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The genus Basella is in the family Basellaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Basella

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Basella alba L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Basella excavata Elliot	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Basella leandriana H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Basella madagascariensis Boivin ex H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Basella paniculata Volkens	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 16 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Basella. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Basella. 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 16 species names for the genus Basella recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	31.3%
◕	Synonym	11	68.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 21 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Basella recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	23.8%
◕	Synonym	16	76.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 16 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Basella, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	5	10	0	0	15	93.8%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	6.3%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

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