Acanthaceae

Nelsonia R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 480 (1810)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Honduras, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Daniel, T.D. & McDade, L.A. (2014). Nelsonioideae (Lamiales: Acanthaceae): revision of genera and catalog of species. Aliso 32: 1-45.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bremekamp in Reinwardtia 3: 247 (1955).
  • —F.T.A. 5: 28

Flora Zambesiaca

  • R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 480 (1810).
  • Vollesen in Proc. 13th AETFAT Congress 1: 315–325 (1994).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • DC., Prodr. 11: 65 (1847)
  • Journ. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 9: 52 (1986)
  • K.B. 33: 401 (1979)
  • Proc. XIIIth Plen. Meet. AETFAT 1: 315 (1994)
  • Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 480 (1810)
  • Reinwardtia 3: 247 (1955)
  • Willdenowia 14: 397 (1984)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0