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The genus Acaena is in the family Rosaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Acaena

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Acaena alpina Poepp. ex Walp.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena anserinifolia (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Druce	Accepted		TRO
Acaena antarctica Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena argentea Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena caespitosa Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena confertissima Bitter	Accepted		TRO
Acaena cylindristachya Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena elongata L.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena eupatoria Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena integerrima Gillies	Accepted		TRO
Acaena latebrosa Aiton	Accepted		TRO
Acaena leptacantha Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena lucida Vahl	Accepted		TRO
Acaena macrocephala Poepp.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena magellanica Vahl	Accepted		TRO
Acaena masafuerana Bitter	Accepted		TRO
Acaena myriophylla Lindl.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena ovalifolia Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena pallida (Kirk) Allan	Accepted		TRO
Acaena patagonica A.E. Martic.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena pinnatifida Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena platyacantha Speg.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena poeppigiana Gay	Accepted		TRO
Acaena pumila Vahl	Accepted		TRO
Acaena sericea Jacq. f.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena splendens Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena stricta Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena subincisa Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Acaena tenera Alboff	Accepted		TRO
Acaena torilicarpa Bitter	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 99 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Acaena. Of these 30 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 14 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Acaena. 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 99 species names for the genus Acaena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	30	30.3%
◕	Synonym	40	40.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	29	29.3%

All names

The status of the 113 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Acaena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	31	27.4%
◕	Synonym	52	46.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	30	26.5%

The confidence with which the status of the 99 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Acaena, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	30	40	0	0	70	70.7%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	29	29	29.3%

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