The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Phoenix

The genus Phoenix is in the family Arecaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Phoenix

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Phoenix acaulis Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Phoenix andamanensis S.Barrow Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Phoenix atlantica A.Chev. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Phoenix caespitosa Chiov. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Phoenix canariensis Chabaud Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Phoenix dactylifera L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Phoenix × intermedia Naudin ex Becc. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Phoenix loureiroi Kunth Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Phoenix × nabonnandii Nabonn. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Phoenix paludosa Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Phoenix pusilla Gaertn. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Phoenix reclinata Jacq. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Phoenix roebelenii O'Brien Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Phoenix rupicola T.Anderson Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Phoenix theophrasti Greuter Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 53 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Phoenix. Of these 14 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 26 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Phoenix. 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 53 species names for the genus Phoenix recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 14 26.4%
Synonym 37 69.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 3.8%

All names

The status of the 79 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Phoenix recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 15 19.0%
Synonym 62 78.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 2.5%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 53 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Phoenix, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 14 36 0 0 50 94.3%
Medium confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Low confidence 0 1 0 2 3 5.7%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
WCSP 14 37 0 2 0 53 100%