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Jatropha

The genus Jatropha is in the family Euphorbiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Jatropha

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Jatropha aceroides (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Hutch. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha aethiopica Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha afrotuberosa Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha alamanii Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha andrieuxii Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha angustifolia Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha aspleniifolia Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha atacorensis A.Chev. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha augustii Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha bartlettii Wilbur Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha baumii Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha bornmuelleri Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha botswanica Radcl.-Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha breviloba (Morong) Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha brockmanii Hutch. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha bullockii E.J.Lott Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha calcarea Fern.Casas Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha campestris S.Moore Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha capensis (L.f.) Sond. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha cardiophylla (Torr.) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha cathartica Terán & Berland. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha catingae Ule Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha chacoana Fern.Casas Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha chamelensis Pérez-Jim. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha chevalieri Beille Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha ciliata Sessé Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha cinerea (Ortega) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha clarae-hildae Fern.Casas Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha clavuligera Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha collina Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha confusa Hutch. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha contrerasii J.Jiménez Ram. & M.Martínez Gordillo Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha conzattii J.Jiménez Ram. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha cordata (Ortega) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha costaricensis G.L.Webster & Poveda Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha crinita Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha cuneata Wiggins & Rollins Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha curcas L. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha decipiens M.E.Jones Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha decumbens Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha dehganii J.Jiménez Ram. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha dhofarica Radcl.-Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha dichtar J.F.Macbr. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha dioica Sessé Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha dissecta (Chodat & Hassl.) Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha divaricata Sw. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha eglandulosa Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha elbae J.Jiménez Ram. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha ellenbeckii Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha elliptica (Pohl) Oken Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha erythropoda Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha euarguta M.G.Gilbert & Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha excisa Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha flavovirens Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha fortunatoi Fern.Casas Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha fremontioides Standl. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha gallabatensis Schweinf. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha galvanii J.Jiménez Ram. & L.M.Contr. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha gaumeri Greenm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha giffordiana Dehgan & G.L.Webster Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha glandulifera Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha glauca Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha gossypiifolia L. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha grossidentata Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha guaranitica Speg. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha hastifolia Fern.Casas Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha hernandiifolia Vent. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha heynei N.P.Balakr. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha hieronymi Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha hildebrandtii Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha hintonii Wilbur Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha hippocastanifolia Croizat Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha hirsuta Hochst. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha horizontalis M.G.Gilbert Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha humboldtiana McVaugh Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha humifusa Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha hypogyna Radcl.-Sm. & Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha inaequispina Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha × induta (Chodat & Hassl.) Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha integerrima Jacq. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha intercedens Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha intermedia (Chodat & Hassl.) Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha isabellei Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha jaimejimenezii V.W.Steinm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha kamerunica Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha krusei J.Jiménez Ram. & Mart.Gordon Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha lagarinthoides Sond. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha latifolia Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha loristipula Radcl.-Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha macrantha Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha macrocarpa Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha macrophylla Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha macrorhiza Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha mahafalensis Jum. & H.Perrier Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha maheshwarii Subram. & Nayar Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha malacophylla Standl. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha malmeana Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha marginata Chiov. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha marmorata Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha martiusii (Pohl) Baill. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha matacensis Castell. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha mcvaughii Dehgan & G.L.Webster Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha melanosperma Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha microdonta Radcl.-Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha minor Urb. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha miskatensis Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha mollis Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha mollissima (Pohl) Baill. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha monroi S.Moore Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha moranii Dehgan & G.L.Webster Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha multifida L. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha mutabilis (Pohl) Baill. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha nana Dalzell & Gibson Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha natalensis Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha neopauciflora Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha neriifolia Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha nogalensis Chiov. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha nudicaulis Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha oaxacana J.Jiménez Ram. & R.Torres Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha obbiadensis Chiov. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha oblanceolata Radcl.-Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha orangeana Dinter ex P.G.Mey. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha ortegae Standl. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha pachypoda Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha pachyrrhiza Radcl.-Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha palmatifida Baker Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha palmatifolia Ule Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha paradoxa (Chiov.) Chiov. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha paxii Croizat Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha pedatipartita Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha pedersenii Lourteig Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha peiranoi Lourteig & O'Donnell Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha pelargoniifolia Courbai Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha peltata Sessé Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha pereziae J.Jiménez Ram. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha phillipseae Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha podagrica Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha prunifolia Pax ex Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha pseudocurcas Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha puncticulata Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha purpurea Rose Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha ribifolia (Pohl) Baill. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha riojae Miranda Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha rivae Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha robecchii Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha rosea Radcl.-Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha rufescens Brandegee Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha rumicifolia Fern.Casas Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha rzedowskii J.Jiménez Ram. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha scaposa Radcl.-Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha schlechteri Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha schweinfurthii Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha seineri Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha somalensis Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha sotoi-nunyezii Fern.Casas & E.Martínez Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha spicata Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha spinosa Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha spinosissima Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha standleyi Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha stephanii J.Jiménez Ram. & M.Martínez Gordillo Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha stevensii G.L.Webster Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha stigmatosa Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha stuhlmannii Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha subaequiloba Radcl.-Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha sympetala S.F.Blake & Standl. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha tacumbensis Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha tanjorensis J.L.Ellis & Saroja Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha tehuantepecana J.Jiménez Ram. & A.Campos Vilb. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha tenuicaulis Thulin Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha tetracantha Chiov. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha thyrsantha Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha tlalcozotitlanensis J.Jiménez Ram. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha trifida Chiov. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha tropaeolifolia Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha tupifolia Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha uncinulata Radcl.-Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha unicostata Balf.f. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha variabilis Radcl.-Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha variegata Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha variifolia Pax Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha velutina Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha vernicosa Brandegee Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha villosa Wight Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha weberbaueri Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha websteri J.Jiménez Ram. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha weddeliana Baill. Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha woodii Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Jatropha zeyheri Sond. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 437 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Jatropha. Of these 188 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 127 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Jatropha. 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 437 species names for the genus Jatropha recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 188 43.0%
◕ Synonym 233 53.3%
◕ Unplaced 10 2.3%
◕ Unassessed 6 1.4%

All names

The status of the 564 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Jatropha recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 203 36.0%
◕ Synonym 345 61.2%
◕ Unplaced 10 1.8%
◕ Unassessed 6 1.1%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 437 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Jatropha, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 188 225 0 0 413 94.5%
Medium confidence 0 6 0 0 6 1.4%
Low confidence 0 2 10 6 18 4.1%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 6 0 5 0 11 2.5%
WCSP 188 227 10 1 0 426 97.5%