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Balanites

The genus Balanites is in the family Zygophyllaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Balanites

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile Accepted H WCSP
Balanites angolensis (Welw.) Mildbr. & Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Balanites glabra Mildbr. & Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Balanites maughamii Sprague Accepted H WCSP
Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Balanites rotundifolia (Tiegh.) Blatt. Accepted L WCSP
Balanites roxburghii Planch. Accepted H WCSP
Balanites triflora Tiegh. Accepted H WCSP
Balanites wilsoniana Dawe & Sprague Accepted H WCSP
Balanites wilsonianus Dawe & Sprague Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 35 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Balanites. Of these 10 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 19 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Balanites. 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 35 species names for the genus Balanites recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 10 28.6%
Synonym 23 65.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 5.7%

All names

The status of the 54 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Balanites recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 23 42.6%
Synonym 29 53.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 3.7%

The confidence with which the status of the 35 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Balanites, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 8 22 0 0 30 85.7%
Medium confidence 1 1 0 0 2 5.7%
Low confidence 1 0 0 2 3 8.6%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 1 0 2 0 4 11.4%
WCSP 9 22 0 0 0 31 88.6%