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The genus Mentzelia is in the family Loasaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Mentzelia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Mentzelia adhaerens Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia albescens (Gillies ex Arn.) Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia arborescens Urb. & Gilg	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia argillosa J. Darl.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia aspera L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Mentzelia asperula Wooton & Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia bartonioides Lehm.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia congesta Torr. & A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia conzattii Greenm.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia decapetala (Pursh ex Sims) Urb.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia desertorum (Davidson) H.J. Thomps. & J.E. Roberts	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia dispersa S. Watson	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia eremophila (Jeps.) H.J. Thomps. & J.E. Roberts	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia fendleriana Urb. & Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Mentzelia flumensevera (N.H. Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren) J.J. Schenk & L. Hufford	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia gracilenta Torr. & A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia hirsutissima S. Watson	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia hispida Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia humilis (Urb. & Gilg) J. Darl.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia integra (M.E. Jones) Tidestr.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia involucrata S. Watson	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia isolata Gentry	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia jonesii (Urb. & Gilg) H.J. Thomps. & J.E. Roberts	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia laciniata (Rydb.) J. Darl.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia laevicaulis (Douglas) Torr. & A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia librina (K.H. Thorne & F.J. Sm.) J.J. Schenk & L. Hufford	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia lindheimeri Urb. & Gilg	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia lobata (Hook.) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia marginata (Osterh.) H.J. Thomps. & Prigge	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia mexicana H.J. Thomps. & Zavort.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia multiflora (Nutt.) A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia pachyrhiza I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia parvifolia Urb. & Gilg ex Kurtz	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia pterosperma Eastw.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia puberula J. Darl.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia pumila Torr. & A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia reverchonii (Urb. & Gilg) H.J. Thomps. & Zavort.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia rusbyi Wooton	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia saxicola H.J. Thomps. & Zavort.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia scabra Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia sessilifolia Urb. & Gilg	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia sinuata (Rydb.) R.J. Hill	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia springeri (Standl.) Tidestr.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia strictissima (Wooton & Standl.) J. Darl.	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia texana Urb. & Gilg	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia thompsonii Glad	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia tricuspis A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia tridentata (Davidson) H.J. Thomps. & J.E. Roberts	Accepted		TRO
Mentzelia uintahensis (N.H. Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren) J.J. Schenk & L. Hufford	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 160 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Mentzelia. Of these 49 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 52 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Mentzelia. 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 160 species names for the genus Mentzelia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	49	30.6%
◕	Synonym	68	42.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	43	26.9%

All names

The status of the 212 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Mentzelia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	61	28.8%
◕	Synonym	101	47.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	50	23.6%

The confidence with which the status of the 160 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Mentzelia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	40	47	0	0	87	54.4%
	Low confidence	9	21	0	43	73	45.6%

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