The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Beaucarnea

The genus Beaucarnea is in the family Asparagaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Beaucarnea

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Beaucarnea compacta L.Hern. & Zamudio Accepted H WCSP
Beaucarnea goldmanii Rose Accepted H WCSP
Beaucarnea gracilis Lem. Accepted H WCSP
Beaucarnea guatemalensis Rose Accepted H WCSP
Beaucarnea hiriartiae L.Hern. Accepted H WCSP
Beaucarnea pliabilis (Baker) Rose Accepted H WCSP
Beaucarnea recurvata Lem. Accepted H WCSP
Beaucarnea sanctomariana L.Hern. Accepted H WCSP
Beaucarnea stricta Lem. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 30 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Beaucarnea. Of these 9 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Beaucarnea. 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 30 species names for the genus Beaucarnea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 9 30.0%
Synonym 20 66.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 1 3.3%

All names

The status of the 32 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Beaucarnea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 9 28.1%
Synonym 22 68.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 1 3.1%

The confidence with which the status of the 30 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Beaucarnea, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 9 19 0 0 28 93.3%
Medium confidence 0 1 0 0 1 3.3%
Low confidence 0 0 0 1 1 3.3%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 1 0 1 0 2 6.7%
WCSP 9 19 0 0 0 28 93.3%