The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Abrus

The genus Abrus is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Abrus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Abrus aureus R.Vig. Accepted H ILDIS
Abrus baladensis Thulin Accepted H ILDIS
Abrus bottae Deflers Accepted L ILDIS
Abrus canescens Baker Accepted H ILDIS
Abrus diversifoliatus Breteler Accepted H ILDIS
Abrus diversifoliolatus Breteler Accepted M TRO
Abrus fruticulosus Wight & Arn. Accepted H ILDIS
Abrus gawenensis Thulin Accepted H ILDIS
Abrus laevigatus E.Mey. Accepted H ILDIS
Abrus longibracteatus Labat Accepted H ILDIS
Abrus lusorius Vell. Accepted M TRO
Abrus madagascariensis R.Vig. Accepted H ILDIS
Abrus parvifolius (R.Vig.) Verdc. Accepted H ILDIS
Abrus precatorius L. Accepted H ILDIS
Abrus pulchellus Thwaites Accepted H ILDIS
Abrus sambiranensis R.Vig. Accepted H ILDIS
Abrus schimperi Baker Accepted H ILDIS
Abrus somalensis Taub. Accepted L ILDIS
Abrus wittei Baker f. Accepted L ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 42 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Abrus. Of these 19 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 27 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Abrus. 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 42 species names for the genus Abrus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 19 45.2%
Synonym 23 54.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

All names

The status of the 69 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Abrus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 28 40.6%
Synonym 41 59.4%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

A further 7 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 42 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Abrus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 14 18 0 0 32 76.2%
Medium confidence 2 5 0 0 7 16.7%
Low confidence 3 0 0 0 3 7.1%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 17 18 0 0 7 42 100%
Tropicos 2 5 0 0 0 7 16.7%