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Nesaea (Nesaea)

Description

Nesaea is a genus with 107 species of flowering plants belonging to the Lythraceae family. It is originally from East Africa . It was described by Philibert Commerson ex Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu and published in Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 6: 151 in the year 1823. The type species is Nesaea triflora ( Lf ) Kunth.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Myrtales

            • Family: Lythraceae

              • Genus: Nesaea