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The genus Strychnos is in the family Loganiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Strychnos

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Strychnos aculeata Soler.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos acuta Progel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos afzelii Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos amazonica Krukoff	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos angolensis Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos angustiflora Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos asperula Sprague & Sandwith	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos axillaris Colebr.	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos bicolor Progel	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos brachiata Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos brasiliensis (Spreng.) Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos bredemeyeri (Schult.) Sprague & Sandwith	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos camptoneura Gilg & Busse	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos castelnaeana Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos cathayensis Merr.	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos cerradoensis Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos chlorantha Progel	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos chrysophylla Gilg	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos cocculoides Baker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos cogens Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos colombiensis Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos congolana Gilg	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos croatii Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos dale De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos davidsei Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos decussata (Pappe) Gilg	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos densiflora Baill.	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos diaboli Sandwith	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos duckei Krukoff & Monach.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos ecuadoriensis Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos erichsonii M.R.Schomb. ex Progel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos fendleri Sprague & Sandwith	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos floribunda Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos fulvotomentosa Gilg	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos gardneri A. DC.	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos glabra Sagot ex Progel	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos goiasensis Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos gossweileri Exell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos guianensis (Aubl.) Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos henningsii Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos icaja Baill.	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos ignatii P.J. Bergius	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos innocua Delile	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos jobertiana Baill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos johnsonii Hutch. & M.B.Moss	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos krukoffiana Ducke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos lobelioides Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos longicaudata Gilg	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos lucens Baker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos lucida R. Br.	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos madagascariensis Poir.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos malacoclados C.H. Wright	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos mattogrossensis S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos medeola Sagot ex Progel	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos memecyloides S. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos mitis S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos mitscherlichii M.R.Schomb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos neglecta Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos nicaraguensis Huft	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos nigricans Progel	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos nigritana Baker	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos nitida G. Don	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos nux-blanda A.W. Hill	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos nux-vomica L.	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos ovata A.W. Hill	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos panamensis Seem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos panganensis Gilg	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos panurensis Sprague & Sandwith	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos parviflora Spruce ex Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos parvifolia A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos peckii B.L.Rob.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos phaeotricha Gilg	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos poeppigii Progel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos potatorum L.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos progeliana Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos pseudoquina A. St.-Hil.	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos pungens Soler.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos ramentifera Ducke	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos rondeletioides Spruce ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos rubiginosa A. DC.	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos sandwithiana Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos scheffieri Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos scheffleri Gilg	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos schultesiana Krukoff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos schunkei Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos solimoesana Krukoff	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos spinosa Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos splendens Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos subcordata Spruce ex Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos talbotiae S. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos tarapotensis Sprague & Sandwith	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos tomentosa Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos toxifera R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Strychnos trinervis (Vell.) Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos tseasnum Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos usambarensis Gilg	Accepted		TRO
Strychnos wallichiana Steud. ex A. DC.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 511 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Strychnos. Of these 97 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 49 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Strychnos. 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 511 species names for the genus Strychnos recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	97	19.0%
◕	Synonym	187	36.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	227	44.4%

All names

The status of the 560 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Strychnos recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	100	17.9%
◕	Synonym	233	41.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	227	40.5%

Of these names,

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

The confidence with which the status of the 511 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Strychnos, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	95	182	0	0	277	54.2%
	Low confidence	2	5	0	227	234	45.8%

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