The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Batatas

The genus Batatas is in the family Convolvulaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Batatas

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Batatas batatas (L.) H. Karst. Accepted M TRO
Batatas glaucifolius (L.) G. Don Accepted M TRO
Batatas willdenowii (Roem. & Schult.) G. Don Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 27 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Batatas. Of these 3 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Batatas. 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 27 species names for the genus Batatas recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 3 11.1%
Synonym 22 81.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 7.4%

All names

The status of the 29 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Batatas recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 3 10.3%
Synonym 24 82.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 6.9%

The confidence with which the status of the 27 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Batatas, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 3 20 0 0 23 85.2%
Low confidence 0 2 0 2 4 14.8%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 3 22 0 2 0 27 100%