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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Scleranthus

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Scleranthus annuus L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Scleranthus perennis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Scleranthus peruvianus Muschl.	Accepted		TRO
Scleranthus uncinatus Schur	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 293 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Scleranthus. Of these 4 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 11 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Scleranthus. 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 293 species names for the genus Scleranthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	1.4%
◕	Synonym	16	5.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	273	93.2%

All names

The status of the 304 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Scleranthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	4.3%
◕	Synonym	18	5.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	273	89.8%

The confidence with which the status of the 293 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Scleranthus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	4	16	0	0	20	6.8%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	273	273	93.2%

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