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The genus Amyris is in the family Rutaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Amyris

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Amyris abeggii Ekman ex Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris apiculata Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris attenuata Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris axilliflora Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris balsamifera L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris barbata Lundell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris brachybotrys Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris brenesii Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris carterae Rebman & F.Chiang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris chiapensis Lundell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris conzattii Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris cordata I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris crebrinervis Gereau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris cubensis (Borhidi & Acuña) Beurton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris diatrypa Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris elemifera L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris filipes Lundell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris granulata Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris guatemalensis Lundell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris guianensis Aubl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris humboldtii Krug & Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris ignea Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris intermedia Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris lineata C.Wright ex Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris lurida Lundell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris macrocarpa Gereau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris madrensis S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris maestrensis A.Bordhidi & Kereszty	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris magnifolia Gómez-Laur. & Q.Jiménez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris marshii Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris metopioides Zanoni & M.M.Mejía	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris mexicana Lundell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris monofoliaris P.E. Sánchez	Accepted		TRO
Amyris monophylla Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris multijuga Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris oblanceolata A.Pool	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris pernambucensis Arruda	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris phlebotaenioides Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris pinnata Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris polymorpha Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris polyneura Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris pungens Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris purpusii P.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris rekoi S.F.Blake	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris rhomboidea Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris robinsonii DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris sandemanii Sandwith	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris staminosa Lundell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris stromatophylla P.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris sylvatica Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris terebinthifolia Ten.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris texana (Buckley) P.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris thyrsiflora Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris trimera Krug & Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris verrucosa Borhidi & Kereszty	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Amyris vestita Lundell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 93 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Amyris. Of these 56 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Amyris. 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 93 species names for the genus Amyris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	56	60.2%
◕	Synonym	20	21.5%
◕	Unplaced	5	5.4%
◕	Unassessed	12	12.9%

All names

The status of the 95 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Amyris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	56	58.9%
◕	Synonym	22	23.2%
◕	Unplaced	5	5.3%
◕	Unassessed	12	12.6%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 93 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Amyris, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	56	20	0	0	76	81.7%
	Low confidence	0	0	5	12	17	18.3%

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