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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Raphia

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Raphia africana Otedoh	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia australis Oberm. & Strey	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia farinifera (Gaertn.) Hyl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia gentiliana De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia hookeri G.Mann & H.Wendl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia hookeri Mann & Wendland	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Raphia laurentii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia longiflora G.Mann & H.Wendl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia mambillensis Otedoh	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia mannii Becc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia matombe De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia monbuttorum Drude	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Raphia palma-pinus (Gaertn.) Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia regalis Becc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia rostrata Burret	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia ruwenzorica Otedoh	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia sese De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia sudanica A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia taedigera (Mart.) Mart.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia textilis Welw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Raphia vinifera P.Beauv.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 64 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Raphia. Of these 20 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 13 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Raphia. 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 64 species names for the genus Raphia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	20	31.3%
◕	Synonym	43	67.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.6%

All names

The status of the 77 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Raphia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	21	27.3%
◕	Synonym	55	71.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.3%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 64 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Raphia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	20	42	0	0	62	96.9%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	1.6%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	1	1	1.6%

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