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The genus Virola is in the family Myristicaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Virola

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Virola albidiflora Ducke	Accepted		TRO
Virola bicuhyba (Schott ex Spreng.) Warb.	Accepted		TRO
Virola caducifolia W.A. Rodrigues	Accepted		TRO
Virola calophylla (Spruce) Warb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola carinata (Spruce ex Benth.) Warb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola decorticans Ducke	Accepted		TRO
Virola divergens Ducke	Accepted		TRO
Virola dixonii Little	Accepted		TRO
Virola duckei A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola elongata (Benth.) Warb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola flexuosa A.C. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Virola gardneri (A. DC.) Warb.	Accepted		TRO
Virola guatemalensis (Hemsl.) Warb.	Accepted		TRO
Virola guggenheimii W.A.Rodrigues	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola koschnyi Warb.	Accepted		TRO
Virola loretensis A.C. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Virola macrocarpa A.C. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Virola marlenei W.A. Rodrigues	Accepted		TRO
Virola megacarpa A.H. Gentry	Accepted		TRO
Virola michelii Heckel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola minutiflora Ducke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola mollissima (Poepp. ex A. DC.) Warb.	Accepted		TRO
Virola multicostata Ducke	Accepted		TRO
Virola multiflora (Standl.) A.C. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Virola multinervia Ducke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola obovata Ducke	Accepted		TRO
Virola parvifolia Ducke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola pavonis (A.DC.) A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola peruviana (A. DC.) Warb.	Accepted		TRO
Virola polyneura W.A.Rodrigues	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola reidii Little	Accepted		TRO
Virola rugulosa (Spruce) Warb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola schultesii A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola sebifera Aubl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola sessilis (A. DC.) Warb.	Accepted		TRO
Virola steyermarkii W.A.Rodrigues	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola subsessilis (Benth.) Warb.	Accepted		TRO
Virola surinamensis (Rol. ex Rottb.) Warb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola theiodora (Spruce ex Benth.) Warb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola venosa (Benth.) Warb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Virola weberbaueri Markgr.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 77 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Virola. Of these 41 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 10 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Virola. 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 77 species names for the genus Virola recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	41	53.2%
◕	Synonym	24	31.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	12	15.6%

All names

The status of the 87 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Virola recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	41	47.1%
◕	Synonym	34	39.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	12	13.8%

The confidence with which the status of the 77 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Virola, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	40	23	0	0	63	81.8%
	Low confidence	1	1	0	12	14	18.2%

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