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The genus Leersia is in the family Encalyptaceae in the major group Bryophytes (Mosses and liverworts).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Leersia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Leersia affinis (R. Hedw.) Lindb.	Accepted		TRO
Leersia alpina (Sm.) Lindb.	Accepted		TRO
Leersia brevicollis (Bruch & Schimp.) Lindb.	Accepted		TRO
Leersia longicollis (Bruch) Lindb.	Accepted		TRO
Leersia mutica (I. Hagen) H. Möller	Accepted		TRO
Leersia procera (Bruch) Lindb.	Accepted		TRO
Leersia selwynii (Austin) E. Britton	Accepted		TRO
Leersia streptocarpa (Hedw.) Brid.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 22 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Leersia. Of these 8 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 6 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Leersia. 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 22 species names for the genus Leersia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	8	36.4%
◕	Synonym	5	22.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	9	40.9%

All names

The status of the 28 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Leersia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	8	28.6%
◕	Synonym	9	32.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	11	39.3%

The confidence with which the status of the 22 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Leersia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	8	5	0	0	13	59.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	9	9	40.9%

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