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The genus Ziziphus is in the family Rhamnaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ziziphus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Ziziphus abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ziziphus acutifolia (Griseb.) M.C. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus amole (Sessé & Moc.) M.C. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus attopensis Pierre	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus chloroxylon (L.) Oliv.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus cinnamomum Triana & Planch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ziziphus cyclocardia S.F.Blake	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ziziphus fungii Merr.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus incurva Roxb.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus joazeiro Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus jujuba Mill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ziziphus laui Merr.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus lloydii (Mill.) M.C. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus lotus (L.) Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ziziphus mairei Dode	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus melastomoides Pittier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ziziphus mistol Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus montana W.W. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus mucronata Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ziziphus nummularia (Burm. f.) Wight & Arn.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus oenopolia (L.) Mill.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus parryi Torr.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus piurensis Pilg.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus pubinervis Rehder	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus rugosa Lam.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus saeri Pittier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus strychnifolia Triana & Planch.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus taylorii (Britton) M.C. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus thyrsiflora Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus xiangchengensis Y.L. Chen & P.K. Chou	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus yucatanensis Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Ziziphus zeyheriana Sond.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 241 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ziziphus. Of these 33 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 18 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ziziphus. 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 241 species names for the genus Ziziphus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	33	13.7%
◕	Synonym	40	16.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	168	69.7%

All names

The status of the 259 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ziziphus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	39	15.1%
◕	Synonym	50	19.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	170	65.6%

Of these names,

• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 241 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ziziphus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	33	39	0	0	72	29.9%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	168	169	70.1%

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