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The genus Zostera is in the family Zosteraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Zostera

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Zostera angustifolia (Hornem.) Rchb.	Accepted		WCSP
Zostera asiatica Miki	Accepted		WCSP
Zostera caespitosa Miki	Accepted		WCSP
Zostera capensis Setch.	Accepted		WCSP
Zostera capricorni Asch.	Accepted		WCSP
Zostera caulescens Miki	Accepted		WCSP
Zostera japonica Asch. & Graebn.	Accepted		WCSP
Zostera marina L.	Accepted		WCSP
Zostera mucronata Hartog	Accepted		WCSP
Zostera muelleri Irmisch ex Asch.	Accepted		WCSP
Zostera noltii Hornem.	Accepted		WCSP
Zostera novazelandica Setch.	Accepted		WCSP
Zostera tasmanica M.Martens ex Asch.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 33 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Zostera. Of these 13 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 15 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Zostera. 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 33 species names for the genus Zostera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	39.4%
◕	Synonym	15	45.5%
◕	Unplaced	1	3.0%
◕	Unassessed	4	12.1%

All names

The status of the 48 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Zostera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	27.1%
◕	Synonym	30	62.5%
◕	Unplaced	1	2.1%
◕	Unassessed	4	8.3%

Of these names,

• 5 are recorded as illegitimate

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 33 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Zostera, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	13	15	0	0	28	84.8%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	1	4	5	15.2%

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