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The genus Coptis is in the family Ranunculaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Coptis

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Coptis asplenifolia Salisb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coptis chinensis Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coptis deltoidea C.Y.Cheng & P.K.Hsiao	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coptis japonica (Thunb.) Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coptis laciniata A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coptis minamitaniana Kadota	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coptis occidentalis (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coptis omeiensis (C.Chen) C.Y.Cheng	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coptis quinquefolia Miq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coptis quinquesecta W.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coptis teeta Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Coptis trifoliolata (Makino) Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Coptis venosa Howell	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 33 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Coptis. Of these 13 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 23 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Coptis. 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 33 species names for the genus Coptis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	39.4%
◕	Synonym	14	42.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	18.2%

All names

The status of the 56 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Coptis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	14	25.0%
◕	Synonym	36	64.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	10.7%

Of the species names,

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

The confidence with which the status of the 33 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Coptis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	13	14	0	0	27	81.8%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	6	6	18.2%

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