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Raphia

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Raphia

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Raphia africana Otedoh Accepted H WCSP
Raphia australis Oberm. & Strey Accepted H WCSP
Raphia farinifera (Gaertn.) Hyl. Accepted H WCSP
Raphia gentiliana De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Raphia hookeri G.Mann & H.Wendl. Accepted H WCSP
Raphia laurentii De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Raphia longiflora G.Mann & H.Wendl. Accepted H WCSP
Raphia mambillensis Otedoh Accepted H WCSP
Raphia mannii Becc. Accepted H WCSP
Raphia matombe De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Raphia monbuttorum Drude Accepted H WCSP
Raphia palma-pinus (Gaertn.) Hutch. Accepted H WCSP
Raphia regalis Becc. Accepted H WCSP
Raphia rostrata Burret Accepted H WCSP
Raphia ruwenzorica Otedoh Accepted H WCSP
Raphia sese De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Raphia sudanica A.Chev. Accepted H WCSP
Raphia taedigera (Mart.) Mart. Accepted H WCSP
Raphia textilis Welw. Accepted H WCSP
Raphia vinifera P.Beauv. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 51 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Raphia. Of these 20 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 12 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Raphia. 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 51 species names for the genus Raphia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 20 39.2%
Synonym 31 60.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

All names

The status of the 63 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Raphia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 23 36.5%
Synonym 40 63.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

The confidence with which the status of the 51 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Raphia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 20 30 0 0 50 98.0%
Medium confidence 0 1 0 0 1 2.0%
Low confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 1 0 0 0 1 2.0%
WCSP 20 30 0 0 0 50 98.0%