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The genus Cadaba is in the family Capparaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cadaba

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cadaba aphylla (Thunb.) Wild	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba baccarinii Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba barbigera Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba benguellensis Mendes	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba capparoides DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba carneoviridis Gilg & Benedict	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba divaricata Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba farinosa Forssk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba gillettii R.A.Graham	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba glaberrima Gilg & Benedict	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba glandulosa Forssk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba insularis A.G.Mill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba kassasii Chrtek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba kirkii Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba linearifolia (J.Graham) M.R.Almeida	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba longifolia DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba madagascariensis Baill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba mirabilis Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba natalensis Sond.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba parvula Polhill	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba rotundifolia Forssk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba ruspolii Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba schroeppelii Suess.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba somalensis Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba stenopoda Gilg & Benedict	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba termitaria N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba trifoliata Wight & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cadaba virgata Bojer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 49 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cadaba. Of these 29 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 7 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cadaba. 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 49 species names for the genus Cadaba recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	29	59.2%
◕	Synonym	16	32.7%
◕	Unplaced	1	2.0%
◕	Unassessed	3	6.1%

All names

The status of the 56 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cadaba recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	30	53.6%
◕	Synonym	22	39.3%
◕	Unplaced	1	1.8%
◕	Unassessed	3	5.4%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 49 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cadaba, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	26	11	0	0	37	75.5%
	Low confidence	3	5	1	3	12	24.5%

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