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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
Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Nelsonia gracilis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Nelsonia nummulariaefolia (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		TRO
Nelsonia smithii Oerst.	Accepted		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: