The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Metasequoia

The genus Metasequoia is in the family Taxodiaceae in the major group Gymnosperms (Conifers, cycads and allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Metasequoia

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Metasequoia disticha (Heer) Miki Accepted M TRO
Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W.C.Cheng Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 4 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Metasequoia. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Metasequoia. 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 4 species names for the genus Metasequoia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 2 50.0%
Synonym 2 50.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

All names

The status of the 5 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Metasequoia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 2 40.0%
Synonym 3 60.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

The confidence with which the status of the 4 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Metasequoia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 1 2 0 0 3 75.0%
Medium confidence 1 0 0 0 1 25.0%
Low confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 0 0 0 0 1 25.0%
WCSP 1 2 0 0 0 3 75.0%