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Metathelypteris

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Metathelypteris

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Metathelypteris adscendens (Ching) Ching Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Metathelypteris burrowsiorum N.R. Crouch Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Metathelypteris dayi Holttum in B.K.Nayar & S.Kaur Unresolved L IPNI
Metathelypteris decipiens (Clarke) Ching Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Metathelypteris deltoideofrons Ching ex W.M.Chu & S.G.Lu Unresolved L IPNI
Metathelypteris flaccida (Blume) Ching Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Metathelypteris fragilis Holttum Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Metathelypteris glandulifera Ching ex K.H. Shing Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Metathelypteris glandulosa H.G. Zhou & Hua Li Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Metathelypteris gracilescens (Blume) Ching Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Metathelypteris hattorii (H. Itô) Ching Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Metathelypteris krameri Sarn.Singh & Panigrahi Unresolved L IPNI
Metathelypteris laxa (Franch. & Sav.) Ching Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Metathelypteris petiolulata Ching ex K.H. Shing Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Metathelypteris singalanensis (Baker) Ching Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Metathelypteris tibetica Ching & S.K. Wu Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Metathelypteris uraiensis (Rosenst.) Ching Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Metathelypteris vandervekenii Pic.Serm. Unresolved L IPNI
Metathelypteris wuyishanica Ching Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 38 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Metathelypteris. Of these 14 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Metathelypteris. 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 38 species names for the genus Metathelypteris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 14 36.8%
Synonym 19 50.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 5 13.2%

All names

The status of the 40 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Metathelypteris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 14 35.0%
Synonym 21 52.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 5 12.5%

The confidence with which the status of the 38 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Metathelypteris, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 14 19 0 0 33 86.8%
Low confidence 0 0 0 5 5 13.2%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
IPNI 0 0 0 4 0 4 10.5%
Tropicos 14 19 0 1 0 34 89.5%