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Deschampsia

The genus Deschampsia is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Deschampsia

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Deschampsia airiformis (Steud.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia angusta Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia antarctica É.Desv. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia argentea Lowe Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Scheele Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia berteroana (Kunth) F.Meigen Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P.Beauv. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia chapmanii Petrie Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia chinensis Y.Yabe Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia christophersenii C.E.Hubb. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia cordilleranum Hauman Accepted M TRO
Deschampsia cordillerarum Hauman Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia danthonioides (Trin.) Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia domingensis Hitchc. & Ekman Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia elongata (Hook.) Munro Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia foliosa Hack. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia gracillima Kirk Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia kingii (Hook.f.) É.Desv. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia klossii Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia koelerioides Regel Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia laxa Phil. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia liebmanniana (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia ligulata (Stapf) Henrard Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia looseriana Parodi Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia maderensis (Hack. & Bornm.) Buschm. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia media (Gouan) Roem. & Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia mejlandii C.E.Hubb. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia mendocina Parodi Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia mexicana Scribn. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia mildbraedii Pilg. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia minor Clayton Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia nubigena Hildebr. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia parvula (Hook.f.) É.Desv. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia patula (Phil.) Skottsb. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia pusilla Petrie Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia robusta C.E.Hubb. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia setacea (Huds.) Hack. Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia tenella Petrie Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia venustula Parodi Accepted H WCSP
Deschampsia wacei C.E.Hubb. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 179 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Deschampsia. Of these 41 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 162 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Deschampsia. 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 179 species names for the genus Deschampsia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 41 22.9%
Synonym 131 73.2%
Unplaced 2 1.1%
Unassessed 5 2.8%

All names

The status of the 341 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Deschampsia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 48 14.1%
Synonym 285 83.6%
Unplaced 2 0.6%
Unassessed 6 1.8%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 179 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Deschampsia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 40 120 0 0 160 89.4%
Medium confidence 1 10 0 0 11 6.1%
Low confidence 0 1 2 5 8 4.5%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 11 0 3 0 15 8.4%
WCSP 40 120 2 2 0 164 91.6%