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Wigginsia

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Wigginsia

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Wigginsia arechavaletae (Speg.) D.M. Porter Accepted M TRO
Wigginsia corynodes (Otto ex Pfeiff.) D.M. Porter Accepted M TRO
Wigginsia erinacea (Haw.) D.M. Porter Accepted M TRO
Wigginsia fricii (Arechav.) D.M. Porter Accepted M TRO
Wigginsia macrocanthe (Arechav.) D.M. Porter Accepted M TRO
Wigginsia macrogona (Arechav.) D.M. Porter Accepted M TRO
Wigginsia sessiflora (Hook.) D.M. Porter Accepted M TRO
Wigginsia stegmannii (Backeb.) D.M. Porter Accepted M TRO
Wigginsia tephracantha (Link & Otto) D.M. Porter Accepted M TRO
Wigginsia vorweckiana (Werderm.) D.M. Porter Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 33 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Wigginsia. Of these 10 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Wigginsia. 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 33 species names for the genus Wigginsia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 10 30.3%
Synonym 8 24.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 15 45.5%

All names

The status of the 36 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Wigginsia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 11 30.6%
Synonym 10 27.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 15 41.7%

The confidence with which the status of the 33 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Wigginsia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 10 6 0 0 16 48.5%
Low confidence 0 2 0 15 17 51.5%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 10 7 0 0 0 17 51.5%
WCSP (in review) 0 1 0 15 0 16 48.5%