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Sclerocactus

The genus Sclerocactus is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sclerocactus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Sclerocactus blainei S.L. Welsh & K.H. Thorne Accepted M TRO
Sclerocactus brevispinus K.D. Heil & J.M. Porter Accepted M TRO
Sclerocactus cloverae K.D. Heil & J.M. Porter Accepted M TRO
Sclerocactus glaucus (K. Schum.) L.D. Benson Accepted L TRO
Sclerocactus mesae-verdae (Boissev. & C. Davidson) L.D. Benson Accepted L TRO
Sclerocactus nyensis Hochstätter Accepted M TRO
Sclerocactus papyracanthus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor Accepted M TRO
Sclerocactus parviflorus Clover & Jotter Accepted M TRO
Sclerocactus polyancistrus (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Britton & Rose Accepted L TRO
Sclerocactus pubispinus (Engelm.) L.D. Benson Accepted L TRO
Sclerocactus scheeri (Salm-Dyck) N.P. Taylor Accepted L TRO
Sclerocactus sileri (L.D. Benson) K.D. Heil & J.M. Porter Accepted M TRO
Sclerocactus spinosior (Engelm.) D. Woodruff & L.D. Benson Accepted M TRO
Sclerocactus wetlandicus Hochstätter Accepted M TRO
Sclerocactus whipplei (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Britton & Rose Accepted M TRO
Sclerocactus wrightiae L.D. Benson Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 30 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sclerocactus. Of these 16 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 23 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sclerocactus. 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 30 species names for the genus Sclerocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 16 53.3%
Synonym 13 43.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 1 3.3%

All names

The status of the 53 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sclerocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 16 30.2%
Synonym 36 67.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 1 1.9%

The confidence with which the status of the 30 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sclerocactus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 11 10 0 0 21 70.0%
Low confidence 5 3 0 1 9 30.0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 16 13 0 0 0 29 96.7%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.3%