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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Xanthosoma

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Xanthosoma acutiloba Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Xanthosoma acutum E.G.Gonç.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma akkermansii (G.S.Bunting) Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma aristeguietae (G.S.Bunting) Madison	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma auriculatum Regel	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma baguense Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma barilletii Carrière	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma bayo G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma belophyllum (Willd.) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma belophyllum x caracassanum K. Koch	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Xanthosoma bilineatum Rusby	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma bolivaranum G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma brasiliense (Desf.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma brevispathaceum Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma × brownii O.Deg.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma caladioides Grayum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma caracu K.Koch & C.D.Bouché	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma caulotuberculatum G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma ceronii Croat & L.P. Hannon	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Xanthosoma conspurcatum Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma contractum G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma cordatum N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma cordifolium N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma crassilaminum Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Xanthosoma crassinervium Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Xanthosoma cubense (Schott) Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma daguense Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma dealbatum Grayum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma eggersii (Engl.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma exiguum G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma flavomaculatum Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma fractum Madison	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma granvillei Croat & Thomps.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma guttatum Croat & D.C.Bay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma hannoniae Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Xanthosoma harlingii Croat & L.P. Hannon	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Xanthosoma hebetatum Croat & D.C.Bay	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma helleborifolium (Jacq.) Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma herrerae Croat & P.Huang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma hylaeae Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma latestigmatum Bogner & E.G.Gonç.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma litense Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Xanthosoma longilobum G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma lucens E.G.Gonç.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma mafaffoides G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma mariae Bogner & E.G.Gonç.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma maroae G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma maximiliani Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma mendozae Matuda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma mexicanum Liebm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma minima Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Xanthosoma mucronatum Schott	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma narinoense Bogner & L.P.Hannon	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma nitidum G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma obtusilobum Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma orinocense G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma paradoxum (Bogner & Mayo) Bogner	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma pariense G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma peltatum G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma pentaphyllum (Schott) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma pichinchense Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Xanthosoma platylobum (Schott) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma plowmanii Bogner	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma poeppigii Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma pottii E.G.Gonç.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma pringlei Croat	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Xanthosoma puberulum Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma pubescens Poepp.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma pulchrum E.G.Gonç.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma purpureomaculatum Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Xanthosoma riedelianum (Schott) Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma riparium E.G.Gonç.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma robustum Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma saguasense G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma seideliae Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma stenospathum Madison	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma striatipes (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Madison	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma striolatum Mart. ex Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma supiaense Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Xanthosoma sylvestre Bello	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma syngoniifolium Rusby	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma taioba E.G.Gonç.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma tarapotense Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma trichophyllum K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma trilobum G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma ulei Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma undipes (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) K.Koch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma viviparum Madison	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma weeksii Madison	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma wendlandii (Schott) Standl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Xanthosoma yucatanense Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 187 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Xanthosoma. Of these 76 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 21 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Xanthosoma. 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 187 species names for the genus Xanthosoma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	76	40.6%
◕	Synonym	95	50.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	16	8.6%

All names

The status of the 208 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Xanthosoma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	76	36.5%
◕	Synonym	116	55.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	16	7.7%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 6 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 187 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Xanthosoma, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	75	91	0	0	166	88.8%
	Medium confidence	1	3	0	0	4	2.1%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	16	17	9.1%

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