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The genus Scolosanthus is in the family Rubiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Scolosanthus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Scolosanthus acanthodes (Spreng.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus acunae Borhidi & O.Muñiz	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus bahamensis Britton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus crucifer C.Wright	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus densiflorus Urb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus ekmanii Borhidi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus grandifolius Krug & Urb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus granulatus Urb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus hirsutus Borhidi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus hispidus Borhidi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus howardii Borhidi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus leonardii Alain	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus liogieri Borhidi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus lucidus Britton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus maestrensis Alain	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus moanus Borhidi & O.Muñiz	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus multiflorus (Sw.) Krug & Urb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus nannophyllus Borhidi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus portoricensis Borhidi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus pycnophyllus Borhidi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus reticulatus Borhidi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus sagraeanus Millsp.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Scolosanthus selleanus Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus strictus Urb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus subsessilis Alain	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus triacanthus (Spreng.) DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus versicolor Vahl	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Scolosanthus wrightianus (Griseb.) C.Wright	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 38 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Scolosanthus. Of these 27 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Scolosanthus. 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 38 species names for the genus Scolosanthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	27	71.1%
◕	Synonym	10	26.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	2.6%

All names

The status of the 43 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Scolosanthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	27	62.8%
◕	Synonym	15	34.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	2.3%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 38 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Scolosanthus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	27	9	0	0	36	94.7%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	2.6%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	1	1	2.6%

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