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The genus Sphenopus is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sphenopus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Sphenopus divaricatus (Gouan) Rchb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Sphenopus ehrenbergii Hausskn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 17 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sphenopus. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 8 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sphenopus. 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 Sphenopus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	11.8%
◕	Synonym	15	88.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 25 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sphenopus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	8.0%
◕	Synonym	23	92.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

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

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	2	13	0	0	15	88.2%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	11.8%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

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