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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Eriocereus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Eriocereus arendtii (Hildm. & Mathsson) F.Ritter	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Eriocereus jusbertii (Rebut ex K.Schum.) Riccob.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Eriocereus perviridis (Weing.) Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Eriocereus polyacanthus F.Ritter	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Eriocereus pomanensis (K.Schum.) A.Berger	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Eriocereus spinosissimus Buining & Brederoo	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Eriocereus subrepandus Riccob.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Eriocereus tephracanthus (Link & Otto ex Steud.) Riccob.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Eriocereus tetracanthus (Labour.) Riccob.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Eriocereus tortuosus (F.B.Forbes ex Dietr.) Riccob.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 11 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Eriocereus. Of these 1 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Eriocereus. 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 11 species names for the genus Eriocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	1	9.1%
◕	Synonym	0	0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	90.9%

All names

The status of the 16 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Eriocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	1	6.3%
◕	Synonym	0	0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	15	93.8%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 11 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Eriocereus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	1	0	0	0	1	9.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	10	10	90.9%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Eriocereus is as follows: