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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Polytaenium

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Polytaenium brasilianum (Desv.) Benedict	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Polytaenium cajenense (Desv.) Benedict	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Polytaenium chlorosporum (Mickel & Beitel) E.H. Crane	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Polytaenium dussianum Benedict	Unresolved		IPNI
Polytaenium elongatum (Cav.) Pic.Serm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Polytaenium feei (W. Schaffn. ex Fée) Maxon	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Polytaenium grevillii T. Moore	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Polytaenium guayanense (Hieron.) Alston	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Polytaenium jenmani Benedict	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Polytaenium lineatum (Sw.) J. Sm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Polytaenium ophioglossoides S.Linds.	Unresolved		IPNI
Polytaenium quadriseriatum Benedict	Unresolved		IPNI
Polytaenium urbani Alain	Unresolved		IPNI
Polytaenium urbanii (Brause) A. H. Liogier	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 19 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Polytaenium. Of these 8 are accepted species names.

Species names

The status of the 19 species names for the genus Polytaenium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	8	42.1%
◕	Synonym	5	26.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	31.6%

All names

The status of the 19 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Polytaenium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	8	42.1%
◕	Synonym	5	26.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	31.6%

The confidence with which the status of the 19 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Polytaenium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	8	5	0	0	13	68.4%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	6	6	31.6%

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