Nelsonia (plant)

This article is about a genus of plants in Acanthaceae. For disambiguation, see Nelsonia.

Nelsonia
Nelsonia canescens
Scientific classification
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.

Species

As of February 2024, Plants of the World Online accepts three species:

• Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng.
• Nelsonia gracilis Vollesen
• Nelsonia smithii Oerst.

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 vestita Schult. = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
• Nelsonia villosa Oerst. = Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)