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The genus Ferocactus is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).
Statistics are at the end of the page.
See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.
The Plant List includes 79 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ferocactus. Of these 26 are accepted species names.
The Plant List includes a further 64 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ferocactus. 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.
The status of the 79 species names for the genus Ferocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:
Status | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
◕ | Accepted | 26 | 32.9% |
◕ | Synonym | 26 | 32.9% |
◕ | Unplaced | 0 | 0% |
◕ | Unassessed | 27 | 34.2% |
The status of the 143 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ferocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:
Status | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
◕ | Accepted | 37 | 25.9% |
◕ | Synonym | 71 | 49.7% |
◕ | Unplaced | 0 | 0% |
◕ | Unassessed | 35 | 24.5% |
Of these names,
The confidence with which the status of the 79 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ferocactus, are assigned as follows:
Confidence level | Accepted | Synonym | Unplaced | Unassessed | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High confidence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
Medium confidence | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 53.2% | |
Low confidence | 5 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 37 | 46.8% |
The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Ferocactus, are as follows:
Source of record | Accepted | Synonym | Unplaced | Unassessed | Misapplied | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tropicos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.3% |
WCSP (in review) | 26 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 78 | 98.7% |