Nemesia (plant)

Nemesia
Nemesia 'Sunsatia Banana' is an ornamental hybrid cultivar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Tribe: Hemimerideae[1]
Genus: Nemesia
Vent. (year?), Bot. Phan.[1]

Nemesia is a genus of annuals, perennials and sub-shrubs which are native to sandy coasts or disturbed ground[2] in South Africa. Numerous hybrids have been selected, and the annual cultivars are popular with gardeners as bedding plants.[3] In temperate regions the annual cultivars are usually treated as half-hardy bedding plants, sown from seed in heat and planted out after all danger of frost has passed.

The flowers are two-lipped, with the upper lip consisting of four lobes and the lower lip two lobes.[2]

The cultivar 'Innocence', a low-growing bushy perennial with white flowers, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

Species include:[5]

  • Nemesia acornis K.E.Steiner
  • Nemesia acuminata Benth.
  • Nemesia affinis Benth.
  • Nemesia albiflora N.E.Br.
  • Nemesia anfracta Hiern
  • Nemesia angustifolia Grant ex Range
  • Nemesia anisocarpa E.Mey. ex Benth.
  • Nemesia azurea Diels
  • Nemesia barbata (Thunb.) Benth.
  • Nemesia bicornis (L.) Pers.
  • Nemesia bodkinii Bolus
  • Nemesia brevicalcarata Schltr.
  • Nemesia caerulea Hiern
  • Nemesia calcarata E.Mey. ex Benth.
  • Nemesia cheiranthus E.Mey. ex Benth.
  • Nemesia chrysolopha Diels
  • Nemesia cynanchifolia Benth.
  • Nemesia deflexa Grant ex K.E.Steiner
  • Nemesia denticulata (Benth.) Grant ex Fourc.
  • Nemesia diffusa Benth.
  • Nemesia euryceras Schltr.
  • Nemesia fleckii Thell.
  • Nemesia floribunda Lehm.
  • Nemesia fruticans (Thunb.) Benth.
  • Nemesia glabriuscula Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
  • Nemesia glaucescens Hiern
  • Nemesia gracilis Benth.
  • Nemesia grandiflora Diels
  • Nemesia hanoverica Hiern
  • Nemesia hemiptera K.E.Steiner
  • Nemesia ionantha Diels
  • Nemesia karasbergensis L.Bolus
  • Nemesia karroensis Bond
  • Nemesia lanceolata Hiern
  • Nemesia leipoldtii Hiern
  • Nemesia ligulata E.Mey. ex Benth.
  • Nemesia lilacina N.E.Br.
  • Nemesia linearis Vent.
  • Nemesia lucida Benth.
  • Nemesia macrocarpa (Aiton) Druce
  • Nemesia macroceras Schltr.
  • Nemesia marlothii Grant ex Range
  • Nemesia maxii Hiern
  • Nemesia melissifolia Benth.
  • Nemesia micrantha Hiern
  • Nemesia pageae L.Bolus
  • Nemesia pallida Hiern
  • Nemesia parviflora Benth.
  • Nemesia petiolina Hiern
  • Nemesia picta Schltr.
  • Nemesia pinnata (L.f.) E.Mey. ex Benth.
  • Nemesia platysepala Diels
  • Nemesia psammophila Schltr.
  • Nemesia pubescens Benth.
  • Nemesia pulchella Schltr. ex Hiern
  • Nemesia rupicola Hilliard
  • Nemesia saccata E.Mey. ex Benth.
  • Nemesia silvatica Hilliard
  • Nemesia strumosa (Benth.) Benth.
  • Nemesia umbonata (Hiern) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
  • Nemesia violiflora Roessler
  • Nemesia viscosa E.Mey. ex Benth.
  • Nemesia williamsonii K.E.Steiner
  • Nemesia zimbabwensis Rendle

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "genus Nemesia Vent.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved June 2012.
  2. 1 2 RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  3. ↑ Pienaar, Kristo (2003). The South African What flower is that?. Struil. ISBN 1868724417.
  4. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Nemesia 'Innocence'". Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "African plants database". Retrieved 2008-06-09.


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