The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Mesomelaena

The genus Mesomelaena is in the family Cyperaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Mesomelaena

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Mesomelaena graciliceps (C.B.Clarke) K.L.Wilson Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Mesomelaena preissii Nees Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Mesomelaena pseudostygia (Kük.) K.L.Wilson Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Mesomelaena stygia (R.Br.) Nees Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Mesomelaena tetragona (R.Br.) Benth. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 15 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Mesomelaena. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Mesomelaena. 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 15 species names for the genus Mesomelaena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 5 33.3%
Synonym 10 66.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

All names

The status of the 20 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Mesomelaena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 6 30.0%
Synonym 14 70.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

The confidence with which the status of the 15 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Mesomelaena, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 5 9 0 0 14 93.3%
Medium confidence 0 1 0 0 1 6.7%
Low confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 1 0 0 0 1 6.7%
WCSP 5 9 0 0 0 14 93.3%