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The genus Capsella is in the family Brassicaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Capsella

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Capsella draboides Korsh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Capsella × gracilis Gren.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Capsella grandiflora (Fauché & Chaub.) Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Capsella lycia Stapf	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Capsella mexicana Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Capsella orientalis Klokov	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Capsella puberula Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Capsella rubella Reut.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 218 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Capsella. Of these 9 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 36 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Capsella. 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 218 species names for the genus Capsella recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	9	4.1%
◕	Synonym	193	88.5%
◕	Unplaced	2	0.9%
◕	Unassessed	14	6.4%

All names

The status of the 254 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Capsella recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	10	3.9%
◕	Synonym	228	89.8%
◕	Unplaced	2	0.8%
◕	Unassessed	14	5.5%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 218 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Capsella, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	9	193	0	0	202	92.7%
	Low confidence	0	0	2	14	16	7.3%

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