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The genus Acokanthera is in the family Apocynaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Acokanthera

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Acokanthera laevigata Kupicha	Accepted		WCSP
Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.	Accepted		WCSP
Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd	Accepted		WCSP
Acokanthera rotundata (Codd) Kupicha	Accepted		WCSP
Acokanthera schimperi (A.DC.) Schweinf.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 20 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Acokanthera. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Acokanthera. 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 20 species names for the genus Acokanthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	25.0%
◕	Synonym	12	60.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	3	15.0%

All names

The status of the 23 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Acokanthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	21.7%
◕	Synonym	15	65.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	3	13.0%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 20 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Acokanthera, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	5	10	0	0	15	75.0%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	10.0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	3	3	15.0%

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