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The genus Mercurialis is in the family Euphorbiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Mercurialis

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Mercurialis annua L.	Accepted		WCSP
Mercurialis canariensis Obbard & S.A.Harris	Accepted		WCSP
Mercurialis corsica Coss. & Kralik	Accepted		WCSP
Mercurialis elliptica Lam.	Accepted		WCSP
Mercurialis huetii Hanry	Accepted		WCSP
Mercurialis leiocarpa Siebold & Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP
Mercurialis × longifolia Lam.	Accepted		WCSP
Mercurialis longistipes (3242+) Baksay	Accepted		TRO
Mercurialis monoica (Moris) R. Durand & B. Durand	Accepted		TRO
Mercurialis ovata Sternb. & Hoppe	Accepted		WCSP
Mercurialis × paxii Graebn.	Accepted		WCSP
Mercurialis perennis L.	Accepted		WCSP
Mercurialis reverchonii Rouy	Accepted		WCSP
Mercurialis tomentosa L.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 60 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Mercurialis. Of these 14 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 39 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Mercurialis. 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 60 species names for the genus Mercurialis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	14	23.3%
◕	Synonym	45	75.0%
◕	Unplaced	1	1.7%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 99 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Mercurialis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	14	14.1%
◕	Synonym	84	84.8%
◕	Unplaced	1	1.0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 60 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Mercurialis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	12	45	0	0	57	95.0%
	Medium confidence	2	0	0	0	2	3.3%
	Low confidence	0	0	1	0	1	1.7%

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