The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Pterocactus

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Pterocactus

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Pterocactus araucanus Castell. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pterocactus australis (F.A.C.Weber) Backeb. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pterocactus decipiens Gürke Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pterocactus fischeri Britton & Rose Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pterocactus gonjianii R.Kiesling Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pterocactus hickenii Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pterocactus kurtzei K.Schum. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pterocactus pumilus Britton & Rose Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pterocactus reticulatus R.Kiesling Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pterocactus skotssbergii (Britton & Rose) Backeb. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pterocactus tuberosus (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18 1
Pterocactus valentini Speg. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 15 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pterocactus. Of these 6 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pterocactus. 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 15 species names for the genus Pterocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 6 40.0%
Synonym 3 20.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 6 40.0%

All names

The status of the 17 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pterocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 7 41.2%
Synonym 4 23.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 6 35.3%

The confidence with which the status of the 15 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pterocactus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 6 3 0 0 9 60.0%
Low confidence 0 0 0 6 6 40.0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 3 2 0 0 0 5 33.3%
WCSP (in review) 3 1 0 6 0 10 66.7%