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The genus Ecballium is in the family Cucurbitaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ecballium

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1

Statistics

The Plant List includes 12 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ecballium. Of these 1 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ecballium. 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 12 species names for the genus Ecballium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	1	8.3%
◕	Synonym	8	66.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	3	25.0%

All names

The status of the 14 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ecballium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	1	7.1%
◕	Synonym	9	64.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	4	28.6%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 12 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ecballium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	1	8	0	0	9	75.0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	3	3	25.0%

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