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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Acrostichum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Acrostichum apiifolium (J. Sm.) Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum assurgens Baker	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum aureum L.	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum cayennense (Fée) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum danaeifolium (Fée) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum durvillei (Fée) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum heterophyllum L.	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum inaequale (Fée) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum longifolium Jacq.	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum repandum Blume	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum rigens (Fée) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum sculpturatum (Fée) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum sinense Baker	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum sorbifolium L.	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum speciosum (Fée) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum spectabile (Kunze) Racib.	Accepted		TRO
Acrostichum yunnanense Baker	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 274 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Acrostichum. Of these 17 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Acrostichum. 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 274 species names for the genus Acrostichum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	17	6.2%
◕	Synonym	14	5.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	243	88.7%

All names

The status of the 276 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Acrostichum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	18	6.5%
◕	Synonym	14	5.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	244	88.4%

The confidence with which the status of the 274 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Acrostichum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	17	11	0	0	28	10.2%
	Low confidence	0	3	0	243	246	89.8%

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