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Nelsonia (Nelsonia)

Description

Nelsonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Acanthaceae family. The genus has 4 species of herbs . It is distributed throughout tropical Africa in Madagascar , to Latin America , Australia and Southeast Asia. The genus Nelsonia is in the family Acanthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Lamiales

            • Family: Acanthaceae

              • Genus: Nelsonia