The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Bixa

The genus Bixa is in the family Bixaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Bixa

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Bixa arborea Huber Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bixa excelsa Gleason & Krukoff Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bixa orellana L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bixa platycarpa Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bixa urucurana Willd. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 16 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Bixa. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 7 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Bixa. 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 16 species names for the genus Bixa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 5 31.3%
Synonym 11 68.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

All names

The status of the 23 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Bixa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 5 21.7%
Synonym 18 78.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 16 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Bixa, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 5 11 0 0 16 100%
Medium confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Low confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Bixa is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
WCSP 5 11 0 0 0 16 100%