The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Amorpha

The genus Amorpha is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Amorpha

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Amorpha apiculata Wiggins Accepted H ILDIS
Amorpha californica Torr. & A.Gray Accepted H ILDIS
Amorpha canescens Pursh Accepted H ILDIS
Amorpha confusa (Wilbur) S.C.K. Straub, Sorrie & Weakley Accepted M TRO
Amorpha crenulata Rydb. Accepted H ILDIS
Amorpha fruticosa L. Accepted H ILDIS
Amorpha georgiana Wilbur Accepted H ILDIS
Amorpha glabra Poir. Accepted H ILDIS
Amorpha herbacea Walter Accepted H ILDIS
Amorpha laevigata Torr. & A.Gray Accepted H ILDIS
Amorpha nana C.Fraser Accepted H ILDIS
Amorpha nitens F.E.Boynton Accepted H ILDIS
Amorpha ouachitensis Wilbur Accepted H ILDIS
Amorpha paniculata Torr. & A.Gray Accepted H ILDIS
Amorpha roemeriana Scheele Accepted H ILDIS
Amorpha schwerinii C.K.Schneid. Accepted H ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 83 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Amorpha. Of these 16 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 44 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Amorpha. 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 83 species names for the genus Amorpha recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 16 19.3%
Synonym 34 41.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 33 39.8%

All names

The status of the 127 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Amorpha recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 18 14.2%
Synonym 76 59.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 33 26.0%

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 83 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Amorpha, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 15 31 0 0 46 55.4%
Medium confidence 1 3 0 0 4 4.8%
Low confidence 0 0 0 33 33 39.8%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 15 31 0 0 1 47 56.6%
Tropicos 1 3 0 10 0 14 16.9%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 23 0 23 27.7%