Nelsia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] It is with the Amaranthoideae subfamily.

Nelsia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Nelsia
Schinz

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]

Known species

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According to Kew:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Nelsia Schinz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.