Nelsonia (Acanthaceae)

Nelsonia canescens, India.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Nelsonioideae
Genus: Nelsonia
Species: N. canescens – N. gracilis – N. smithii

Source(s) of checklist:
Hassler, M. 2018. Nelsonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 26. Reference page.

Nelsonia R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 480. (1810)

Type species: Nelsonia campestris R.Br. (= synonym of Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng.)
- Lectotype designated by Bremekamp, ING card 00749 (1955).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World
- Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
- Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Honduras, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico

Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. 480

Daniel, T.D. & McDade, L.A. (2014). Nelsonioideae (Lamiales: Acanthaceae): revision of genera and catalog of species. Aliso 32: 1-45.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Nelsonia (Acanthaceae).
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Nelsonia. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 26 2018. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Nelsonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jan. 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Nelsonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jan. 26. Reference page.

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