Nelsonia canescens

Nelsonia canescens

Nelsonia canescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Nelsonioideae
Genus: Nelsonia
Species: Nelsonia canescens

Name

Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng. Syst. veg. 42 ; 1 (1824)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Justicia canescens Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 41 (1791)
  • Nelsonia brunelloides var. canescens (Lam.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 493 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Acanthodium spicatum Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 67 (1847), nom. illeg.
  • Dianthera celebica Rolfe in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1896: 164 (1896)
  • Dianthera tomentosa Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 395 (1884)
  • Justicia ajugoides Buch.-Ham. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 66 (1847)
  • Justicia bengalensis Spreng. in Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 1: 82 (1824), nom. superfl.
  • Justicia lamiifolia J.Koenig ex Roxb. in Fl. Ind. 1: 135 (1820)
  • Justicia nummulariifolia Vahl in Enum. Pl. 1: 122 (1804)
  • Justicia origanoides Vahl in Enum. Pl. 1: 122 (1804)
  • Justicia pentasticha Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 2370 (1830)
  • Justicia pusilla Pohl ex Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 9: 15 (1847), pro syn.
  • Justicia tomentosa Roxb. in Fl. Ind. 1: 132 (1820), nom. illeg.
  • Nelsonia albicans Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 234 (1818)
  • Nelsonia campestris R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 481 (1810)
  • Nelsonia campestris var. vestita (Schult.) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 395 (1884)
  • Nelsonia canescens var. vestita (Schult.) E.Hossain in Willdenowia 14: 403 (1984 publ. 1985)
  • Nelsonia lamiifolia (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) R.Br. ex Spreng. in Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 3: 84 (1822)
  • Nelsonia nummulariifolia (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 1: 173 (1817)
  • Nelsonia origanoides (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 1: 173 (1817)
  • Nelsonia pohlii Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 9: 15 (1847)
  • Nelsonia rotundifolia R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 481 (1810)
  • Nelsonia senegalensis Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 119 (1855)
  • Nelsonia tomentosa A.Dietr. in Sp. Pl. ed. 6. 1: 419 (1831), nom. superfl.
  • Nelsonia vestita Schult. in Mant. 1: 145 (1822)
  • Nelsonia villosa Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 118 (1855)
  • Rhaphidospora vestita G.Don in R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 559 (1839)
  • Rostellularia bonthainensis Bremek. in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 71 (1948)
  • Ruellia diffusa Vell. in Fl. Flumin.: 266 (1829)
  • Ruellia eriostachya Bojer ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 67 (1847), not validly publ.
  • Strophacanthus bonthainensis Bremek. in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 45 (1948)
  • Zahlbrucknera repens Pohl ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 66 (1847), pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Mauritania, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), D.R. Congo (Zaire), Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome, Principe Isl., Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia Continental: Asia peninsular Malaysia (Perlis, Kedah, Penang Isl., Pahan), Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha de Sao Tiago), Andamans (Middle Andamans, South Andamans), Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Yangon), Bhutan, Darjeeling, India (throughout), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Nepal Continental: Australasia New Guinea (Papua New Guinea), Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sprengel, C. 1824 ('1825'). Caroli Linnaei, ... Systema vegetabilium. Ed. 16. Vol. I: Classis 1–5. 992 pp. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae [Göttingen]. BHL Reference page. : 1: 42.

Additional references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page.  481.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Nelsonia canescens. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Nelsonia canescens. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 26 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Nelsonia canescens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Nelsonia canescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jan. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: blue pussyleaf
മലയാളം:  നീല പൂച്ചയില
中文:  瘤子草

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