7%
Medium confidence 2 23 0 0 25 16.4%
Low confidence 0 0 0 18 18 11.8%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 2 23 0 9 0 34 22.4%
WCSP 23 86 0 4 0 113 74.3%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 5 0 5 3.3%