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The genus Benkara is in the family Rubiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Benkara

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Benkara armigera (K.Schum.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara depauperata (Drake) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara emanualsoniana (Ridsdale) Ridsdale	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Benkara emanuelssoniana (Ridsdale) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara esculenta (Lour.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara evenosa (Hutch.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara fasciculata (Roxb.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara forrestii (J.Anthony) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara griffithii (Hook.f.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara hainanensis (Merr.) C.M.Taylor	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara hoaensis (Pierre ex Pit.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara malabarica (Lam.) Tirveng.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara microcarpa (Bartl. ex DC.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara miquelii (Koord. & Valeton) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara ovoidea (Pierre ex Pit.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara parviflora (King & Gamble) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara pierrei (Pit.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara rectispina (Merr.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara scandens (Thunb.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Benkara sinensis (Lour.) Ridsdale	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 103 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Benkara. Of these 20 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 8 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Benkara. 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 103 species names for the genus Benkara recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	20	19.4%
◕	Synonym	83	80.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 111 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Benkara recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	20	18.0%
◕	Synonym	91	82.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 6 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 103 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Benkara, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	19	82	0	0	101	98.1%
	Medium confidence	1	1	0	0	2	1.9%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

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