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The genus Protium is in the family Burseraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Protium

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Protium altsonii Sandwith	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium amazonicum (Cuatrec.) Daly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium amplum Cuatrec.	Accepted		TRO
Protium apiculatum Swart	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium aracouchini Marchand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium araguense Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium beandou L. Marchand ex Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Protium boomii Daly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium calanense Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium calendulinum Daly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium carana Marchand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium carnosum A.C. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Protium carolense Daly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium colombianum Cuatrec.	Accepted		TRO
Protium confusum (Rose) Pittier	Accepted		TRO
Protium copal (Schltdl. & Cham.) Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Protium costaricense (Rose) Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Protium crassipetalum Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium crenatum Sandwith	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium cubense (Rose) Urb.	Accepted		TRO
Protium cuneatum Swart	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium dawsonii Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium decandrum (Aubl.) Marchand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium divaricatum Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium dusenii Swart	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium ecuadorense Benoist	Accepted		TRO
Protium elegans Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium ferrugineum (Engl.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium giganteum Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium glabrescens Swart	Accepted		TRO
Protium glabrum (Rose) Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Protium glaucum J.F. Macbr.	Accepted		TRO
Protium grandifolium Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium guianense (Aubl.) Marchand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) Marchand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium icicariba (DC.) Marchand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium kleinii Cuatrec.	Accepted		TRO
Protium klugii J.F. Macbr.	Accepted		TRO
Protium krukoffii Swart	Accepted		TRO
Protium laxiflorum Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium leptostachyum Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium llanorum Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium macgregori (F.M. Bailey) Leenh. & Steenis	Accepted		TRO
Protium macrocarpum Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium macrophyllum (Kunth) Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Protium macrosepalum Swart	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium nitidifolium (Cuatrec.) D.C. Daly	Accepted		TRO
Protium nodulosum Swart	Accepted		TRO
Protium opacum Swart	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium pallidum Cuatrec.	Accepted		TRO
Protium panamense (Rose) I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Protium paniculatum Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium peruvianum Swart	Accepted		TRO
Protium pilosum (Cuatrec.) D.C. Daly	Accepted		TRO
Protium pittieri (Rose) Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Protium polybotryum (Turcz.) Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Protium ptarianum Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium puncticulatum J.F. Macbr.	Accepted		TRO
Protium reticulatum (Engl.) Endl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium rhynchophyllum (Rusby) D.C. Daly	Accepted		TRO
Protium robustum (Swart) D.M.Porter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium sagotianum Marchand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium serratum (Wall. ex Colebr.) Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Protium spruceanum (Benth.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium subserratum (Engl.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium tenuifolium (Engl.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium tovarense Pittier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium trifoliolatum Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium unifoliolatum Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Protium urophyllidium Daly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Protium veneralense Cuatrec.	Accepted		TRO
Protium vestitum (Cuatrec.) D.C. Daly	Accepted		TRO
Protium yunnanense (Hu) Kalkman	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 186 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Protium. Of these 73 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 34 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Protium. 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 186 species names for the genus Protium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	73	39.2%
◕	Synonym	42	22.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	71	38.2%

All names

The status of the 220 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Protium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	83	37.7%
◕	Synonym	66	30.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	71	32.3%

The confidence with which the status of the 186 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Protium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	71	41	0	0	112	60.2%
	Low confidence	2	1	0	71	74	39.8%

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