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The genus Dracontium is in the family Araceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Dracontium

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Dracontium amazonense G.H.Zhu & Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium angustispathum G.H.Zhu & Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium asperispathum G.H.Zhu & Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium asperum K.Koch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium bogneri G.H.Zhu & Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium croatii G.H.Zhu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium dubium Kunth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium gigas (Seem.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium grandispathum G.H.Zhu & Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium grayumianum G.H.Zhu & Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium guianense G.H.Zhu & Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium iquitense E.C.Morgan & J.A.Sperling	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium longipes Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium margaretae Bogner	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium nivosum (Lem.) G.H.Zhu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium papillosum G.H. Zhu	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Dracontium paruense G.H. Zhu	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Dracontium peruvianum G.H.Zhu & Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium pittieri Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium plowmanii G.H.Zhu & Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium polyphyllum L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium prancei G.H.Zhu & Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium purdieanum (Schott) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium quebitea J.F.Gmel.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium soconuscum Matuda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium spruceanum (Schott) G.H.Zhu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium ulei K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracontium violaceum Noronha	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 56 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Dracontium. Of these 24 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Dracontium. 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 56 species names for the genus Dracontium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	24	42.9%
◕	Synonym	28	50.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	4	7.1%

All names

The status of the 57 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Dracontium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	24	42.1%
◕	Synonym	29	50.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	4	7.0%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 56 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Dracontium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	24	28	0	0	52	92.9%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	4	4	7.1%

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