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]

Neonelsonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.
  • Neonelsonia ovata J.M.Coult. & Rose

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Neonelsonia J.M.Coult. & Rose | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.[dead link]
  2. ^ a b "Neonelsonia acuminata (Benth.) J.M.Coult. & Rose | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Genus Neonelsonia J. M. Coult. & Rose". GRIN Taxonomy. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  4. ^ Downie, Stephen R.; Spalik, Krzysztof; Katz-Downie, Deborah S. & Reduron, Jean-Pierre (2010). "Major clades within Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae as inferred by phylogenetic analysis of nrDNA ITS sequences". Plant Diversity and Evolution. 128 (1): 111–136. doi:10.1127/1869-6155/2010/0128-0005. ISSN 1869-6155.
  5. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.