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Nelsia
Genus of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nelsia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] It is with the Amaranthoideae subfamily.
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It is native to Angola, Botswana and Namibia.[1]
The genus name of Nelsia is in honour of Louis Nels (1855–1910), a German government official who served as acting Reichskommissar in German South West Africa in 1890–1891.[2] It was first described and published in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich Vol.56 on page 247 in 1911.[1]
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Known species
According to Kew:[1]
- Nelsia angolensis Bamps
- Nelsia quadrangula (Engl.) Schinz
- Nelsia tropidogyna C.C.Towns.
References
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