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Capsella

The genus Capsella is in the family Brassicaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Capsella

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Capsella × abortiva Hausskn. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella antipoda F.Muell. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella australis (Hook.f.) Hook.f. ex Benth. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Capsella ceratocarpa Moench Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella cochlearina (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella cornigera Medik. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella draboides Korsh. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella × gracilis Gren. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella grandiflora (Fauché & Chaub.) Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella humistrata F.Muell. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella hybrida Albert Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella lycia Stapf Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella mexicana Hemsl. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella ochrantha (F.Muell. ex Benth.) F.Muell. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella orientalis Klokov Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella pilosula (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella pubens (A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f. ex S.Watson Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella puberula Rupr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella rubella Reut. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella thomsonii Hook.f. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Capsella villosula F.Muell. & Tate Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 263 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Capsella. Of these 9 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 42 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Capsella. 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 263 species names for the genus Capsella recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 9 3.4%
Synonym 235 89.4%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 19 7.2%

All names

The status of the 305 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Capsella recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 10 3.3%
Synonym 276 90.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 19 6.2%

The confidence with which the status of the 263 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Capsella, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 9 229 0 0 238 90.5%
Low confidence 0 6 0 19 25 9.5%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 10 0 0 0 10 3.8%
WCSP (in review) 9 225 0 19 0 253 96.2%