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The genus Bersama is in the family Melianthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Bersama

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Bersama abyssinica Fresen.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Bersama lucens (Hochst.) Szyszyl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Bersama palustris L.Touss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Bersama stayneri Phillips	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Bersama swinnyi Phillips	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Bersama swynnertonii Baker f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Bersama tysoniana Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 63 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Bersama. Of these 7 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Bersama. 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 63 species names for the genus Bersama recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	7	11.1%
◕	Synonym	54	85.7%
◕	Unplaced	2	3.2%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 68 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Bersama recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	9	13.2%
◕	Synonym	57	83.8%
◕	Unplaced	2	2.9%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of these names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 63 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Bersama, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	7	54	0	0	61	96.8%
	Low confidence	0	0	2	0	2	3.2%

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