Nelsonia

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)

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