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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Melpomene

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Melpomene alan-smithii A. Rojas	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene albicans Lehnert	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene allosuroides (Rosenst.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene anazalea Sundue & Lehnert	Unresolved		IPNI
Melpomene assurgens (Maxon) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene brevipes (C.V. Morton) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene caput-gorgonis Lehnert	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene deltata (Mickel & Beitel) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene erecta (C.V. Morton) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene firma (J. Sm.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene flagellata Lehnert	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene gracilis (Hook.) A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene huancabambensis Lehnert	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene jiluenezii Lehnert	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene jimenezii Lehnert	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene leptostoma (Fée) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene melanosticta (Kunze) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene michaelis Lehnert	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene michaelium Lehnert	Unresolved		IPNI
Melpomene moniliformis (Lag. ex Sw.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene occidentalis Lehnert	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene paradoxa Lehnert	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene pennellii (Copel.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene personata Lehnert	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene peruviana (Desv.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene pilosissima (M. Martens & Galeotti) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene pseudonutans (Christ & Rosenst.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene rosarum (Copel.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene sklenarii Lehnert	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene sodiroi (Christ & Rosenst.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene tsatchelae Labiak	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene vulcanica Lehnert	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene wolfii (Hieron.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene xiphopteroides (Liebm.) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melpomene youngii (Stolze) B. León & A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 97 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melpomene. Of these 28 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 4 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Melpomene. 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 97 species names for the genus Melpomene recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	28	28.9%
◕	Synonym	62	63.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	7.2%

All names

The status of the 101 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melpomene recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	28	27.7%
◕	Synonym	66	65.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	6.9%

The confidence with which the status of the 97 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Melpomene, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	28	62	0	0	90	92.8%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	7	7	7.2%

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