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The genus Polycarpaea is in the family Caryophyllaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Polycarpaea

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Polycarpaea eriantha Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Polycarpaea gaudichaudii Gagnep.	Accepted		TRO
Polycarpaea hassleriana Chodat	Accepted		TRO
Polycarpaea inaequalifolia Engl. & Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Polycarpaea linearifolia (DC.) DC.	Accepted		TRO
Polycarpaea poggei Pax	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Polycarpaea rosulans (Gagnep.) Gagnep.	Accepted		TRO
Polycarpaea spicata Wight & Arn.	Accepted		TRO
Polycarpaea stellata (Willd.) DC.	Accepted		TRO
Polycarpaea tenuifolia (Willd.) DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 133 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Polycarpaea. Of these 11 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 7 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Polycarpaea. 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 133 species names for the genus Polycarpaea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	11	8.3%
◕	Synonym	14	10.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	108	81.2%

All names

The status of the 140 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Polycarpaea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	9.3%
◕	Synonym	19	13.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	108	77.1%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 133 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Polycarpaea, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	10	14	0	0	24	18.0%
	Low confidence	1	0	0	108	109	82.0%

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