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The genus Anacardium is in the family Anacardiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Anacardium

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Anacardium amapaense J.D.Mitch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium amilcarianum Machado	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium brasiliense Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium caracolii Mutis ex Alba	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium corymbosum Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium curatellifolium A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium excelsum (Bertero ex Kunth) Skeels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium fruticosum J.Mitch. & S.A.Mori	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium giganteum Hancock ex Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium humile A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium kuhlmannianum Machado	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium microsepalum Loes.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium nanum A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium negrense Pires & Fróes	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium occidentale L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium othonianum Rizzini	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium parvifolium Ducke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium rondonianum Machado	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium spruceanum Benth. ex Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Anacardium tenuifolium Ducke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 39 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Anacardium. Of these 20 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 4 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Anacardium. 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 39 species names for the genus Anacardium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	20	51.3%
◕	Synonym	15	38.5%
◕	Unplaced	2	5.1%
◕	Unassessed	2	5.1%

All names

The status of the 43 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Anacardium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	20	46.5%
◕	Synonym	19	44.2%
◕	Unplaced	2	4.7%
◕	Unassessed	2	4.7%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 39 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Anacardium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	20	7	0	0	27	69.2%
	Low confidence	0	8	2	2	12	30.8%

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