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The genus Melanthium is in the family Melanthiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Melanthium

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Melanthium latifolium Desr.	Accepted		WCSP
Melanthium parviflorum (Michx.) S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP
Melanthium virginicum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Melanthium woodii (J.W.Robbins ex Alph.Wood) Bodkin	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 34 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melanthium. Of these 4 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Melanthium. 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 34 species names for the genus Melanthium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	11.8%
◕	Synonym	29	85.3%
◕	Unplaced	1	2.9%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 35 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melanthium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	11.4%
◕	Synonym	30	85.7%
◕	Unplaced	1	2.9%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of these names,

• 6 are recorded as illegitimate

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 34 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Melanthium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	4	25	0	0	29	85.3%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	4	1	0	5	14.7%

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