Nelsonianthus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Senecioneae |
Genus: | Nelsonianthus H.Rob. & Brettell |
Nelsonianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. [1]
It is native to southern Mexico and Guatemala. [1]
The genus name of Nelsonianthus is in honour of Edward William Nelson (1855–1934), an American naturalist and ethnologist. [2] It was first described and published in Phytologia Vol.27 on page 54 in 1973. [1]
According to Kew: [1]
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Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie was a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar.
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Radlkoferotoma is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Psacalium is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. Indianbush is a common name for Psacalium.
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Leiboldia is a genus of flowering plants belonging the family Asteraceae. It is also in the tribe Vernonieae.
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Lamourouxia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
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Saracha is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. It is in the Solanoideae subfamily.
Stefanoffia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Linnaeosicyos is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. The only species is Linnaeosicyos amara(L.) H.Schaef. & Kocyan.
Nivellea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. The only species is Nivellea nivellei.