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The genus Stylosanthes is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Stylosanthes

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Stylosanthes acuminata M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes acuminata M. B. Ferreira & S. Costa	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Stylosanthes angustifolia Vogel	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes aprica Span.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes aurea M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes bahiensis L.'t Mannetje & G.P.Lewis	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes bahiensis 't Mannetje & G. P. Lewis	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton & al.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Stylosanthes bracteata Vogel	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes calcicola Small	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes campestris M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes capitata Vogel	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes cayennensis Mohlenbr.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes debilis M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes dissitiflora Robinson & Seaton	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Stylosanthes erecta P.Beauv.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes falconensis Calles & Schultze-Kr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes figueroae Mohlenbr.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes grandifolia M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes grandifolia M. B. Ferreira & S. Costa	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Stylosanthes guianensis (Aubl.) Sw.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes guineensis G.Don	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes hippocampoides Mohlenbr.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes hispida Rich.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes hispidissima auct.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes humilis Kunth	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes ingrata S.F.Blake	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes leiocarpa Vogel	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes linearifolia M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes linearifolia M. B. Ferreira & S. Costa	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Stylosanthes longicarpa Brandão & Sousa Costa	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes longiseta Micheli	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Stylosanthes macrocarpa S.F.Blake	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes macrocephala M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes macrocephala M. B. Ferreira & S. Costa	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Stylosanthes macrosoma S.F.Blake	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes maracajuensis Sousa Costa & Van den Berg	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Stylosanthes mexicana Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes mexicanus Taub.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes montevidensis Vogel	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	1
Stylosanthes nervosa J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes nunoi Brandão	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Stylosanthes pilosa M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes quintanarooensis Gama & Dávila	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes recta Vanni	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes rigida Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes rostrata (Burkart) Vanni	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes ruellioides Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes rupestris Stuck. ex Seckt	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes salina Sousa Costa & Van den Berg	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes scabra Vogel	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes seabrana B. L. Maass & 't Mannetje	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Stylosanthes sericeiceps S.F.Blake	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes setosa Harv.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes suborbiculata Chiov.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes subsericea S.F.Blake	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes suffruticosa Mohlenbr.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes sympodialis Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes tenuifolia G.Don	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes tomentosa M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes tuberculata S.F.Blake	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Stylosanthes vallsii Sousa Costa & Van den Berg	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes venezuelensis Calles & Schultze-Kr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes virgata Mart. ex Colla	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Stylosanthes viscosa Sw.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14

Statistics

The Plant List includes 118 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Stylosanthes. Of these 46 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 44 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Stylosanthes. 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 118 species names for the genus Stylosanthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	46	39.0%
◕	Synonym	50	42.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	22	18.6%

All names

The status of the 162 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Stylosanthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	47	29.0%
◕	Synonym	93	57.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	22	13.6%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 118 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Stylosanthes, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	30	42	0	0	72	61.0%
	Medium confidence	5	8	0	0	13	11.0%
	Low confidence	11	0	0	22	33	28.0%

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