The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Sclerocactus

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sclerocactus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Sclerocactus blainei S.L. Welsh & K.H. Thorne Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Sclerocactus brevispinus K.D. Heil & J.M. Porter Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Sclerocactus cloverae K.D. Heil & J.M. Porter Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Sclerocactus franklinii J.W.Evans Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Sclerocactus glaucus (K. Schum.) L.D. Benson Accepted L TRO 2012-04-18
Sclerocactus mesae-verdae (Boissev. & C. Davidson) L.D. Benson Accepted L TRO 2012-04-18
Sclerocactus nyensis Hochstätter Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Sclerocactus papyracanthus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Sclerocactus parviflorus Clover & Jotter Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Sclerocactus polyancistrus (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Britton & Rose Accepted L TRO 2012-04-18
Sclerocactus pubispinus (Engelm.) L.D. Benson Accepted L TRO 2012-04-18
Sclerocactus scheeri (Salm-Dyck) N.P. Taylor Accepted L TRO 2012-04-18
Sclerocactus sileri (L.D. Benson) K.D. Heil & J.M. Porter Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Sclerocactus spinosior (Engelm.) D. Woodruff & L.D. Benson Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Sclerocactus wetlandicus Hochstätter Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Sclerocactus whipplei (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Britton & Rose Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18 1
Sclerocactus wrightiae L.D. Benson Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 49 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sclerocactus. Of these 16 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 21 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sclerocactus. 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 49 species names for the genus Sclerocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 16 32.7%
◕ Synonym 20 40.8%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 13 26.5%

All names

The status of the 70 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sclerocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 16 22.9%
◕ Synonym 37 52.9%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 17 24.3%

The confidence with which the status of the 49 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sclerocactus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 11 15 0 0 26 53.1%
Low confidence 5 5 0 13 23 46.9%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 16 20 0 0 0 36 73.5%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 13 0 13 26.5%