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The genus Licania is in the family Chrysobalanaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Licania

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Licania adolphoduckei Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania affinis Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Licania alba (Bernoulli) Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania albiflora Fanshawe & Maguire	Accepted		WCSP
Licania amapaensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania angustata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania anneae Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania apetala (E.Mey.) Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Licania apiculata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania aracaensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania arachnoidea Fanshawe & Maguire	Accepted		WCSP
Licania araneosa Taub.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania arborea Seem.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania arianeae Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania bahiensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania belemii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania bellingtonii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania belloi Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania blackii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania boliviensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania boyanii Tutin	Accepted		WCSP
Licania bracteata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania brittoniana Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Licania bullata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania buxifolia Sandwith	Accepted		WCSP
Licania cabrerae Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania caldasiana Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania calvescens Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania canescens Benoist	Accepted		WCSP
Licania cardiophylla Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania cariae Cardozo	Accepted		WCSP
Licania caudata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania cecidiophora Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania celiae Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania chiriquiensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania chocoensis Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania cidii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania compacta Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Licania conferruminata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania cordata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania coriacea Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania corniculata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania costaricensis Standl. & Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania couepiifolia Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania crassivenia Spruce ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania cruegeriana Urb.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania cuatrecasasii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania cuprea Sandwith	Accepted		WCSP
Licania cuspidata (Rusby) Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania cuyabenensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania cyathodes Benoist	Accepted		WCSP
Licania cymosa Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Licania davillifolia Benoist	Accepted		WCSP
Licania dealbata Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania densiflora Kleinh.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania diegogomezii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania discolor Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania divaricata Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania dodsonii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania durifolia Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania egleri Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania elliptica Standl.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania emarginata Spruce ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania espinae Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania fanshawei Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania fasciculata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania ferreirae Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania filomenoi Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania foldatsii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania foveolata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania fritschii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania fuchsii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania furfuracea Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania fusicarpa (Kosterm.) Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania gardneri (Hook.f.) Fritsch.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania gentryi Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania glabriflora Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania glauca Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania glazioviana Warm.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania gonzalezii Miranda	Accepted		WCSP
Licania gracilipes Taub.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania grandibracteata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania granvillei Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania guatemalensis Lundell	Accepted		WCSP
Licania guianensis (Aubl.) Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania habantha Mart. ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania harlingii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania hedbergii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania heteromorpha Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania hirsuta Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania hispida Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania hitchcockii Maguire	Accepted		WCSP
Licania hoehnei Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania humilis Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania hypoleuca Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania imbaimadaiensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania impressa Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania incana Aubl.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania indurata Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania intrapetiolaris Spreng. ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania irwinii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania jaramilloi Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania jefensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania jimenezii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania joseramosii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania kallunkiae Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania klugii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania krukovii Standl.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania kunthiana Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania laevigata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania lamentanda Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania lanceolata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania lasseri Maguire	Accepted		WCSP
Licania lata J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania latifolia Benth. ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania latistipula Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania laxiflora Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Licania leptostachya Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania leucosepala Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania licaniiflora (Sagot) S.F.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Licania littoralis Warm.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania longicuspidata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania longipedicellata Ducke	Accepted		WCSP
Licania longipetala Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania longistyla (Hook.f.) Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Licania macrocarpa Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania macrophylla Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania maguirei Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania majuscula Sagot	Accepted		WCSP
Licania maranhensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania maritima Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania marleneae Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania maxima Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania megalophylla Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania membranacea Sagot ex Laness.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania mexicana Lundell	Accepted		WCSP
Licania michauxii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania micrantha Miq.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania microphylla Fanshawe & Maguire	Accepted		WCSP
Licania miltonii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania minuscula Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania minutiflora (Sagot) Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Licania mollis Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania montana Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania morii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania naviculistipula Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania nelsonii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania niloi Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania nitida Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania oblongifolia Standl.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania obtusifolia Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Licania occultans Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania octandra (Hoffmanns. ex Schult.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP
Licania operculipetala Standl. & L.O.Williams	Accepted		WCSP
Licania orbicularis Spruce ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania ovalifolia Kleinh.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania pakaraimensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania palawanensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania pallida (Hook.f.) Spruce ex Sagot	Accepted		WCSP
Licania paraensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania parviflora Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania parvifolia Huber	Accepted		WCSP
Licania parvifructa Fanshawe & Maguire	Accepted		WCSP
Licania persaudii Fanshawe & Maguire	Accepted		WCSP
Licania piresii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania pittieri Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania platypus (Hemsl.) Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Licania polita Spruce ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania prismatocarpa Spruce ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania pruinosa Benoist	Accepted		WCSP
Licania pyrifolia Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania reticulata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania retifolia S.F.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Licania riedelii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania rigida Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania riverae Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania robusta Sagot	Accepted		WCSP
Licania rodriguesii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania roraimensis Standl.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania rufescens Klotzsch ex Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Licania salicifolia Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania salzmannii (Hook.f.) Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Licania sandwithii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania santosii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania savannarum Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania sclerophylla (Mart. ex Hook.f.) Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP
Licania silvae Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania silvatica Glaz. ex Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania sothersiae Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania sparsipilis S.F.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Licania spicata Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania splendens (Korth.) Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania sprucei (Hook.f.) Fritsch.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania stevensii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania stewardii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania steyermarkii Maguire	Accepted		WCSP
Licania stricta Kleinh.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania subarachnophylla Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania subrotundata Maguire	Accepted		WCSP
Licania tachirensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania tambopatensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania teixeirae Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania tepuiensis Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania ternatensis Hook.f. ex Duss	Accepted		WCSP
Licania tocantina Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania tomentosa (Benth.) Fritsch.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania triandra Mart. ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania trigonioides J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania turbinata Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania undulata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania unguiculata Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania urceolaris Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania vasquezii Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania vaupesiana Killip & Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania velata Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania velutina Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Licania veneralensis Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP
Licania wurdackii Prance	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 319 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Licania. Of these 218 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 31 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Licania. 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 319 species names for the genus Licania recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	218	68.3%
◕	Synonym	92	28.8%
◕	Unplaced	1	0.3%
◕	Unassessed	8	2.5%

All names

The status of the 350 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Licania recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	227	64.9%
◕	Synonym	114	32.6%
◕	Unplaced	1	0.3%
◕	Unassessed	8	2.3%

Of these names,

• 10 are recorded as invalid
• 10 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 319 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Licania, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	218	88	0	0	306	95.9%
	Medium confidence	0	4	0	0	4	1.3%
	Low confidence	0	0	1	8	9	2.8%

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