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The genus Sphaeropteris is in the family Cyatheaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sphaeropteris

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Sphaeropteris aciculosa R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris aeneifolia R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris agatheti R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris albidosquamata R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris albifrons R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris albosetacea R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris alternans R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris angiensis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris angustipinna R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris aramaganensis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris arthropoda R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris assimilis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris atrospinosa R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris atrox R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris auriculifera R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris australis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris barbata Wall.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris binuangensis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris brackenridgei R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris brunei (Christ) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris brunoniana (Hook.) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris capitata R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris carrii R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris celebica R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris concinna R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris cooperi (F. Muell.) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris crinita R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris cuatrecasasii R.M. Tryon	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris curranii R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris discophora R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris elliptica R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris elmeri R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris excelsa R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris feani R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris felina Pic.Serm.	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris fugax R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris fusca R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris gardneri (Hook.) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris glauca (Blume) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris hainanensis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris holttumiana R.D.Dixit	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris hookeriana Wall.	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris horrida (Liebm.) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris inaequalis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris insignis (D.C. Eaton) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris insularum R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris integra R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris ledermannii R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris leucolepis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris leucotricha R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris lunulata R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris macarenensis (Alston) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris magna R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris marginata R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris medullaris (G. Forst.) Bernh.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris megalosora R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris mertensiana R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris microlepidota R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris mollicula (Maxon) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris moluccana R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris moseleyi R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris nicobarica R.D.Dixit	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris nigricans R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris obliqua R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris obscura R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris papuana R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris parksiae R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris parvifolia R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris parvipinna R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris persquamulifera R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris philippinensis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris pilulifera R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris polypoda R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris procera R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris propinqua R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris pulcherrima R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris quindiuensis (H. Karst.) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris robinsonii R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris robusta R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris rosenstockii R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris rufescens (Mett. ex Kuhn) P.G. Windisch	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris runensis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris samoensis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris sarasinorum R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris senex R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris setifera R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris sibuyanensis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris squamulata R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris stigmosa (Desv.) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sphaeropteris stipitipinnula R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris strigosa R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris subsessilis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris suluensis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris tenggerensis R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris teysmannii R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris tomentosa R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris tomentosissima R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris trichodesma R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris trichophora R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris tripinnata R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris tripinnatifida R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris truncata R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris vaupelii R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris verrucosa R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris vittata R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris wallacei R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris werneri R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris womersleyi R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI
Sphaeropteris zamboangana R.M.Tryon	Unresolved		IPNI

Statistics

The Plant List includes 131 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sphaeropteris. Of these 13 are accepted species names.

Species names

The status of the 131 species names for the genus Sphaeropteris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	9.9%
◕	Synonym	22	16.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	96	73.3%

All names

The status of the 131 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sphaeropteris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	9.9%
◕	Synonym	22	16.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	96	73.3%

The confidence with which the status of the 131 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sphaeropteris, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	13	22	0	0	35	26.7%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	96	96	73.3%

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