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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Phalaris

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Phalaris amethystina Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris angusta Nees ex Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris aquatica L.	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris arundinacea L.	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris brachystachys Link	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris californica Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris canariensis L.	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris caroliniana Walter	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris coerulescens Desf.	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris × daviesii S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris lemmonii Vasey	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris lindigii Baldini	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris maderensis (Menezes) Menezes	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris minor Retz.	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris paradoxa L.	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris peruviana H.Scholz & Gutte	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris platensis Henrard ex Heukels	Accepted		WCSP
Phalaris primaeva (C. Brues & B. Brues) Beetle	Accepted		TRO
Phalaris truncata Guss.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 144 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Phalaris. Of these 19 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 108 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Phalaris. 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 144 species names for the genus Phalaris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	19	13.2%
◕	Synonym	116	80.6%
◕	Unplaced	6	4.2%
◕	Unassessed	3	2.1%

All names

The status of the 252 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Phalaris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	21	8.3%
◕	Synonym	222	88.1%
◕	Unplaced	6	2.4%
◕	Unassessed	3	1.2%

Of these names,

• 17 are recorded as invalid
• 17 are recorded as illegitimate
• 2 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 144 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Phalaris, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	18	106	0	0	124	86.1%
	Medium confidence	0	8	0	0	8	5.6%
	Low confidence	1	2	6	3	12	8.3%

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