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The genus Theobroma is in the family Malvaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Theobroma

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Theobroma angustifolium Sessé & Moc. ex DC.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma balaense (P.Preuss) De Wild.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma bernoullii Pittier	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	2
Theobroma bicolor Humb. & Bonpl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma cacao L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26	1
Theobroma calodesme Diels	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma canumanense Pires & Fróes ex Cuatrec.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma caribaeum Sweet	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma celtifolia Salisb.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma cirmolinae Cuatrec.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma duckei Huber	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma ferrugineum Bernoulli	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma fossilium E.W. Berry	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma gileri Cuatrec.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma glaucum H. Karst.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng.) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma guyanense Voigt	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma hylaeum Cuatrec.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma macranthum Bernoulli	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma mammosum Cuatrec. & J. León	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma martianum D.Dietr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma microcarpum Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma montanum Goudot ex Bernoulli	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma nemorale Cuatrec.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma obovatum Klotzsch ex Bernoulli	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma ovatifolium DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma pulcherrimum Pittier	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma quinquenervium Bernoulli	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma sagittatum Pav. ex A.Chev.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma salzmannianum Bernoulli	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma simiarum Donn. Sm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma sinuosum Pav. ex Huber	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma speciosum Willd. ex Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma stipulatum Cuatrec.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma subincanum Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-26
Theobroma sylvestre Aubl. ex Mart. in Buchner	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Theobroma velutinum Benoist	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 71 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Theobroma. Of these 22 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 15 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Theobroma. 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 71 species names for the genus Theobroma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	22	31.0%
◕	Synonym	34	47.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	15	21.1%

All names

The status of the 86 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Theobroma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	25	29.1%
◕	Synonym	46	53.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	15	17.4%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 71 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Theobroma, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	22	34	0	0	56	78.9%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	15	15	21.1%

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