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The genus Blechum is in the family Acanthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Blechum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Blechum angustifolium (Sw.) R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blechum angustius Nees	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blechum blechioides (Sw.) Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blechum brasiliense G.Don	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blechum costaricense Oerst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blechum grandiflorum Oerst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blechum haenkei Nees	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blechum haughtii Leonard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blechum killipii Leonard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blechum linnaei Nees	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blechum panamense Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blechum pedunculatum Donn.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blechum pyramidatum (Lam.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blechum trinitense Nees	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 30 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Blechum. Of these 14 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 11 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Blechum. 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 30 species names for the genus Blechum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	14	46.7%
◕	Synonym	13	43.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	3	10.0%

All names

The status of the 41 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Blechum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	14	34.1%
◕	Synonym	24	58.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	3	7.3%

Of these names,

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

The confidence with which the status of the 30 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Blechum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	14	13	0	0	27	90.0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	3	3	10.0%

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