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The genus Melianthus is in the family Melianthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).
Statistics are at the end of the page.
See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.
Name | Status | Confidence level | Source | Date supplied | Infra. rec. |
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Melianthus comosus | Accepted | WCSP (in review) | 2012-03-23 | ||
Melianthus dregeanus | Accepted | TRO | 2012-04-18 | 1 | |
Melianthus elongatus | Accepted | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Melianthus himalayanus | Unresolved | WCSP (in review) | 2012-03-23 | ||
Melianthus major | Accepted | TRO | 2012-04-18 | ||
Melianthus minor | Unresolved | WCSP (in review) | 2012-03-23 | ||
Melianthus pectinatus | Accepted | TRO | 2012-04-18 | 1 | |
Melianthus sibiricus | Unresolved | WCSP (in review) | 2012-03-23 | ||
Melianthus trimenianus | Unresolved | WCSP (in review) | 2012-03-23 | ||
Melianthus villosus | Accepted | TRO | 2012-04-18 |
The Plant List includes 14 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melianthus. Of these 6 are accepted species names.
The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Melianthus. 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.
The status of the 14 species names for the genus Melianthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:
Status | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
◕ | Accepted | 6 | 42.9% |
◕ | Synonym | 4 | 28.6% |
◕ | Unplaced | 0 | 0% |
◕ | Unassessed | 4 | 28.6% |
The status of the 19 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melianthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:
Status | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
◕ | Accepted | 8 | 42.1% |
◕ | Synonym | 7 | 36.8% |
◕ | Unplaced | 0 | 0% |
◕ | Unassessed | 4 | 21.1% |
The confidence with which the status of the 14 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Melianthus, are assigned as follows:
Confidence level | Accepted | Synonym | Unplaced | Unassessed | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High confidence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
Medium confidence | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 64.3% | |
Low confidence | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 35.7% |
The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Melianthus is as follows:
Source of record | Accepted | Synonym | Unplaced | Unassessed | Misapplied | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tropicos | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 50.0% |
WCSP (in review) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 50.0% |