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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	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Melanthera abyssinica (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Vatke	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera abyssinica (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Benth. & Hook.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera angustifolia A.Rich.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera angustifolia Gilli	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera biflora (L.) Wild	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera bryanii (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera buchii Urb.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera cinerea Schweinf. ex Schweinf.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera cinerea Schweinf. ex Engl.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera decora "Poepp. ex S.S.Renner, Balslev & Holm-Niels."	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera discoidea S.F.Blake	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera elliptica Hutch. & Dalziel	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera elliptica O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera fauriei (H.Lév.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera felicis C.D.Adams	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera gambica Hutch. & Dalziel	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera glandulosa Wall. ex DC.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera hastata (Walt.) Rich.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera integrifolia (Nutt.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera kamolensis (O.Deg. & Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera lanceolata Benth. ex Oerst.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera latifolia (Gardner) Cabrera	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera lavarum (Gaudich.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera longipes Rusby	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera micrantha (Nutt.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	1
Melanthera nivea (L.) Small	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera nivea O.E.Schulz	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera orientalis Spreng. ex DC.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera oxycarpha S.F.Blake	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera oxylepis DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera parvifolia Small	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera perdita (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera populifolia (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera prostrata (Hemsl.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera pungens Oliv. & Hiern	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	2
Melanthera remyi (A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera rhombifolia O.Hoffm. & Muschl.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera richardsae Wild	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera robinsonii Wild	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera robusta (Makino) K. Ohashi & H. Ohashi	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melanthera scaberrima Hiern	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera scandens (Schumach. & Thonn.) Roberty	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	2
Melanthera scandens ("Schu, nach. & Thonn.") Brenan	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera subcordata (A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera tenuifolia (A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera tenuis (O.Deg. & Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera triternata (Klatt) Wild	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera urticaefolia Cass.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera venosa (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Melanthera waimeaensis (H.St.John) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11

Statistics

The Plant List includes 191 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melanthera. Of these 38 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 63 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 191 species names for the genus Melanthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	38	19.9%
◕	Synonym	128	67.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	25	13.1%

All names

The status of the 254 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melanthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	42	16.5%
◕	Synonym	183	72.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	29	11.4%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 8 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 191 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	117	0	0	149	78.0%
	Low confidence	6	11	0	25	42	22.0%

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