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Epistephium

The genus Epistephium is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Epistephium

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Epistephium amabile Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium amplexicaule (Ruiz & Pav.) Poepp. & Endl. Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium brevicristatum R.E.Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium duckei Huber Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium elatum Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium ellipticum R.O.Williams & Summerh. Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium frederici-augusti Rchb.f. & Warsz. Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium hernandii Garay Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium herzogianum Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium lamprophyllum Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium laxiflorum Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium lobulosum Garay Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium lucidum Cogn. Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium matogrossense Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium parviflorum Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium portellianum Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium praestans Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium sclerophyllum Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium sessiliflorum Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium speciosum Barb.Rodr. Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium subrepens Hoehne Accepted H WCSP
Epistephium williamsii Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 33 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Epistephium. Of these 22 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 4 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Epistephium. 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 33 species names for the genus Epistephium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 22 66.7%
Synonym 10 30.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 1 3.0%

All names

The status of the 37 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Epistephium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 22 59.5%
Synonym 14 37.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 1 2.7%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 33 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Epistephium, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 22 9 0 0 31 93.9%
Medium confidence 0 1 0 0 1 3.0%
Low confidence 0 0 0 1 1 3.0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 1 0 1 0 2 6.1%
WCSP 22 9 0 0 0 31 93.9%