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The genus Melpomene is in the family Polypodiaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Melpomene

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Melpomene allosuroides (Rosenst.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene andicola (Stolze) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran ex Luteyn	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene assurgens (Maxon) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene brevipes (C.V. Morton) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene deltata (Mickel & Beitel) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene erecta (C.V. Morton) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene firma (J. Sm.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene flabelliformis (Poir.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene gracilis (Hook.) A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene leptostoma (Fée) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene melanosticta (Kunze) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene moniliformis (Lag. ex Sw.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene pennellii (Copel.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene peruviana (Desv.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene pilosissima (M. Martens & Galeotti) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene pseudonutans (H. Christ & Rosenst.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene rosarum (Copel.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene sodiroi (H. Christ & Rosenst.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene wolfii (Hieron.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene xiphopteroides (Liebm.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Melpomene youngii (Stolze) B. León & A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 25 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melpomene. Of these 21 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Melpomene. 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 25 species names for the genus Melpomene recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	21	84.0%
◕	Synonym	4	16.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 26 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melpomene recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	22	84.6%
◕	Synonym	4	15.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

The confidence with which the status of the 25 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Melpomene, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	21	4	0	0	25	100%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

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