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The genus Phoenix is in the family Arecaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Phoenix

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Phoenix acaulis Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phoenix andamanensis S.Barrow	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phoenix atlantica A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phoenix caespitosa Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phoenix canariensis Chabaud	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phoenix dactylifera L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phoenix × intermedia Naudin ex Becc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phoenix loureiroi Kunth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Phoenix × nabonnandii Nabonn.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phoenix paludosa Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phoenix pusilla Gaertn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phoenix reclinata Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phoenix roebelenii O'Brien	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phoenix rupicola T.Anderson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Phoenix theophrasti Greuter	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 53 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Phoenix. Of these 14 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 26 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Phoenix. 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 53 species names for the genus Phoenix recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	14	26.4%
◕	Synonym	37	69.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	3.8%

All names

The status of the 79 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Phoenix recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	15	19.0%
◕	Synonym	62	78.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	2.5%

Of the species names,

• 7 are recorded as invalid
• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 53 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Phoenix, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	14	36	0	0	50	94.3%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	2	3	5.7%

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