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The genus Mercurialis is in the family Euphorbiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Mercurialis

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Mercurialis annua L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Mercurialis canariensis Obbard & S.A.Harris	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Mercurialis corsica Coss. & Kralik	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Mercurialis elliptica Lam.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Mercurialis huetii Hanry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Mercurialis leiocarpa Siebold & Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Mercurialis × longifolia Lam.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Mercurialis longistipes (Borbás) Baksay	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Mercurialis malinvaldi Sennen	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Mercurialis monoica (Moris) R. Durand & B. Durand	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Mercurialis ovata Sternb. & Hoppe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Mercurialis × paxii Graebn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Mercurialis paxii Rauschert	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Mercurialis perennis L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Mercurialis × pubescens Samp.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Mercurialis reverchonii Rouy	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Mercurialis taurica Juz.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Mercurialis tomentosa L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 42 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Mercurialis. Of these 14 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 39 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Mercurialis. 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 42 species names for the genus Mercurialis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	14	33.3%
◕	Synonym	24	57.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	4	9.5%

All names

The status of the 81 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Mercurialis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	14	17.3%
◕	Synonym	63	77.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	4	4.9%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 42 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Mercurialis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	12	24	0	0	36	85.7%
	Medium confidence	2	0	0	0	2	4.8%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	4	4	9.5%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Mercurialis is as follows: