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Stylosanthes

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Stylosanthes

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Stylosanthes acuminata M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa Accepted L ILDIS
Stylosanthes angustifolia Vogel Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes aurea M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa Accepted L ILDIS
Stylosanthes bahiensis L.'t Mannetje & G.P.Lewis Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton & al. Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes bracteata Vogel Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes calcicola Small Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes campestris M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa Accepted L ILDIS
Stylosanthes capitata Vogel Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes cayennensis Mohlenbr. Accepted L ILDIS
Stylosanthes debilis M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes dissitiflora Robinson & Seaton Accepted M TRO
Stylosanthes erecta P.Beauv. Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes figueroae Mohlenbr. Accepted L ILDIS
Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes grandifolia M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa Accepted L ILDIS
Stylosanthes guianensis (Aubl.) Sw. Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes guineensis G.Don Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub. Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes hippocampoides Mohlenbr. Accepted L ILDIS
Stylosanthes hispida Rich. Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes humilis Kunth Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes ingrata S.F.Blake Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes leiocarpa Vogel Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes linearifolia M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa Accepted L ILDIS
Stylosanthes longiseta Micheli Accepted M TRO
Stylosanthes macrocarpa S.F.Blake Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes macrocephala M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes macrosoma S.F.Blake Accepted L ILDIS
Stylosanthes mexicana Taub. Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes montevidensis Vogel Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes nervosa J.F.Macbr. Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes pilosa M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa Accepted L ILDIS
Stylosanthes ruellioides Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes scabra Vogel Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes sericeiceps S.F.Blake Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes suborbiculata Chiov. Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes subsericea S.F.Blake Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes suffruticosa Mohlenbr. Accepted L ILDIS
Stylosanthes sympodialis Taub. Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes tomentosa M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes tuberculata S.F.Blake Accepted H ILDIS
Stylosanthes viscosa Sw. Accepted H ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 92 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Stylosanthes. Of these 43 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 44 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Stylosanthes. 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 92 species names for the genus Stylosanthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 43 46.7%
Synonym 36 39.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 13 14.1%

All names

The status of the 136 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Stylosanthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 46 33.8%
Synonym 77 56.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 13 9.6%

Of these names,

A further 2 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 92 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Stylosanthes, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 30 28 0 0 58 63.0%
Medium confidence 2 8 0 0 10 10.9%
Low confidence 11 0 0 13 24 26.1%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 41 28 0 0 2 71 77.2%
Tropicos 2 8 0 3 0 13 14.1%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 10 0 10 10.9%