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The genus Melasma is in the family Orobanchaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Melasma

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Melasma brasiliense (Benth.) Chodat & Hassl.	Accepted		TRO
Melasma calycinum (Hiern) Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Melasma indicum Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Melasma melampyroides (Rich.) Pennell ex Britton & P.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Melasma physalodes (D. Don) Melch.	Accepted		TRO
Melasma rhinanthoides (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Melasma strictum (Benth.) Hassl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 40 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melasma. Of these 7 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Melasma. 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 40 species names for the genus Melasma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	7	17.5%
◕	Synonym	20	50.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	13	32.5%

All names

The status of the 41 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melasma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	7	17.1%
◕	Synonym	21	51.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	13	31.7%

The confidence with which the status of the 40 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Melasma, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	6	19	0	0	25	62.5%
	Low confidence	1	1	0	13	15	37.5%

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