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The genus Pithecellobium is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Pithecellobium

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Pithecellobium albicaule Britton & Rose	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium bahamense Northr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium benthamianum Miq.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium bertolonii Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium bifoliolatum (author) Rusby	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium bijugatum Schery	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium bipinnatum L.Rico	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium brevipes (K. Schum.) Mohlenbr.	Accepted		TRO
Pithecellobium brownii Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium caesalpinioides Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium campechense Lundell	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium candidum (Kunth) Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium circinale (L.) Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium cochliacarpum (Gomes) J.F. Macbr.	Accepted		TRO
Pithecellobium concinnum Pittier	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium cordifolium Morong & Britton	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium cynodonticum Barneby & J.W.Grimes	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium decandrum Ducke	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium discolor Britton	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium diversifolium Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium domingense Alain	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium elachistophyllum A. Gray ex S. Watson	Accepted		TRO
Pithecellobium elegans Ducke	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium excelsum (Kunth) Mart.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium filipes (Vent.) Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium flavovirens Britton	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium furcatum Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium glaucescens Pittier	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium guaraniticum Chodat & Hassl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium guaricense Pittier	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium guatemalense (Record) Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium gummiferum Mart.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium halogenes Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium hansemannii (F. Muell.) Mohlenbr.	Accepted		TRO
Pithecellobium histrix (A.Rich.) Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium hymenaeafolium (Willd.) Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium insigne Micheli	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium jiringa (Jack) Merr.	Accepted		TRO
Pithecellobium johansenii Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium keyense Coker	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium laetum (Poepp.) Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium lanceolatum (Willd.) Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium larensis Cardenas	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium lentiscifolium (A. Rich.) C. Wright ex Sauvalle	Accepted		TRO
Pithecellobium leucosericeum A.R.Molina	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium longipendulum Forero & A.H.Gentry	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium macrandrium Donn.Sm.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium maestrense Urb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium marthae (Britton & Killip) Niezgoda & Nevl.	Accepted		TRO
Pithecellobium mataybifolium Sandwith	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium micradenium Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium microchlamys Pittier	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium mucronatum Coker	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium nicoyanum (Britton & Rose) Niezgoda & Nev	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium obliquifoliolatum (De Wild.) Aubrév.	Accepted		TRO
Pithecellobium oblongum Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium obovale (A. Rich.) C. Wright ex Sauvalle	Accepted		TRO
Pithecellobium pachypus Pittier	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium peckii S.F.Blake	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium pistaciifolium Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium platycarpum Merr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium roseum Spruce ex Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Pithecellobium salutare Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium seleri Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium spinulosum Pittier	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium splendens Prain	Accepted		TRO
Pithecellobium steyermarkii Schery	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium striolatum Urb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium tenue Craib	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium tonduzii (Britton & Rose) Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Pithecellobium tuerckheimii (Britton & Rose) Standl. & Steyerm.	Accepted		TRO
Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium velutinum Britton & Rose	Accepted		ILDIS
Pithecellobium vietnamense I.C.Nielsen	Accepted		ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 545 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pithecellobium. Of these 75 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 35 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pithecellobium. 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 545 species names for the genus Pithecellobium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	75	13.8%
◕	Synonym	438	80.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	32	5.9%

All names

The status of the 580 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pithecellobium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	77	13.3%
◕	Synonym	471	81.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	32	5.5%

Of these names,

• 9 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 23 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 545 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pithecellobium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	28	398	0	0	426	78.2%
	Medium confidence	13	28	0	0	41	7.5%
	Low confidence	34	12	0	32	78	14.3%

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