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The genus Balanites is in the family Zygophyllaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Balanites

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26	4
Balanites angolensis (Welw.) Mildbr. & Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26	1
Balanites glabra Mildbr. & Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Balanites maughamii Sprague	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26	1
Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26	1
Balanites rotundifolia (Tiegh.) Blatt.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26	1
Balanites roxburghii Planch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Balanites triflora Tiegh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26
Balanites wilsoniana Dawe & Sprague	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-26	1
Balanites wilsonianus Dawe & Sprague	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Balanites zizyphoides Mildbr. & Schltr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 58 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Balanites. Of these 10 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 21 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Balanites. 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 58 species names for the genus Balanites recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	10	17.2%
◕	Synonym	46	79.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	3.4%

All names

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

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	19	24.1%
◕	Synonym	58	73.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	2.5%

The confidence with which the status of the 58 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Balanites, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	9	45	0	0	54	93.1%
	Medium confidence	1	1	0	0	2	3.4%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	2	2	3.4%

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