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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

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

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