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Mesanthemum

The genus Mesanthemum is in the family Eriocaulaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Mesanthemum

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Mesanthemum africanum Moldenke Accepted H WCSP
Mesanthemum albidum Lecomte Accepted H WCSP
Mesanthemum angustitepalum Kimp. Accepted H WCSP
Mesanthemum auratum Lecomte Accepted H WCSP
Mesanthemum bennae Jacq.-Fél. Accepted H WCSP
Mesanthemum cupricola Kimp. Accepted H WCSP
Mesanthemum glabrum Kimp. Accepted H WCSP
Mesanthemum jaegeri Jacq.-Fél. Accepted H WCSP
Mesanthemum pilosum Kimp. Accepted H WCSP
Mesanthemum prescottianum (Bong.) Körn. Accepted H WCSP
Mesanthemum pubescens (Lam.) Körn. Accepted H WCSP
Mesanthemum radicans (Benth.) Körn. Accepted H WCSP
Mesanthemum reductum H.E.Hess Accepted H WCSP
Mesanthemum rutenbergianum Körn. Accepted H WCSP
Mesanthemum variabile Kimp. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 22 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Mesanthemum. Of these 15 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Mesanthemum. 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 22 species names for the genus Mesanthemum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 15 68.2%
◕ Synonym 7 31.8%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 0 0%

All names

The status of the 24 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Mesanthemum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 15 62.5%
◕ Synonym 9 37.5%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 0 0%

The confidence with which the status of the 22 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Mesanthemum, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 15 7 0 0 22 100%
Medium confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Low confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
WCSP 15 7 0 0 0 22 100%