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Nelsonia

The genus Nelsonia is in the family Acanthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Nelsonia

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Nelsonia gracilis Vollesen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Nelsonia nummulariaefolia (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Accepted M TRO
Nelsonia smithii Oerst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 17 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Nelsonia. Of these 4 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Nelsonia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 17 species names for the genus Nelsonia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 4 23.5%
Synonym 11 64.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 11.8%

All names

The status of the 20 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Nelsonia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 4 20.0%
Synonym 14 70.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 10.0%

The confidence with which the status of the 17 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Nelsonia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 4 11 0 0 15 88.2%
Low confidence 0 0 0 2 2 11.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Nelsonia, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 10 0 1 0 12 70.6%
WCSP (in review) 3 1 0 1 0 5 29.4%