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The genus Guaiacum is in the family Zygophyllaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Guaiacum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Guaiacum coulteri A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Guaiacum dubium G.Forst.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Guaiacum mexicanum Baill.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Guaiacum officinale L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Guaiacum palmeri Vail	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Guaiacum sanctum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Guaiacum unijugum Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26

Statistics

The Plant List includes 16 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Guaiacum. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Guaiacum. 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 16 species names for the genus Guaiacum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	31.3%
◕	Synonym	9	56.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	12.5%

All names

The status of the 17 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Guaiacum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	29.4%
◕	Synonym	10	58.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	11.8%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 16 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Guaiacum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	5	9	0	0	14	87.5%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	2	2	12.5%

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