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Acrostichum

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Acrostichum

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Acrostichum apiifolium (J. Sm.) Hook. Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum assurgens Baker Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum aureum L. Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum cayennense (Fée) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum danaeifolium (Fée) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum durvillei (Fée) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum heterophyllum L. Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum inaequale (Fée) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum longifolium Jacq. Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum repandum Blume Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum rigens (Fée) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum sculpturatum (Fée) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum sinense Baker Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum sorbifolium L. Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum speciosum (Fée) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum spectabile (Kunze) Racib. Accepted M TRO
Acrostichum yunnanense Baker Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 274 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Acrostichum. Of these 17 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Acrostichum. 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 274 species names for the genus Acrostichum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 17 6.2%
Synonym 14 5.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 243 88.7%

All names

The status of the 276 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Acrostichum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 18 6.5%
Synonym 14 5.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 244 88.4%

The confidence with which the status of the 274 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Acrostichum, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 17 11 0 0 28 10.2%
Low confidence 0 3 0 243 246 89.8%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
IPNI 0 0 0 208 0 208 75.9%
Tropicos 17 14 0 35 0 66 24.1%