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The genus Caryocar is in the family Caryocaraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Caryocar

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Caryocar amygdaliferum Mutis ex Cav.	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar amygdaliforme G.Don	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar brasiliense A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar coriaceum Wittm.	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar costaricense Donn.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar cuneatum Wittm.	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar dentatum Gleason	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar edule Casar.	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar glabrum (Aubl.) Pers.	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar gracile Wittm.	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar harlingii Prance & Encarn.	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar microcarpum Ducke	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar montanum Prance	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar nuciferum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar pallidum A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Caryocar villosum (Aubl.) Pers.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 30 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Caryocar. Of these 16 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 10 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Caryocar. 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 30 species names for the genus Caryocar recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	16	53.3%
◕	Synonym	13	43.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	3.3%

All names

The status of the 40 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Caryocar recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	20	50.0%
◕	Synonym	19	47.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	2.5%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 30 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Caryocar, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	16	12	0	0	28	93.3%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	3.3%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	1	1	3.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Caryocar, are as follows: