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The genus Massonia is in the family Asparagaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Massonia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Massonia bifolia (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Massonia depressa Houtt.	Accepted		WCSP
Massonia echinata L.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Massonia etesionamibensis (U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt	Accepted		WCSP
Massonia jasminiflora Burch. ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Massonia pustulata Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Massonia pygmaea Schltdl. ex Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Massonia sessiliflora (Dinter) ined.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 72 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Massonia. Of these 8 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Massonia. 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 72 species names for the genus Massonia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	8	11.1%
◕	Synonym	53	73.6%
◕	Unplaced	10	13.9%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.4%

All names

The status of the 74 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Massonia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	9	12.2%
◕	Synonym	54	73.0%
◕	Unplaced	10	13.5%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.4%

Of these names,

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

The confidence with which the status of the 72 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Massonia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	8	53	0	0	61	84.7%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	10	1	11	15.3%

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