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The genus Corchorus is in the family Malvaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Corchorus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Corchorus aestuans L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus africanus Bari	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus angolensis Exell & Mendonça	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus aquaticus Rusby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus argillicola Moeaha & P.J.D.Winter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus asplenifolius Burch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus aulacocarpus Halford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus baldaccii Mattei	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus brevicornutus Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus bricchettii Weim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus capsularis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus carnarvonensis Halford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus chrozophorifolius (Baill.) Burret	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus cinerascens Deflers	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus confusus Wild	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus congener Halford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus cunninghamii F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus deccanensis H.B.Singh & M.V.Viswan.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus depressus (L.) Stocks	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus detersilis Gand.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus elachocarpus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus elderi F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus erinaceus Weim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus erodioides Balf.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus fascicularis Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus foliosus Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus gillettii Bari	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus hamatus Baker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus hirsutus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus hirtus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus hygrophilus A.Cunn. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus incanus Halford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus junodii (Schinz) N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus kirkii N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus laniflorus Rye	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus lasiocarpus Halford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus leptocarpus A.Cunn. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus longipedunculatus Mast.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus macropetalus (F.Muell.) Domin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus macropterus G.J.Leach & Cheek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus merxmuelleri Wild	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus mitchellensis Halford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus neocaledonicus Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus obclavatus Halford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus olitorius L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus orinocensis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus parviflorus (Benth.) Domin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus parvifolius Sebsebe	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus pascuorum Domin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus pinnatipartitus Wild	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus psammophilus Codd	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus pseudo-olitorius Islam & Zaid	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus pseudocapsularis Schweinf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus puberulus Halford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus pumilio R.Br. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus reynoldsiae Halford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus rostratus Danguy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus saxatilis Wild	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus schimperi Cufod.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus sericeus Ewart & O.B.Davies	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus siamensis Craib	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus sidoides F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus siliquosus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus stenophyllus (K.Schum.) Weim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus subargentus Halford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus sublatus Halford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus sulcatus Verd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus tectus Halford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus thozetii Halford	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus tiniannensis Hosok.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus tomentellus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus torresianus Gaudich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus tridens L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus trilocularis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus urticifolius Wight & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus velutinus Wild	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Corchorus walcottii F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 178 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Corchorus. Of these 77 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 34 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Corchorus. 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 178 species names for the genus Corchorus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	77	43.3%
◕	Synonym	67	37.6%
◕	Unplaced	19	10.7%
◕	Unassessed	15	8.4%

All names

The status of the 212 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Corchorus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	80	37.7%
◕	Synonym	98	46.2%
◕	Unplaced	19	9.0%
◕	Unassessed	15	7.1%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 6 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 178 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Corchorus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	76	65	0	0	141	79.2%
	Low confidence	1	2	19	15	37	20.8%

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