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Guaiacum

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Guaiacum

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Guaiacum coulteri A.Gray Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Guaiacum officinale L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Guaiacum palmeri Vail Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Guaiacum sanctum L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Guaiacum unijugum Brandegee Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 21 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Guaiacum. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Guaiacum. 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 21 species names for the genus Guaiacum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 5 23.8%
Synonym 12 57.1%
Unplaced 1 4.8%
Unassessed 3 14.3%

All names

The status of the 22 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Guaiacum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 5 22.7%
Synonym 13 59.1%
Unplaced 1 4.5%
Unassessed 3 13.6%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 21 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Guaiacum, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 5 11 0 0 16 76.2%
Low confidence 0 1 1 3 5 23.8%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 1 0 0 0 1 4.8%
WCSP (in review) 5 11 1 3 0 20 95.2%