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Polytaenium

The genus Polytaenium is in the family Pteridaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Polytaenium

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Polytaenium brasilianum (Desv.) Benedict Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Polytaenium cajenense (Desv.) Benedict Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Polytaenium chlorosporum (Mickel & Beitel) E.H. Crane Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Polytaenium dussianum Benedict Unresolved L IPNI
Polytaenium elongatum (Cav.) Pic.Serm. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Polytaenium feei (W. Schaffn. ex Fée) Maxon Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Polytaenium grevillii T. Moore Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Polytaenium guayanense (Hieron.) Alston Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Polytaenium jenmani Benedict Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Polytaenium lineatum (Sw.) J. Sm. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Polytaenium ophioglossoides S.Linds. Unresolved L IPNI
Polytaenium quadriseriatum Benedict Unresolved L IPNI
Polytaenium urbani Alain Unresolved L IPNI
Polytaenium urbanii (Brause) A. H. Liogier Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 19 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Polytaenium. Of these 8 are accepted species names.

Species names

The status of the 19 species names for the genus Polytaenium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 8 42.1%
Synonym 5 26.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 6 31.6%

All names

The status of the 19 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Polytaenium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 8 42.1%
Synonym 5 26.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 6 31.6%

The confidence with which the status of the 19 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Polytaenium, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 8 5 0 0 13 68.4%
Low confidence 0 0 0 6 6 31.6%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
IPNI 0 0 0 4 0 4 21.1%
Tropicos 8 5 0 2 0 15 78.9%