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Melasma

The genus Melasma is in the family Orobanchaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Melasma

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Melasma brasiliense (Benth.) Chodat & Hassl. Accepted L TRO
Melasma calycinum (Hiern) Hemsl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melasma indicum Engl. Accepted M TRO
Melasma melampyroides (Rich.) Pennell ex Britton & P.Wilson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melasma physalodes (D. Don) Melch. Accepted M TRO
Melasma rhinanthoides (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth. Accepted M TRO
Melasma strictum (Benth.) Hassl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 40 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melasma. Of these 7 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Melasma. 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 40 species names for the genus Melasma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 7 17.5%
Synonym 20 50.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 13 32.5%

All names

The status of the 41 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melasma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 7 17.1%
Synonym 21 51.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 13 31.7%

The confidence with which the status of the 40 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Melasma, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 6 19 0 0 25 62.5%
Low confidence 1 1 0 13 15 37.5%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 4 17 0 0 0 21 52.5%
WCSP (in review) 3 3 0 13 0 19 47.5%