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The genus Melanthera is in the family Compositae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Melanthera

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Melanthera abyssinica (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Vatke	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera angustifolia A.Rich.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera aspera (Jacq.) Rendle	Accepted		TRO
Melanthera biflora (L.) Wild	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera bryanii (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera buchii Urb.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera cinerea Schweinf. ex Schweinf.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera discoidea S.F.Blake	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera elliptica O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera fauriei (H.Lév.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera felicis C.D.Adams	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera gambica Hutch. & Dalziel	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera hastata (Walt.) Rich.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera integrifolia (Nutt.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera kamolensis (O.Deg. & Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera latifolia (Gardner) Cabrera	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera lavarum (Gaudich.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera micrantha (Nutt.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera nivea (L.) Small	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera parvifolia Small	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera perdita (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera populifolia (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera prostrata (Hemsl.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera pungens Oliv. & Hiern	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera remyi (A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera rhombifolia O.Hoffm. & Muschl.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera richardsae Wild	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera robinsonii Wild	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera robusta (Makino) K. Ohashi & H. Ohashi	Accepted		TRO
Melanthera scaberrima Hiern	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera scandens (Schumach. & Thonn.) Roberty	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera subcordata (A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera tenuifolia (A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera tenuis (O.Deg. & Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera triternata (Klatt) Wild	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera venosa (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA
Melanthera waimeaensis (H.St.John) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 103 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melanthera. Of these 37 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 21 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Melanthera. 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 103 species names for the genus Melanthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	37	35.9%
◕	Synonym	46	44.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	20	19.4%

All names

The status of the 124 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melanthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	48	38.7%
◕	Synonym	53	42.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	23	18.5%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 6 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 103 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Melanthera, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	32	43	0	0	75	72.8%
	Low confidence	5	3	0	20	28	27.2%

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