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The genus Cecropia is in the family Urticaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cecropia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cecropia albicans Trécul	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia andina Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia angulata I.W.Bailey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia angustifolia Trécul	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia annulata C.C.Berg & P.Franco	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia bullata C.C.Berg & P.Franco	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia chlorostachya C.C.Berg & P.Franco	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia concolor Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia david-smithii C.C.Berg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia dealbata B.S.Williams	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia distachya Huber	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia elongata Rusby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia engleriana Snethl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia ficifolia Warb. ex Snethl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia gabrielis Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia garciae Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia glaziovii Snethl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia goudotiana Trécul	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia granvilleana C.C.Berg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia herthae Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia heterochroma C.C.Berg & P.Franco	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia hispidissima Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia hololeuca Miq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia idroboi Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia insignis Liebm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia kavanayensis Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia latiloba Miq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia litoralis Snethl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia longipes Pittier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia marginalis Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia maxima Snethl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia megastachya Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia membranacea Trécul	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia metensis Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia montana Warb. ex Snethl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia multisecta P.Franco & C.C.Berg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia mutisiana Mildbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia obtusa Trécul	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia obtusifolia Bertol.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia pachystachya Trécul	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia palmata Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia pastasana Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia peltata L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia pittieri B.L.Rob. ex A.Stewart	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia plicata Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia polystachya Trécul	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia purpurascens C.C.Berg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia putumayonis Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia radlkoferana Aladar Richt.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia reticulata Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia sararensis Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia saxatilis Snethl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia schreberiana Miq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia sciadophylla Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia silvae C.C.Berg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia strigosa Trécul	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia subintegra Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia tacuna C.C.Berg & P.Franco	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia telealba Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia telenitida Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia ulei Snethl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia utcubambana Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia velutinella Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cecropia virgusa Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 200 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cecropia. Of these 64 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 23 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cecropia. 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 200 species names for the genus Cecropia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	64	32.0%
◕	Synonym	118	59.0%
◕	Unplaced	2	1.0%
◕	Unassessed	16	8.0%

All names

The status of the 223 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cecropia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	65	29.1%
◕	Synonym	140	62.8%
◕	Unplaced	2	0.9%
◕	Unassessed	16	7.2%

Of these names,

• 4 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 200 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cecropia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	64	118	0	0	182	91.0%
	Low confidence	0	0	2	16	18	9.0%

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