The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Polycarpaea

The genus Polycarpaea is in the family Caryophyllaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Polycarpaea

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lam. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Polycarpaea eriantha Hochst. ex A.Rich. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Polycarpaea gaudichaudii Gagnep. Accepted M TRO
Polycarpaea hassleriana Chodat Accepted M TRO
Polycarpaea inaequalifolia Engl. & Gilg Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Polycarpaea linearifolia (DC.) DC. Accepted M TRO
Polycarpaea poggei Pax Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Polycarpaea rosulans (Gagnep.) Gagnep. Accepted M TRO
Polycarpaea spicata Wight & Arn. Accepted M TRO
Polycarpaea stellata (Willd.) DC. Accepted L TRO
Polycarpaea tenuifolia (Willd.) DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 133 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Polycarpaea. Of these 11 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 7 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Polycarpaea. 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 133 species names for the genus Polycarpaea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 11 8.3%
Synonym 14 10.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 108 81.2%

All names

The status of the 140 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Polycarpaea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 13 9.3%
Synonym 19 13.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 108 77.1%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 133 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Polycarpaea, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 10 14 0 0 24 18.0%
Low confidence 1 0 0 108 109 82.0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 6 10 0 2 0 18 13.5%
WCSP (in review) 5 4 0 106 0 115 86.5%