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The genus Cistanthe is in the family Portulacaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cistanthe

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cistanthe amarantoides (Phil.) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe ambigua (S.Watson) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe arancioana Peralta	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe arenaria (Cham.) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe cabrerae (Añon) Peralta	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe cachinalensis (Phil.) Peralta & D.I.Ford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe calycina (Phil.) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe celosioides (Phil.) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe cephalophora (I.M.Johnst.) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe chrysantha (I.M.Johnst.) Peralta & D.I.Ford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe coquimbensis (Barnéoud) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe cymosa (Phil.) Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe densiflora (Barnéoud) Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe fenzlii (Barnéoud) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe grandiflora (Lindl.) Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe guadalupensis (Dudley) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe humilis (Phil.) Peralta	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe lamprosperma (I.M.Johnst.) Peralta & D.I.Ford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe laxiflora (Phil.) Peralta & D.I.Ford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe lingulata (Ruiz & Pav.) Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe longiscapa (Barnéoud) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe maritima (Nutt.) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe minuscula (Añon) Peralta	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe monandra (Nutt.) Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe monosperma (Greene) Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe paniculata (Ruiz & Pav.) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe parryi (A.Gray) Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe picta (Gillies ex Arn.) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe pulchella (Eastw.) Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe pygmaea (Parish ex Rydberg) Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe quadripetala (S.Watson) Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe rosea (S.Watson) Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe salsoloides (Barnéoud) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe stricta (Phil.) Peralta	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe thyrsoidea (Reiche) Peralta & D.I.Ford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe tovarii A.Galán	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe umbellata (Torr.) Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cistanthe weberbaueri (Diels) Carolin ex M.A.Hershkovitz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 55 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cistanthe. Of these 38 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cistanthe. 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 55 species names for the genus Cistanthe recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	38	69.1%
◕	Synonym	14	25.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	3	5.5%

All names

The status of the 60 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cistanthe recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	39	65.0%
◕	Synonym	18	30.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	3	5.0%

The confidence with which the status of the 55 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cistanthe, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	36	14	0	0	50	90.9%
	Low confidence	2	0	0	3	5	9.1%

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