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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	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nelsonia gracilis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nelsonia rotundifolia R.Br.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nelsonia smithii Oerst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Nelsonia vestita Schult.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 32 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Nelsonia. Of these 3 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 4 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 32 species names for the genus Nelsonia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	3	9.4%
◕	Synonym	23	71.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	18.8%

All names

The status of the 36 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Nelsonia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	3	8.3%
◕	Synonym	27	75.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	16.7%

The confidence with which the status of the 32 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	1	0	0	1	3.1%
	Medium confidence	3	22	0	0	25	78.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	6	6	18.8%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Nelsonia is as follows: