The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Lophocereus

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Lophocereus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Lophocereus bahiensis Orcutt Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Lophocereus gatesii M.E. Jones Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Lophocereus glaziovii Orcutt Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Lophocereus melanurus Orcutt Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Lophocereus mieckleyanus Weing. ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Lophocereus schottii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 18 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Lophocereus. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 17 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Lophocereus. 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 18 species names for the genus Lophocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 2 11.1%
Synonym 10 55.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 6 33.3%

All names

The status of the 35 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Lophocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 2 5.7%
Synonym 27 77.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 6 17.1%

The confidence with which the status of the 18 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Lophocereus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 2 10 0 0 12 66.7%
Low confidence 0 0 0 6 6 33.3%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 3 0 0 0 4 22.2%
WCSP (in review) 1 7 0 6 0 14 77.8%