The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Piaranthus

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Piaranthus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Piaranthus atrosanguineus (N.E. Br.) Bruyns Accepted M TRO
Piaranthus decipiens (N.E. Br.) Bruyns Accepted M TRO
Piaranthus fasciculatus (Thunb.) Schult. Accepted M TRO
Piaranthus pullus (Aiton) Haw. Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 35 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Piaranthus. Of these 4 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Piaranthus. 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 35 species names for the genus Piaranthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 4 11.4%
Synonym 13 37.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 18 51.4%

All names

The status of the 38 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Piaranthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 4 10.5%
Synonym 13 34.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 21 55.3%

The confidence with which the status of the 35 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Piaranthus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 4 10 0 0 14 40.0%
Low confidence 0 3 0 18 21 60.0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 4 13 0 1 0 18 51.4%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 17 0 17 48.6%