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The genus Benkara is in the family Rubiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Benkara

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Benkara armigera (K.Schum.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara canthioides (Champ. ex Benth.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara depauperata (Drake) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara emanualsoniana (Ridsdale) Ridsdale	Accepted		TRO
Benkara emanuelssoniana (Ridsdale) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara esculenta (Lour.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara evenosa (Hutch.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara fasciculata (Roxb.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara forrestii (J.Anthony) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara griffithii (Hook.f.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara hoaensis (Pierre ex Pit.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara malabarica (Lam.) Tirveng.	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara microcarpa (Bartl. ex DC.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara miquelii (Koord. & Valeton) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara ovoidea (Pierre ex Pit.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara parviflora (King & Gamble) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara pierrei (Pit.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara rectispina (Merr.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara scandens (Thunb.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP
Benkara sinensis (Lour.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 23 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Benkara. Of these 20 are accepted species names.

Species names

The status of the 23 species names for the genus Benkara recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	20	87.0%
◕	Synonym	2	8.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	4.3%

All names

The status of the 23 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Benkara recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	20	87.0%
◕	Synonym	2	8.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	4.3%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 23 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Benkara, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	19	2	0	0	21	91.3%
	Medium confidence	1	0	0	0	1	4.3%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	1	1	4.3%

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