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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Merostachys

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Merostachys abadiana Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys annulifera Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys argentea Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys argyronema Lindm.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys bifurcata Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys brevigluma Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys brevispica Munro	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys burmanii Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys calderoniana Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys cauciana Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys ciliata McClure & L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys claussenii Munro	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys exserta Munro ex E.G.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys filgueirasii Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys fimbriata Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys fischeriana Rupr. ex Döll	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys fistulosa Döll	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys glauca McClure & L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys kleinii Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys kunthii Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys lanata Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys latifolia R.W.Pohl	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys leptophylla Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys magellanica Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys magnispicula Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys maguireorum McClure	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys medullosa Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys multiramea Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys neesii Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys pauciflora Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys petiolata Döll	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys pilifera Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys pluriflora Munro ex E.G.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys polyantha McClure	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys procerrima Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys ramosissima Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys retrorsa McClure	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys riedeliana Rupr. ex Döll	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys rondoniensis Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys scandens Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys skvortzovii Send.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys sparsiflora Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys speciosa Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys ternata Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Merostachys vestita McClure & L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 53 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Merostachys. Of these 45 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Merostachys. 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 53 species names for the genus Merostachys recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	45	84.9%
◕	Synonym	6	11.3%
◕	Unplaced	1	1.9%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.9%

All names

The status of the 56 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Merostachys recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	45	80.4%
◕	Synonym	9	16.1%
◕	Unplaced	1	1.8%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.8%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 53 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Merostachys, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	45	6	0	0	51	96.2%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	1	1	2	3.8%

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