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The genus Acanthocereus is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).
Statistics are at the end of the page.
See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.
Name | Status | Confidence level | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Acanthocereus baxaniensis | Accepted | WCSP (in review) | |
Acanthocereus horridus | Accepted | WCSP (in review) | |
Acanthocereus occidentalis | Accepted | WCSP (in review) | |
Acanthocereus subinermis | Accepted | WCSP (in review) | |
Acanthocereus tetragonus | Accepted | WCSP (in review) |
The Plant List includes 22 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Acanthocereus. Of these 5 are accepted species names.
The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Acanthocereus. 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.
The status of the 22 species names for the genus Acanthocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:
Status | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
◕ | Accepted | 5 | 22.7% |
◕ | Synonym | 11 | 50.0% |
◕ | Unplaced | 2 | 9.1% |
◕ | Unassessed | 4 | 18.2% |
The status of the 23 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Acanthocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:
Status | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
◕ | Accepted | 5 | 21.7% |
◕ | Synonym | 12 | 52.2% |
◕ | Unplaced | 2 | 8.7% |
◕ | Unassessed | 4 | 17.4% |
The confidence with which the status of the 22 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Acanthocereus, are assigned as follows:
Confidence level | Accepted | Synonym | Unplaced | Unassessed | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High confidence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
Medium confidence | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 63.6% | |
Low confidence | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 36.4% |
The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Acanthocereus, are as follows:
Source of record | Accepted | Synonym | Unplaced | Unassessed | Misapplied | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tropicos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9.1% |
WCSP (in review) | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 90.9% |