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Stenocactus

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Stenocactus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Stenocactus anfractuosus (Mart.) A. Berger ex A.W. Hill Accepted M TRO
Stenocactus arrigens (Link) A. Berger ex A.W. Hill Accepted M TRO
Stenocactus boedekerianus A. Berger ex A.W. Hill Accepted M TRO
Stenocactus coptonogonus (Lem.) A. Berger ex A.W. Hill Accepted L TRO
Stenocactus crispatus (DC.) A. Berger ex A.W. Hill Accepted L TRO
Stenocactus dichroacanthus (Mart.) A. Berger ex Backeb. & F.M. Knuth Accepted M TRO
Stenocactus heteracanthus (Muehlenpf.) A.W. Hill Accepted L TRO
Stenocactus lamellosus (A. Dietr.) A.W. Hill Accepted M TRO
Stenocactus lancifer (A. Dietr.) A. Berger ex Backeb. & F.M. Knuth Accepted L TRO
Stenocactus multicostatus (Hildm.) A. Berger ex A.W. Hill Accepted L TRO
Stenocactus obvallatus (DC.) A. Berger ex A.W. Hill Accepted M TRO
Stenocactus ochoterenianus Tiegel Accepted M TRO
Stenocactus pentacanthus (Lem.) A. Berger ex A.W. Hill Accepted L TRO
Stenocactus phyllacanthus (Mart.) A. Berger ex A.W. Hill Accepted L TRO
Stenocactus sulphureus (A. Dietr.) Bravo Accepted L TRO
Stenocactus tetraxiphus (Otto ex K. Schum.) A. Berger ex A.W. Hill Accepted L TRO
Stenocactus vaupelianus (Werderm.) F.M. Knuth Accepted L TRO
Stenocactus wippermannii (Muehlenpf.) A. Berger ex A.W. Hill Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 34 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Stenocactus. Of these 18 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Stenocactus. 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 34 species names for the genus Stenocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 18 52.9%
Synonym 9 26.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 7 20.6%

All names

The status of the 39 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Stenocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 21 53.8%
Synonym 11 28.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 7 17.9%

The confidence with which the status of the 34 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Stenocactus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 8 4 0 0 12 35.3%
Low confidence 10 5 0 7 22 64.7%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 18 9 0 0 0 27 79.4%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 7 0 7 20.6%