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Sphaeropteris

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

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Sphaeropteris brunei (H. Christ) R.M. Tryon Accepted M TRO
Sphaeropteris brunoniana (Hook.) R.M. Tryon Accepted M TRO
Sphaeropteris cooperi (F. Muell.) R.M. Tryon Accepted M TRO
Sphaeropteris gardneri (Hook.) R.M. Tryon Accepted M TRO
Sphaeropteris glauca (Blume) R.M. Tryon Accepted M TRO
Sphaeropteris horrida (Liebm.) R.M. Tryon Accepted M TRO
Sphaeropteris insignis (D.C. Eaton) R.M. Tryon Accepted M TRO
Sphaeropteris macarenensis (Alston) R.M. Tryon Accepted M TRO
Sphaeropteris medullaris (G. Forst.) Bernh. Accepted M TRO
Sphaeropteris mollicula (Maxon) R.M. Tryon Accepted M TRO
Sphaeropteris quindiuensis (H. Karst.) R.M. Tryon Accepted M TRO
Sphaeropteris rufescens (Mett. ex Kuhn) P.G. Windisch Accepted M TRO
Sphaeropteris stigmosa (Desv.) R.M. Tryon Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 126 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sphaeropteris. Of these 13 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sphaeropteris. 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 126 species names for the genus Sphaeropteris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 13 10.3%
Synonym 20 15.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 93 73.8%

All names

The status of the 128 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sphaeropteris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 13 10.2%
Synonym 22 17.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 93 72.7%

The confidence with which the status of the 126 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 20 0 0 33 26.2%
Low confidence 0 0 0 93 93 73.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Sphaeropteris, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
IPNI 0 0 0 92 0 92 73.0%
Tropicos 13 20 0 1 0 34 27.0%