Nelsia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Nelsia

Species: N. angolensis – N. quadrangula – N. tropidogyna

Name

Nelsia Schinz, Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich lvi. 247 (1911).

• Type: Nelsia quadrangula (Engl.) Schinz

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa South Tropical Africa Angola Southern Africa Botswana, Namibia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schinz, H. 1911. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Flora XXIV. (Thellung, A. & Schinz, H.) Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 56: 229–268. BHL Reference page. : 247

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Nelsia. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Nelsia. Published online. Accessed Feb. 06 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Nelsia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 13. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Nelsia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 06.

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