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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Borassus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Borassus aethiopum Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Borassus akeassii Bayton, Ouédr. & Guinko	Accepted		WCSP
Borassus flabellifer L.	Accepted		WCSP
Borassus heineanus Becc.	Accepted		WCSP
Borassus madagascariensis (Jum. & H.Perrier) Bojer ex Jum. & H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 18 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Borassus. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Borassus. 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 18 species names for the genus Borassus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	27.8%
◕	Synonym	13	72.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 23 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Borassus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	21.7%
◕	Synonym	18	78.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 18 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Borassus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	5	13	0	0	18	100%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

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