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The genus Ceratophyllum is in the family Ceratophyllaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ceratophyllum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Ceratophyllum demersum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Ceratophyllum muricatum Cham.	Accepted		WCSP
Ceratophyllum platyacanthum Cham.	Accepted		WCSP
Ceratophyllum submersum L.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 45 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ceratophyllum. Of these 4 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 35 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ceratophyllum. 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 45 species names for the genus Ceratophyllum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	8.9%
◕	Synonym	40	88.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	2.2%

All names

The status of the 80 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ceratophyllum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	14	17.5%
◕	Synonym	65	81.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.3%

Of these names,

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

The confidence with which the status of the 45 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ceratophyllum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	4	39	0	0	43	95.6%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	2.2%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	1	1	2.2%

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