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Micranthocereus

The genus Micranthocereus is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Micranthocereus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Micranthocereus albicephalus (Buining & Brederoo) F. Ritter Accepted L TRO
Micranthocereus auri-azureus Buining & Brederoo Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Micranthocereus estevesii (Buining & Brederoo) F. Ritter Accepted L TRO
Micranthocereus hofackerianus (P.J.Braun & Esteves) M.Machado Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Micranthocereus polyanthus (Werderm.) Backeb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Micranthocereus purpureus (Gürke) F. Ritter Accepted M TRO
Micranthocereus streckeri Van Heek & Van Criek. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Micranthocereus violaciflorus Buining Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 17 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Micranthocereus. Of these 8 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Micranthocereus. 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 17 species names for the genus Micranthocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 8 47.1%
Synonym 3 17.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 6 35.3%

All names

The status of the 19 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Micranthocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 8 42.1%
Synonym 3 15.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 8 42.1%

The confidence with which the status of the 17 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Micranthocereus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 6 2 0 0 8 47.1%
Low confidence 2 1 0 6 9 52.9%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 3 3 0 0 0 6 35.3%
WCSP (in review) 5 0 0 6 0 11 64.7%