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The genus Blechum is in the family Acanthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Blechum

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Blechum angustifolium (Sw.) R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum angustius Nees	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum blechioides (Sw.) Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum brasiliense G.Don	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum brasiliense Mart. ex Nees	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum costaricense Oerst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum dariense Lindau	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum grandiflorum Oerst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum haenkei Nees	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum hamatum Klotzsch	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum haughtii Leonard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum killipii Leonard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum linnaei Nees	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum panamense Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum pyramidatum (Lam.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Blechum trinitense Nees	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 42 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Blechum. Of these 13 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 9 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Blechum. 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 42 species names for the genus Blechum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	31.0%
◕	Synonym	19	45.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	23.8%

All names

The status of the 51 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Blechum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	25.5%
◕	Synonym	28	54.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	19.6%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 42 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Blechum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	12	18	0	0	30	71.4%
	Low confidence	1	1	0	10	12	28.6%

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