Nierembergia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Solanaceae
Subfamilia: Petunioideae
Genus: Nierembergia
Species: N. andina – N. angustifolia – N. aristata – N. boliviana – N. browallioides – N. calycina – N. ericoides – N. espinosae – N. graveolens – N. hatschbachii – N. linariifolia – N. micrantha – N. pinifolia – N. pulchella – N. repens – N. rigida – N. riograndensis – N. rivularis – N. scoparia – N. spathulata – N. tandilensis – N. tucumanensis – N. veitchii
Name

Nierembergia Ruiz & Pav., , Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 2: 13. (1794)

Type species: Nierembergia repens Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. [Ruiz & Pavon] 2: 13, t. 123. (1799)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Stimenes Raf.

References

Ruiz López, H. & Pavon, J.A. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus, sive novorum generum plantrum peruvianum, et chilensium descriptiones et icones 2: 13.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Nierembergia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Nierembergia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 29 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Nierembergia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Oct. 2020.

Vernacular names
English: Cup Flowers

Nierembergia /ˌnɪərɛmˈbɜːrɡiə/,[1] common name cupflower, is a genus of plants in the nightshade family. It is named after the Spanish Jesuit and mystic Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595-1658).
Selected species

Nierembergia espinosae
Nierembergia linariifolia
Nierembergia rivularis
Nierembergia scoparia (cupflower)
Nierembergia veitchii

References

Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607