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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Acianthus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Acianthus aegeridantennatus N.Hallé	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus amplexicaulis (F.M.Bailey) Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus atepalus Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus bracteatus Rendle	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus caudatus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus confusus Guillaumin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus corniculatus Rendle	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus cymbalariifolius F.Muell. & Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus elegans Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus exsertus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus fornicatus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus grandiflorus Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus halleanus Kores	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus heptadactylus Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus ledwardii Rupp	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus macroglossus Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus oxyglossus Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus sinclairii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus tenuilabris Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Acianthus veillonis N.Hallé	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 87 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Acianthus. Of these 20 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Acianthus. 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 87 species names for the genus Acianthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	20	23.0%
◕	Synonym	67	77.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 90 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Acianthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	20	22.2%
◕	Synonym	70	77.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 87 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Acianthus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	20	66	0	0	86	98.9%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	1.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

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