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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Abrus

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Abrus acutifolius Blume	Unresolved		RJP	2011-10-18
Abrus aureus R.Vig.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	1
Abrus baladensis Thulin	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Abrus bottae Deflers	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Abrus canescens Baker	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Abrus diversifoliatus Breteler	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Abrus diversifoliolatus Breteler	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Abrus fruticulosus Wight & Arn.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Abrus gawenensis Thulin	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Abrus kaokoensis Swanepoel & Kolberg	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Abrus laevigatus E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Abrus longibracteatus Labat	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Abrus lusorius Vell.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Abrus madagascariensis R.Vig.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Abrus parvifolius (R.Vig.) Verdc.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Abrus precatorius L.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	1
Abrus pulchellus Thwaites	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	5
Abrus sambiranensis R.Vig.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Abrus schimperi Baker	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Abrus somalensis Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Abrus wittei Baker f.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14

Statistics

The Plant List includes 45 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Abrus. Of these 19 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 26 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Abrus. 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 45 species names for the genus Abrus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	19	42.2%
◕	Synonym	24	53.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	4.4%

All names

The status of the 71 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Abrus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	26	36.6%
◕	Synonym	43	60.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	2.8%

A further 7 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 45 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Abrus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	14	18	0	0	32	71.1%
	Medium confidence	2	6	0	0	8	17.8%
	Low confidence	3	0	0	2	5	11.1%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Abrus is as follows: