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The genus Bombax is in the family Malvaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).
Statistics are at the end of the page.
See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.
Name | Status | Confidence level | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Bombax albidum | Accepted | WCSP (in review) | |
Bombax anceps | Accepted | WCSP (in review) | |
Bombax blancoanum | Accepted | WCSP (in review) | |
Bombax buonopozense | Accepted | WCSP (in review) | |
Bombax ceiba | Accepted | WCSP (in review) | |
Bombax costatum | Accepted | WCSP (in review) | |
Bombax insigne | Accepted | WCSP (in review) |
The Plant List includes 171 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Bombax. Of these 7 are accepted species names.
The Plant List includes a further 31 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Bombax. 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.
The status of the 171 species names for the genus Bombax recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:
Status | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
◕ | Accepted | 7 | 4.1% |
◕ | Synonym | 133 | 77.8% |
◕ | Unplaced | 10 | 5.8% |
◕ | Unassessed | 21 | 12.3% |
The status of the 202 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Bombax recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:
Status | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
◕ | Accepted | 8 | 4.0% |
◕ | Synonym | 161 | 79.7% |
◕ | Unplaced | 10 | 5.0% |
◕ | Unassessed | 23 | 11.4% |
Of these names,
A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.
The confidence with which the status of the 171 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Bombax, are assigned as follows:
Confidence level | Accepted | Synonym | Unplaced | Unassessed | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High confidence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
Medium confidence | 7 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 78.9% | |
Low confidence | 0 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 21.1% |
The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Bombax, are as follows:
Source of record | Accepted | Synonym | Unplaced | Unassessed | Misapplied | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tropicos | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7.0% |
WCSP (in review) | 7 | 123 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 160 | 93.6% |