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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 Date supplied Infra. rec.
Melasma arvense (Benth.) Hand.-Mazz. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma asperrimum (Benth.) Engl. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma brasiliense (Benth.) Chodat & Hassl. Accepted L TRO 2012-04-18
Melasma brevipedicellatum Lisowski & Mielcarek Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma calycinum (Hiern) Hemsl. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma capense Hiern Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma commune (Hemsl.) Eyles Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma cordatum (Benth.) Engl. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma dentatum K.Schum. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma indicum Wettst. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma indicum Engl. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18 1
Melasma melampyroides (Rich.) Pennell ex Britton & P.Wilson Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma nyassense Melch. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma ovatum E.Mey. ex Benth. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma parviflorum K.Schum. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma physalodes (D.Don) Melch. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma rhinanthoides (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Melasma scabrum P.J. Bergius Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Melasma strictum (Benth.) Hassl. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Melasma thomsonii Wettst. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 43 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melasma. Of these 8 are accepted species names.

Species names

The status of the 43 species names for the genus Melasma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 8 18.6%
Synonym 18 41.9%
Unplaced 1 2.3%
Unassessed 16 37.2%

All names

The status of the 43 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melasma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 8 18.6%
Synonym 18 41.9%
Unplaced 1 2.3%
Unassessed 16 37.2%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 43 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 7 18 0 0 25 58.1%
Low confidence 1 0 1 16 18 41.9%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Melasma is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 4 2 0 0 0 6 14.0%
WCSP (in review) 4 16 1 16 0 37 86.0%