The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Elaeis

The genus Elaeis is in the family Arecaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Elaeis

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Elaeis guineensis Jacq. Accepted H WCSP
Elaeis oleifera (Kunth) Cortés Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 16 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Elaeis. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 30 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Elaeis. 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 16 species names for the genus Elaeis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 2 12.5%
Synonym 12 75.0%
Unplaced 2 12.5%
Unassessed 0 0%

All names

The status of the 46 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Elaeis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 2 4.3%
Synonym 42 91.3%
Unplaced 2 4.3%
Unassessed 0 0%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 16 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Elaeis, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 2 9 0 0 11 68.8%
Medium confidence 0 3 0 0 3 18.8%
Low confidence 0 0 2 0 2 12.5%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 3 0 0 0 3 18.8%
WCSP 2 9 2 0 0 13 81.3%