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The genus Pachira is in the family Malvaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Pachira

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Pachira amazonica (A.Robyns) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira aquatica Aubl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira aracamuniana (Steyerm.) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira brevipes (A.Robyns) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira calophylla (K.Schum.) Fern.Alonso	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira coriacea (Mart.) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira cowanii (A.Robyns) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira cubensis (A.Robyns) Fern.Alonso	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira duckei (A.Robyns) Fern.Alonso	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira dugandeana (A.Robyns) Fern.Alonso	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira emarginata A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira faroensis (Ducke) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira flaviflora (Pulle) Fern.Alonso	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira fuscolepidota (Steyerm.) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira glabra Pasq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira gracilis (A.Robyns) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira humilis Spruce ex Decne.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira insignis (Sw.) Savigny	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira liesneri (Steyerm.) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira longiflora (Mart. & Zucc.) Decne.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira macrocalyx (Ducke) Fern.Alonso	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira mawarinumae (Steyerm.) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira minor (Sims) Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira nervosa (Uittien) Fern.Alonso	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira nitida Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira obovata (A.Robyns) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira orinocensis (A.Robyns) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira paraensis (Ducke) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira patinoi (Dugand & A.Robyns) Fern.Alonso	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira pseudofaroensis (A.Robyns) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira pulchra Planch. & Linden ex Triana & Planch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira quinata (Jacq.) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira retusa (Mart.) Fern.Alonso	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira robynsii (Steyerm. & W.D.Stevens) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira rupicola (A.Robyns) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira rurrenabaqueana (Rusby) Fern.Alonso	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira sessilis Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira sordida (R.E.Schult.) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira speciosa Triana & Planch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira stenopetala Casar.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira subandina (Dugand) Fern.Alonso	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira tepuiensis (Steyerm.) W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira tocantina (Ducke) Fern.Alonso	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira trinitensis Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pachira yapacanae Steyerm. ex W.S.Alverson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 87 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pachira. Of these 45 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 4 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pachira. 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 87 species names for the genus Pachira recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	45	51.7%
◕	Synonym	20	23.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	22	25.3%

All names

The status of the 91 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pachira recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	47	51.6%
◕	Synonym	22	24.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	22	24.2%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 87 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pachira, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	45	20	0	0	65	74.7%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	22	22	25.3%

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