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Elegia

The genus Elegia is in the family Restionaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Elegia

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Elegia acockii (Pillans) Moline & H.P.Linder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia aggregata (Mast.) Moline & H.P.Linder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia altigena Pillans Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia asperiflora (Nees) Kunth Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia atratiflora Esterh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia caespitosa Esterh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia capensis (Burm.f.) Schelpe Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia coleura Nees ex Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia cuspidata Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia decipiens (Esterh.) Moline & H.P.Linder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia deusta (Rottb.) Kunth Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia ebracteata (Kunth) Moline & H.P.Linder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia elephantina H.P.Linder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia equisetacea (Mast.) Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia esterhuyseniae Pillans Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia extensa Pillans Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia fastigata Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia fenestrata Pillans Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia filacea Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia fistulosa Kunth Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia fucata Esterh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia galpinii N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia grandis (Spreng. ex Nees) Kunth Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia grandispicata H.P.Linder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia hookeriana (Mast.) Moline & H.P.Linder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia hutchinsonii Pillans Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia intermedia (Steud.) Pillans Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia juncea L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia macrocarpa (Kunth) Moline & H.P.Linder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia marlothii (Pillans) Moline & H.P.Linder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia microcarpa (Kunth) Moline & H.P.Linder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia mucronata (Nees) Rchb. ex Kunth Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia muirii Pillans Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia neesii Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia nuda (Rottb.) Kunth Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia persistens Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia prominens Pillans Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia racemosa (Poir.) Pers. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia recta (Mast.) Moline & H.P.Linder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia rigida Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia spathacea Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia squamosa Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia stipularis Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia stokoei Pillans Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia tectorum (L.f.) Moline & H.P.Linder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia thyrsifera (Rottb.) Pers. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia thyrsoidea (Mast.) Pillans Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia vaginulata Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Elegia verreauxii Mast. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 124 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Elegia. Of these 49 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 11 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Elegia. 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 124 species names for the genus Elegia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 49 39.5%
Synonym 75 60.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

All names

The status of the 135 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Elegia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 49 36.3%
Synonym 86 63.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 0 0%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 124 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Elegia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 49 74 0 0 123 99.2%
Medium confidence 0 1 0 0 1 0.8%
Low confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%

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

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
WCSP 49 74 0 0 0 123 99.2%
WCSP (in review) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.8%