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The genus Melanthium is in the family Melanthiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Melanthium

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Melanthium latifolium Desr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melanthium parviflorum (Michx.) S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melanthium striatum Hill	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melanthium virginicum L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melanthium woodii (J.W.Robbins ex Alph.Wood) Bodkin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 33 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melanthium. Of these 4 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Melanthium. 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 33 species names for the genus Melanthium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	12.1%
◕	Synonym	28	84.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	3.0%

All names

The status of the 34 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melanthium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	11.8%
◕	Synonym	29	85.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	2.9%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 5 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 33 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Melanthium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	4	27	0	0	31	93.9%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	3.0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	1	1	3.0%

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