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Capsella

The genus Capsella is in the family Brassicaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Capsella

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Capsella draboides Korsh. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Capsella × gracilis Gren. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Capsella grandiflora (Fauché & Chaub.) Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Capsella lycia Stapf Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Capsella mexicana Hemsl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Capsella orientalis Klokov Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Capsella puberula Rupr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Capsella rubella Reut. Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 218 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Capsella. Of these 9 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 36 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Capsella. 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 218 species names for the genus Capsella recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 9 4.1%
Synonym 193 88.5%
Unplaced 2 0.9%
Unassessed 14 6.4%

All names

The status of the 254 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Capsella recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 10 3.9%
Synonym 228 89.8%
Unplaced 2 0.8%
Unassessed 14 5.5%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 218 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Capsella, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 9 193 0 0 202 92.7%
Low confidence 0 0 2 14 16 7.3%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 4 0 0 0 4 1.8%
WCSP (in review) 9 189 2 14 0 214 98.2%