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The genus Merostachys is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Merostachys

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Merostachys abadiana Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys annulifera Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys argentea Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys argyronema Lindm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys bifurcata Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys brevigluma Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys brevispica Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys burmanii Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys calderoniana Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys caucaiana Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys ciliata McClure & L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys claussenii Munro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys exserta Munro ex E.G.Camus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys filgueirasii Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys fimbriata Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys fischeriana Rupr. ex Döll	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys fistulosa Döll	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys glauca McClure & L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys kleinii Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys kunthii Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys lanata Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys latifolia R.W.Pohl	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys leptophylla Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys magellanica Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys magnispicula Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys maguireorum McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys medullosa Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys multiramea Hack.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys neesii Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys pauciflora Swallen	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys petiolata Döll	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys pilifera Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys pluriflora Munro ex E.G.Camus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys polyantha McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys procerrima Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys ramosissima Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys retrorsa McClure	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys riedeliana Rupr. ex Döll	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys rondoniensis Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys scandens Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys sellovii Munro	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys skvortzovii Send.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys sparsiflora Rupr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys speciosa Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys ternata Nees	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Merostachys vestita McClure & L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 52 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Merostachys. Of these 45 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Merostachys. 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 52 species names for the genus Merostachys recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	45	86.5%
◕	Synonym	6	11.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.9%

All names

The status of the 53 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Merostachys recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	45	84.9%
◕	Synonym	7	13.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.9%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 52 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Merostachys, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	45	6	0	0	51	98.1%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	1	1	1.9%

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