''Nierembergia'' ,
[''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607] common name cupflower, is a genus of plants in the
nightshade family
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. It is named after the Spanish Jesuit and mystic
Juan Eusebio Nieremberg
Juan Eusebio Nieremberg y Ottín (1595 – 7 April 1658) was a Spanish Jesuit and mystic.
Nieremberg was born and died in Madrid, but his parents were German. He studied the classics at the Royal Court, he studied science at Alcalá and ca ...
(1595-1658).
Selected species
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Nierembergia espinosae''
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Nierembergia linariifolia''
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Nierembergia rivularis''
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Nierembergia scoparia'' (cupflower)
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Nierembergia veitchii''
References
Petunioideae
Solanaceae genera
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