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The genus Caryocar is in the family Caryocaraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Caryocar

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Caryocar amygdaliferum Mutis ex Cav.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Caryocar amygdaliforme G.Don	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Caryocar brasiliense A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Caryocar coriaceum Wittm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Caryocar costaricense Donn.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Caryocar cuneatum Wittm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Caryocar dentatum Gleason	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Caryocar edule Casar.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Caryocar glabrum (Aubl.) Pers.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Caryocar gracile Wittm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Caryocar harlingii Prance & Encarn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Caryocar microcarpum Ducke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Caryocar montanum Prance	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Caryocar nuciferum L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Caryocar pallidum A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Caryocar villosum (Aubl.) Pers.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 45 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Caryocar. Of these 16 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 10 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Caryocar. 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 45 species names for the genus Caryocar recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	16	35.6%
◕	Synonym	27	60.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	4.4%

All names

The status of the 55 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Caryocar recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	18	32.7%
◕	Synonym	35	63.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	3.6%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 5 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 45 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Caryocar, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	16	27	0	0	43	95.6%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	2	2	4.4%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Caryocar is as follows: