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The genus Lecythis is in the family Lecythidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Lecythis

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Lecythis alutacea (A.C.Sm.) S.A.Mori	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis ampla Miers	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis barnebyi S.A.Mori	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis brancoensis (R.Knuth) S.A.Mori	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis chartacea O.Berg	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis confertiflora (A.C.Sm.) S.A.Mori	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis corrugata Poit.	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis gracieana S.A.Mori	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis holcogyne (Sandwith) S.A.Mori	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis idatimon Aubl.	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis lanceolata Poir.	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis lurida (Miers) S.A.Mori	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis mesophylla S.A.Mori	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis minor Jacq.	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis ollaria Loefl.	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis parvifructa S.A.Mori	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis persistens Sagot	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis pisonis Cambess.	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis pneumatophora S.A.Mori	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis poiteaui O.Berg	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis prancei S.A.Mori	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis retusa Spruce ex O.Berg	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis schomburgkii O.Berg	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis schwackei (R.Knuth) S.A.Mori	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis serrata S.A.Mori	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis tuyrana Pittier	Accepted		iPlants
Lecythis zabucajo Aubl.	Accepted		iPlants

Statistics

The Plant List includes 178 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Lecythis. Of these 27 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 19 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Lecythis. 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 178 species names for the genus Lecythis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	27	15.2%
◕	Synonym	146	82.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	2.8%

All names

The status of the 197 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Lecythis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	30	15.2%
◕	Synonym	162	82.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	2.5%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 4 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 178 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Lecythis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	27	141	0	0	168	94.4%
	Medium confidence	0	4	0	0	4	2.2%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	5	6	3.4%

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