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The genus Embelia is in the family Primulaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Embelia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Embelia aberrans E.H.Walker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia adnata Bedd. ex C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia angulosa King & Gamble	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia angustifolia (A.DC.) A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia arborea A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia arfakensis Kaneh. & Hatus.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia australiana (F.Muell.) Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia basankusuensis Taton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia bataanensis Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia biflora Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia boivinii Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia borneensis Scheff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia brassii Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia buxifolia Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia canescens Jack ex Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia carnosisperma C.Y.Wu & C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia caulialata S.T.Reynolds	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia clarkei Bedd. & Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia clusiifolia Miq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia comorensis Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia concinna Baker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia cordata Philipson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia coriacea Wall. ex A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia corymbifera Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia cotinoides (S.Moore) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia cuneata C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia curvinervia S.T.Reynolds	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia cyrtobotrya Miq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia dasythyrsa Miq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia deivanuae R.O.Gardner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia demissa Cordem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia djalonensis A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia drupacea (Dennst.) M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia effusa Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia elevativena Kaneh. & Hatus.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia elliptica Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia floribunda Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia foetida Gilg & Schellenb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia frangulifolia (Span.) Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia frondosa (King ex Gamble) D.G.Long	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia fulva Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia furculosa B.C.Stone	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia furfuracea Collett & Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia gallatlyi King & Gamble	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia gardneriana Wight	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia gerardii Taton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia gracilenta S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia gracilis Turrill	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia grandifolia H.R.Fletcher	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia grayi S.T.Reynolds	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia halconensis Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia henryi E.H.Walker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia impressa H.R.Fletcher	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia incumbens Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia javanica A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia keniensis R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia kerrii H.R.Fletcher	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia kuborensis Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia laeta (L.) Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia ledermannii Gilg & Schellenb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia legnophylla B.C.Stone	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia libeniana Taton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia loheri Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia longifolia (Benth.) Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia luzoniensis Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia macrocarpa King & Gamble	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia madagascariensis A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia micrantha (A.DC.) A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia microcalyx Kurz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia microphylla Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia mildbraedii Gilg & Schellenb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia minutifolia Stapf	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia multiflora Taton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia myriantha Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia myrtillus (Hook.) Kurz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia nigropunctata Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia nilotica Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia novoguineensis Kaneh. & Hatus.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia nutans Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia oblongifolia Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia obtusiuscula Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia oleifolia S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia ottoniana Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia ovata Scheff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia ovatifolia Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia pacifica Hillebr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia palauensis Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia papuana S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia parviflora Wall. ex A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia pauciflora Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia penangiana (Oliv.) Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia pergamacea A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia phaeadenia Stapf	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia philippinensis A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia polypodioides Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia porteana Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia procumbens Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia pullenii Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia pyrifolia (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia racemosa (Hassk.) Hassk. ex Scheff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia resinosa Kaneh. & Hatus.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia retata Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia reticulata (A.DC.) Wall. ex Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia ribes Burm.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia rigida Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia rodgeri W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia rotundifolia Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia rowlandii Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia rugosa (King & Gamble) Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia ruminata (E.Mey. ex A.DC.) Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia sarasinorum Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia scandens (Lour.) Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia schimperi Vatke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia scortechinii King & Gamble	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia sessiliflora Kurz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia singalangensis Scheff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia sootepensis Craib	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia spiraeoides Stapf	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia subcordata Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia subcoriacea (C.B.Clarke) Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia togoensis Gilg & Schellenb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia tortuosa Stapf	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia tropophylla H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia upembensis Taton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia urdanetensis Elmer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia vaupelii Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia vestita Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia viridiflora (A.DC.) Scheff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia welwitschii (Hiern) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia whitfordii Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia xylocarpa P.Halliday	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Embelia zollingeri Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 231 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Embelia. Of these 133 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 30 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Embelia. 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 231 species names for the genus Embelia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	133	57.6%
◕	Synonym	76	32.9%
◕	Unplaced	2	0.9%
◕	Unassessed	20	8.7%

All names

The status of the 261 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Embelia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	138	52.9%
◕	Synonym	101	38.7%
◕	Unplaced	2	0.8%
◕	Unassessed	20	7.7%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 8 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 231 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Embelia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	131	74	0	0	205	88.7%
	Low confidence	2	2	2	20	26	11.3%

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