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The genus Gahnia is in the family Cyperaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Gahnia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Gahnia ancistrophylla Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia aristata Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia aspera (R.Br.) Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia australis (Nees) K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia baniensis Benl	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia beecheyi H.Mann	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia decomposita (R.Br.) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia deusta (R.Br.) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia drummondii (Steud.) K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia erythrocarpa R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia filifolia (C.Presl) Kük. ex Benl	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia filum (Labill.) F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia graminifolia Rodway	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia grandis (Labill.) S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia howeana R.O.Gardner	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia hystrix J.M.Black	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia insignis S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia javanica Moritzi	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia lacera (R.Lesson ex A.Rich.) Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia lanaiensis O.Deg., I.Deg. & J.Kern	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia lanigera (R.Br.) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia marquisensis F.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia melanocarpa R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia microcarpa Guillaumin	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia microstachya Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia novocaledonensis Benl	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia pauciflora Kirk	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia procera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia radula (R.Br.) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia rigida Kirk	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia schoenoides G.Forst.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia sclerioides K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia setifolia Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia sieberiana Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia sinuosa J.Raynal	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia subaequiglumis S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia trifida Labill.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia tristis Nees ex Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia vitiensis Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Gahnia xanthocarpa (Hook.f.) Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 92 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Gahnia. Of these 40 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 23 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Gahnia. 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 92 species names for the genus Gahnia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	40	43.5%
◕	Synonym	49	53.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	3	3.3%

All names

The status of the 115 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Gahnia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	43	37.4%
◕	Synonym	69	60.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	3	2.6%

Of these names,

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

The confidence with which the status of the 92 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Gahnia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	40	48	0	0	88	95.7%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	1.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	3	3	3.3%

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