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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Spartina

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Spartina alterniflora Loisel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina anglica C.E.Hubb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina arundinacea (Thouars) Carmich.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina bakeri Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina caespitosa Eaton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina × caespitosa A.A. Eaton	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Spartina ciliata Brongn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina cynosuroides (L.) Roth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina densiflora Brongn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina foliosa Trin.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina gracilis Trin.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina longispica Hauman & Parodi ex St.-Yves	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina maritima (Curtis) Fernald	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina × neyrautii Foucaud	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina patens (Aiton.) Muhl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina spartinae (Trin.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina × townsendii H.Groves & J.Groves	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Spartina versicolor Fabre	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 88 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Spartina. Of these 18 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 44 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Spartina. 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 88 species names for the genus Spartina recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	18	20.5%
◕	Synonym	69	78.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.1%

All names

The status of the 132 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Spartina recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	18	13.6%
◕	Synonym	113	85.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.8%

Of the species names,

• 8 are recorded as invalid
• 4 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 88 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Spartina, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	18	60	0	0	78	88.6%
	Medium confidence	0	9	0	0	9	10.2%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	1	1	1.1%

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