The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Orthiopteris

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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Orthiopteris

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Orthiopteris acuminata Copel. Unresolved L IPNI
Orthiopteris brasiliensis Sehnem Unresolved L IPNI
Orthiopteris campylura Copel. Unresolved L IPNI
Orthiopteris caudata Copel. Unresolved L IPNI
Orthiopteris cicutarioides Copel. Unresolved L IPNI
Orthiopteris ferulacea (T. Moore) Copel. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Orthiopteris firma Brownlie Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Orthiopteris kingii Holttum Unresolved L IPNI
Orthiopteris minor (Hook.) Copel. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Orthiopteris tenuis Brownlie Unresolved L IPNI
Orthiopteris trichophylla Copel. Unresolved L IPNI

Statistics

The Plant List includes 12 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Orthiopteris. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Orthiopteris. 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 12 species names for the genus Orthiopteris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 2 16.7%
Synonym 1 8.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 9 75.0%

All names

The status of the 13 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Orthiopteris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 2 15.4%
Synonym 2 15.4%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 9 69.2%

The confidence with which the status of the 12 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Orthiopteris, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 2 1 0 0 3 25.0%
Low confidence 0 0 0 9 9 75.0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
IPNI 0 0 0 8 0 8 66.7%
Tropicos 2 1 0 1 0 4 33.3%