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The genus Melasma is in the family Orobanchaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).
Statistics are at the end of the page.
See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.
Name | Status | Confidence level | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Melasma brasiliense | Accepted | TRO | |
Melasma calycinum | Accepted | WCSP (in review) | |
Melasma indicum | Accepted | TRO | |
Melasma melampyroides | Accepted | WCSP (in review) | |
Melasma physalodes | Accepted | TRO | |
Melasma rhinanthoides | Accepted | TRO | |
Melasma strictum | Accepted | WCSP (in review) |
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.
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% |
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% |