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The genus Cnidoscolus is in the family Euphorbiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cnidoscolus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Mill.) I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Cnidoscolus acrandrus (Urb.) Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus aculeatissimus (Mart.) Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus adenoblepharus Fern.Casas & J.M.Pizarro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus adenochlamys Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus aequatoriensis Fern.Casas & J.M.Pizarro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus albibracteatus Fern.Casas & Pizarro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus albidus Lundell	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus albomaculatus (Pax) I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus angustidens Torr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus appendiculatus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus aurelii Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus autlanensis Breckon	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus bahianus (Ule) Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus basiacanthus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus beckii Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus bellator (Ekman ex Urb.) León	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus byssinus Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus cajamarcensis Fern.Casas & J.M.Pizarro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus calcareus Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus calyculatus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus calyptratus Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus calyptrodontus Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus ceballosii Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus cervii Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus conicus Fern.Casas & J.M.Pizarro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus diacanthus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus egregius Breckon ex Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus elasticus Lundell	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus fimbriatus Breckon ex Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus froesii (Croizat) Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus graminifolius Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus guatimalensis Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus halteris Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus hamosus Pohl	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus hypokerinus Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus hypoleucus (Pax) Pax	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus inaequalis Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus infestus Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus jaenensis (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus kunthianus (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus leuconeurus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus liebmannii (Müll.Arg.) Lundell	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus liesneri Fern.Casas & J.M.Pizarro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus loasoides (Pax) I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus lombardii Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus longibracteatus Fern.Casas & Pizarro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus longipes (Pax) I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus maculatus (Brandegee) Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus magni-gerdtii Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus maracayensis (Chodat & Hassl.) Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus matosii León	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus megacanthus Breckon ex Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus minarum Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus mitis Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus monicanus J.A.Lomelí, Sahagún & V.W.Steinm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus monsanto Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus multilobus (Pax) I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Cnidoscolus oligandrus (Müll.Arg.) Pax	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus orbiculatus Lundell	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus orientensis Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus palmeri (S.Watson) Rose	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus paucistamineus (Pax) Pax	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus pavonianus (Müll.Arg.) Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus piranii Fern.Casas & J.M.Pizarro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus populifolius Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus pteroneurus Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus pubescens Pohl	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus pyrophorus (Pax) J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus quercifolius Pohl	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus rangel (M.Gómez) McVaugh	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus regina (León) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus rostratus Lundell	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus rotundifolius (Müll.Arg.) McVaugh	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus rupestris Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus rzedowskii Fern.Casas & V.W.Steinm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus sellowianus Klotzsch ex Pax	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus serrulatus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus shrevei I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus sinaloensis Breckon ex Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus souzae McVaugh	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus spathulatus Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus spinosus Lundell	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus subinteger (Chodat & Hassl.) Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus tehuacanensis Breckon	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus tepiquensis (Costantin & Gallaud) Lundell	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus texanus (Müll.Arg.) Small	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus tridentifer Fern.Casas & J.M.Pizarro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus tubulosus (Müll.Arg.) I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Cnidoscolus ulei (Pax) Pax	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus urens (L.) Arthur	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Cnidoscolus urentissimus Fern.Casas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus urnigerus (Pax) Pax	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cnidoscolus vitifolius (Mill.) Pohl	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1

Statistics

The Plant List includes 228 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cnidoscolus. Of these 94 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 52 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cnidoscolus. 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 228 species names for the genus Cnidoscolus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	94	41.2%
◕	Synonym	134	58.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 280 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cnidoscolus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	101	36.1%
◕	Synonym	179	63.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 7 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 228 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cnidoscolus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	94	128	0	0	222	97.4%
	Medium confidence	0	6	0	0	6	2.6%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

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