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The genus Astrocaryum is in the family Arecaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Astrocaryum

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Astrocaryum acaule Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum aculeatissimum (Schott) Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum aculeatum G.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum alatum Loomis	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum campestre Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum carnosum F.Kahn & B.Millán	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum chambira Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum chonta Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum ciliatum F.Kahn & B.Millán	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum confertum H.Wendl. ex Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum faranae F.Kahn & E.Ferreira	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum farinosum Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum ferrugineum F.Kahn & B.Millán	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum giganteum Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum gratum F.Kahn & B.Millán	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum gynacanthum Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum huaimi Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum huicungo Dammer ex Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum jauari Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum javarense (Trail) Drude	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum macrocalyx Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum malybo H.Karst.	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum mexicanum Liebm. ex Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum minus Trail	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum murumuru Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum paramaca Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum perangustatum F.Kahn & B.Millán	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum rodriguesii Trail	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum ruizii H. Wendl.	Accepted		TRO
Astrocaryum sciophilum (Miq.) Pulle	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum scopatum F.Kahn & B.Millán	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum sociale Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum standleyanum L.H.Bailey	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum triandrum Galeano-Garces, R.Bernal & F.Kahn	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum ulei Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum urostachys Burret	Accepted		WCSP
Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 93 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Astrocaryum. Of these 37 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 23 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Astrocaryum. 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 93 species names for the genus Astrocaryum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	37	39.8%
◕	Synonym	40	43.0%
◕	Unplaced	15	16.1%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.1%

All names

The status of the 116 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Astrocaryum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	37	31.9%
◕	Synonym	63	54.3%
◕	Unplaced	15	12.9%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.9%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 93 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Astrocaryum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	36	37	0	0	73	78.5%
	Medium confidence	1	3	0	0	4	4.3%
	Low confidence	0	0	15	1	16	17.2%

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