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Marsilea

The genus Marsilea is in the family Marsileaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Marsilea

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Marsilea aegyptica Willd. Accepted M TRO
Marsilea ancylopoda A. Braun Accepted M TRO
Marsilea coromandelina Willd. Accepted M TRO
Marsilea crenulata Desv. Accepted M TRO
Marsilea crotophora D.M. Johnson Accepted M TRO
Marsilea deflexa A. Braun Accepted M TRO
Marsilea macropoda Engelm. ex A. Braun Accepted M TRO
Marsilea minuta L. Accepted M TRO
Marsilea mollis B.L. Rob. & Fernald Accepted M TRO
Marsilea nubica A. Braun Accepted M TRO
Marsilea polycarpa Hook. & Grev. Accepted M TRO
Marsilea vestita Hook. & Grev. Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 127 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Marsilea. Of these 12 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 12 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Marsilea. 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 127 species names for the genus Marsilea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 12 9.4%
Synonym 24 18.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 91 71.7%

All names

The status of the 139 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Marsilea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 15 10.8%
Synonym 33 23.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 91 65.5%

The confidence with which the status of the 127 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Marsilea, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 12 24 0 0 36 28.3%
Low confidence 0 0 0 91 91 71.7%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
IPNI 0 0 0 54 0 54 42.5%
Tropicos 12 24 0 37 0 73 57.5%