Biology:Neonelsonia

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Neonelsonia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Selineae
Genus: Neonelsonia
J.M.Coult. & Rose
Species:
N. acuminata
Binomial name
Neonelsonia acuminata
(Benth.) J.M.Coult. & Rose
Synonyms
  • Arracacia acuminata Benth.
  • J.M.Coult. & Rose Neonelsonia ovata

Neonelsonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1] It just contains one species, Neonelsonia acuminata, native to southern Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panamá, Peru and Venezuela.[2] It is part of the tribe Selineae.[3][4]

The genus name of Neonelsonia is in honour of Edward William Nelson (1855–1934), an American naturalist and ethnologist.[5] The Latin specific epithet of acuminata is derived from acuminatus meaning tapering.[6] The genus was first described and published in 1895.[1] The species was first described as Arracacia acuminata in 1845, and transferred to Neonelsonia in 1898.[2]

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