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The genus Acianthus is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Acianthus

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Acianthus aegeridantennatus N.Hallé	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus amplexicaulis (F.M.Bailey) Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus atepalus Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus bracteatus Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus caudatus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus confusus Guillaumin	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus corniculatus Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus cymbalariifolius F.Muell. & Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus elegans Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus exsertus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus fornicatus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus grandiflorus Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus halleanus Kores	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus heptadactylus Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus ledwardii Rupp	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus macroglossus Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus oxyglossus Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus sinclairii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus tenuilabris Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus veillonis N.Hallé	Accepted		WCSP
Acianthus viridis Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 48 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Acianthus. Of these 21 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Acianthus. 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 48 species names for the genus Acianthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	21	43.8%
◕	Synonym	26	54.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	2.1%

All names

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

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	21	39.6%
◕	Synonym	31	58.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.9%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 48 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Acianthus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	21	23	0	0	44	91.7%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	4.2%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	1	2	4.2%

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