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The genus Xylopia is in the family Annonaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

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Species in Xylopia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Xylopia acutiflora (Dunal) A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia africana (Benth.) Oliv.	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia amazonica R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia amoena R.E. Fr.	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia amplexicaulis (Lam.) Baill.	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia aromatica (Lam.) Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia aurantiiodora De Wild. & T. Durand	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia barbata Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia bemarivensis Diels	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia benthamii R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia bocatorena Schery	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia brasiliensis Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia calophylla R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia cayennensis Maas	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia columbiana R.E. Fr.	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia conjungens R.E. Fr.	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia crinita R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia cupularis Mildbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia cuspidata Diels	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia densiflora R.E. Fr.	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia discreta (L.f.) Sprague & Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia emarginata Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia excellens R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia ferruginea (Hook. f. & Thomson) Hook. f. & Thomson	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia flexuosa Diels	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia frutescens Aubl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia grandiflora (Lam.) Ghesq. ex Cavaco & Keraudren	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia humblotiana Baill.	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia hypolampra Mildbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia langsdorfiana St.Hilaire & Tulasne	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia lastelliana Baill.	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia lemurica Diels	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia lenombe Paiva	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia ligustrifolia Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia longipetala De Wild. & T.Durand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia macrantha Triana & Planch.	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia micans R.E. Fr.	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia mildbraedii Diels	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia multiflora R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia nervosa (R.E. Fr.) Maas	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia nitida Dunal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia odoratissima Welw. ex Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia orinocensis Bagstad & D.M.Johnson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia panamensis G.E. Schatz	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia paniculata Exell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia parviflora Spruce	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia perrieri Diels	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia peruviana R.E. Fr.	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia phloiodora Mildbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia pittieri Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia plowmanii P.E.Berry & D.M.Johnson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia quintasii Pierre ex Engl. & Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia rubescens Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia sericea A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia sericophylla Standl. & L.O. Williams	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia spruceana Benth. ex Spruce	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia staudtii Engl. & Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia strilophylla Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia surinamensis R.E. Fr.	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia tomentosa Exell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia toussaintii Boutique	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia venezuelana R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Xylopia vielana Pierre	Accepted		TRO
Xylopia wilwerthii De Wild. & T.Durand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 246 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Xylopia. Of these 65 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 9 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Xylopia. 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 246 species names for the genus Xylopia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	65	26.4%
◕	Synonym	60	24.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	121	49.2%

All names

The status of the 255 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Xylopia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	67	26.3%
◕	Synonym	66	25.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	122	47.8%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 246 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Xylopia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	65	60	0	0	125	50.8%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	121	121	49.2%

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