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The genus Balanites is in the family Zygophyllaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Balanites

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile	Accepted		WCSP
Balanites angolensis (Welw.) Mildbr. & Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Balanites glabra Mildbr. & Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Balanites maughamii Sprague	Accepted		WCSP
Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Balanites rotundifolia (Tiegh.) Blatt.	Accepted		WCSP
Balanites roxburghii Planch.	Accepted		WCSP
Balanites triflora Tiegh.	Accepted		WCSP
Balanites wilsoniana Dawe & Sprague	Accepted		WCSP
Balanites wilsonianus Dawe & Sprague	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 35 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Balanites. Of these 10 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 19 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Balanites. 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 35 species names for the genus Balanites recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	10	28.6%
◕	Synonym	23	65.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	5.7%

All names

The status of the 54 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Balanites recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	23	42.6%
◕	Synonym	29	53.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	3.7%

The confidence with which the status of the 35 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Balanites, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	8	22	0	0	30	85.7%
	Medium confidence	1	1	0	0	2	5.7%
	Low confidence	1	0	0	2	3	8.6%

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