Biology:Nelsonia (plant)
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Nelsonia | |
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| Nelsonia canescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nelsonioideae |
| Genus: | Nelsonia R.Br. (1810) |
Nelsonia is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. They can be found in tropical: Africa (including Madagascar), Latin America, south-east Asia and Australia.[1]
Species
The Plant List[2] currently (November 2017) lists the following species:
- Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng.
- Nelsonia gracilis Vollesen
- Nelsonia rotundifolia R.Br. (Unresolved)
- Nelsonia smithii Oerst.
- Nelsonia vestita Schult. (Unresolved)
Synonyms and obsolete taxa
The Plant List (9 October 2012) listed the following species names:
- Nelsonia albicans Kunth = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
- Nelsonia brunelloides (Lam.) Kuntze = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
- Nelsonia campestris R.Br. = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
- Nelsonia campestris var. vestita (Roem. & Schult.) C.B. Clarke = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
- Nelsonia canescens var. smithii (Oerst.) E.Hossain = Nelsonia smithii Oerst. (1854)
- Nelsonia canescens var. vestita (Roem. & Schult.) E. Hossain = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
- Nelsonia hirsuta (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
- Nelsonia lamiifolia (Roxb.) Spreng. = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
- Nelsonia origanoides (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
- Nelsonia pohlii Nees = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
- Nelsonia rotundifolia R. Br. = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
- Nelsonia senegalensis Oerst. = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
- Nelsonia tomentosa A. Dietr. = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
- Nelsonia villosa Oerst. = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
References
- ↑ Genus Details Nelsonia R.Br., Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (retrieved 16 February 2011)
- ↑ The Plant List: Nelsonia (retrieved 22 November 2017)
Wikidata ☰ Q2714357 entry
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