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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
Phoenix acaulis Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP
Phoenix andamanensis S.Barrow	Accepted		WCSP
Phoenix atlantica A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP
Phoenix caespitosa Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP
Phoenix canariensis Chabaud	Accepted		WCSP
Phoenix dactylifera L.	Accepted		WCSP
Phoenix loureiroi Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Phoenix paludosa Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP
Phoenix pusilla Gaertn.	Accepted		WCSP
Phoenix reclinata Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Phoenix roebelenii O'Brien	Accepted		WCSP
Phoenix rupicola T.Anderson	Accepted		WCSP
Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP
Phoenix theophrasti Greuter	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 49 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 49 species names for the genus Phoenix recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	14	28.6%
◕	Synonym	33	67.3%
◕	Unplaced	2	4.1%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 75 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Phoenix recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	16	21.3%
◕	Synonym	57	76.0%
◕	Unplaced	2	2.7%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of these names,

• 6 are recorded as invalid
• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 49 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	31	0	0	45	91.8%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	2.0%
	Low confidence	0	1	2	0	3	6.1%

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