''Nelsia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s belonging to the family
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...
.
It is with the
Amaranthoideae subfamily.
It is native to Angola, Botswana and Namibia.
The genus name of ''Nelsia'' is in honour of
Louis Nels (1855–1910), a German government official who served as acting
Reichskommissar
(, rendered as "Commissioner of the Empire", "Reich Commissioner" or "Imperial Commissioner"), in German history, was an official gubernatorial title used for various public offices during the period of the German Empire and Nazi Germany.
Germa ...
in
German South West Africa in 1890–1891.
It was first described and published in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich Vol.56 on page 247 in 1911.
Known species
Acccording to Kew:
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Nelsia angolensis''
*''
Nelsia quadrangula''
*''
Nelsia tropidogyna''
References
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Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae genera
Plants described in 1911
Flora of Angola
Flora of Botswana
Flora of Namibia