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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Orthiopteris

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Orthiopteris acuminata Copel.	Unresolved		IPNI
Orthiopteris brasiliensis Sehnem	Unresolved		IPNI
Orthiopteris campylura Copel.	Unresolved		IPNI
Orthiopteris caudata Copel.	Unresolved		IPNI
Orthiopteris cicutarioides Copel.	Unresolved		IPNI
Orthiopteris ferulacea (T. Moore) Copel.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Orthiopteris firma Brownlie	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Orthiopteris kingii Holttum	Unresolved		IPNI
Orthiopteris minor (Hook.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Orthiopteris tenuis Brownlie	Unresolved		IPNI
Orthiopteris trichophylla Copel.	Unresolved		IPNI

Statistics

The Plant List includes 12 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Orthiopteris. Of these 2 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Orthiopteris. 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 12 species names for the genus Orthiopteris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	16.7%
◕	Synonym	1	8.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	9	75.0%

All names

The status of the 13 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Orthiopteris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	15.4%
◕	Synonym	2	15.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	9	69.2%

The confidence with which the status of the 12 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Orthiopteris, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	2	1	0	0	3	25.0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	9	9	75.0%

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