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Descurainia

The genus Descurainia is in the family Brassicaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Descurainia

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Descurainia adpressa Boelcke Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia altoandina Romanczuk Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia antarctica (E.Fourn.) O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Descurainia appendiculata (Griseb.) O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia argentea O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia argentina O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Descurainia artemisioides Svent. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia athrocarpa (A.Gray) O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia bourgaeana (E.Fourn.) Webb ex O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia bourgeauana (E. Fourn.) O.E. Schulz Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Descurainia brevifructa Boelcke ex J.B.Martínez Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia californica (A.Gray) O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia cumingiana (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Prantl Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 2
Descurainia depressa (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia deserticola (Speg.) Speg. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia erodiifolia (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia gilva Svent. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia gonzalezii Svent. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia hartwegiana (E.Fourn.) Britton Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia heterotricha Speg. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia impatiens (Cham. & Schltdl.) O.E.Schulz Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia incana (Bernh. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Dorn Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 3
Descurainia kenheilii Al-Shehbaz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia kochii (Asch.) O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia lasisiliqua O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia lemsii Bramwell Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia leptoclada Muschl. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia longepedicellata (E. Fourn.) O.E. Schulz Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Descurainia millefolia (Jacq.) Webb & Berthel. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia myriophylla (Willd.) R.E.Fr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia nana Romanczuk Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia nuttallii (Colla) O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia obtusa (Greene) O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 2
Descurainia paradisa (A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.) O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Descurainia perkinsiana Muschl. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia peyrusiana Des Moul. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia pimpinellifolia (Barnéoud) O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 9
Descurainia preauxiana (Webb) Webb ex O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Descurainia ramosissima Rollins Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia sagittata (Hook. & Arn.) Gilg & Muschl. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Descurainia sophioides (Fisch. ex Hook.) O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia streptocarpa (E.Fourn.) O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia stricta (Phil.) Reiche Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia subscandens (Speg.) Gilg & Muschl. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia titicacensis (Walp.) Lillo ex Hauman & Irigoyen Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia torulosa Rollins Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia verlettii O.E. Schulz Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Descurainia virletii (E.Fourn.) O.E.Schulz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Descurainia virletii E. Fourn. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 218 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Descurainia. Of these 46 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 138 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Descurainia. 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 218 species names for the genus Descurainia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 46 21.1%
Synonym 161 73.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 11 5.0%

All names

The status of the 356 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Descurainia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 67 18.8%
Synonym 276 77.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 13 3.7%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 218 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Descurainia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 42 131 0 0 173 79.4%
Low confidence 4 30 0 11 45 20.6%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 3 98 0 2 0 103 47.2%
WCSP (in review) 43 63 0 9 0 115 52.8%