Nuxia
| Nuxia | |
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| Nuxia floribunda | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Stilbaceae |
| Genus: | Nuxia Comm. ex Lam. (1791) |
| Type species | |
| Nuxia verticillata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nuxia is a genus of plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus in 1791. It was formerly placed in the Loganiaceae and Buddlejaceae families.
Nuxia is native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean.
Species
The genus contains fifteen species.
- Nuxia allorgeorum Jovet - Madagascar
- Nuxia ambrensis Jovet - Madagascar
- Nuxia capitata Baker - Madagascar
- Nuxia congesta R.Br. ex Fresen. - Saudi Arabia, much of sub-Saharan Africa
- Nuxia coriacea Soler. - Madagascar
- Nuxia floribunda Benth. - E + S Africa from Uganda to Cape Prov
- Nuxia glomerulata (C.A.Sm.) Verd. - Gauteng, North West
- Nuxia gracilis Engl. - Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West
- Nuxia involucrata Aug.DC. - Madagascar
- Nuxia isaloensis Jovet - Madagascar
- Nuxia oppositifolia (Hochst.) Benth. - Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Madagascar, E + C + S Africa from Eritrea to KwaZulu-Natal
- Nuxia pachyphylla Baker - Madagascar
- Nuxia pseudodentata Gilg - Comoros
- Nuxia sphaerocephala Baker - Madagascar
- Nuxia verticillata Lam. - Mauritius, Réunion
References
- 1 2 3 "Nuxia Comm. ex Lam". powo.science.kew.org. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de. 1791. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique Botanique 1:295-296. description in Latin
- ↑ Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de. 1791. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique Botanique plate 71. line drawing as illustration (at lower left)
- ↑ Tropicos, Nuxia Comm. ex Lam.
- ↑ Burring, Jan-Hakon (August 2004). "Nuxia floribunda Benth". PlantZAfrica. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, SANBI. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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