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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Guaiacum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Guaiacum coulteri A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Guaiacum officinale L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Guaiacum palmeri Vail	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Guaiacum sanctum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Guaiacum unijugum Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 21 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Guaiacum. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Guaiacum. 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 21 species names for the genus Guaiacum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	23.8%
◕	Synonym	12	57.1%
◕	Unplaced	1	4.8%
◕	Unassessed	3	14.3%

All names

The status of the 22 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Guaiacum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	22.7%
◕	Synonym	13	59.1%
◕	Unplaced	1	4.5%
◕	Unassessed	3	13.6%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 21 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Guaiacum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	5	11	0	0	16	76.2%
	Low confidence	0	1	1	3	5	23.8%

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