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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Mauritia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Mauritia carana Wallace ex Archer	Accepted		WCSP
Mauritia flexuosa L.f.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 34 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Mauritia. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Mauritia. 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 34 species names for the genus Mauritia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	5.9%
◕	Synonym	30	88.2%
◕	Unplaced	1	2.9%
◕	Unassessed	1	2.9%

All names

The status of the 35 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Mauritia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	5.7%
◕	Synonym	31	88.6%
◕	Unplaced	1	2.9%
◕	Unassessed	1	2.9%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 34 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Mauritia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	2	29	0	0	31	91.2%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	2.9%
	Low confidence	0	0	1	1	2	5.9%

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