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Shortia

The genus Shortia is in the family Diapensiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Shortia

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Shortia rotundifolia (Maxim.) Makino Accepted M TRO
Shortia sinensis Hemsl. Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 15 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Shortia. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 4 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Shortia. 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 15 species names for the genus Shortia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 2 13.3%
Synonym 7 46.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 6 40.0%

All names

The status of the 19 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Shortia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 2 10.5%
Synonym 11 57.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 6 31.6%

The confidence with which the status of the 15 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Shortia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 2 7 0 0 9 60.0%
Low confidence 0 0 0 6 6 40.0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 2 7 0 0 0 9 60.0%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 6 0 6 40.0%