Neonelsonia

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|genus = Neonelsonia

|parent_authority = J.M.Coult. & Rose

|species = acuminata

|authority = (Benth.) J.M.Coult. & Rose

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|Arracacia acuminata |Benth.

|Neonelsonia ovata |J.M.Coult. & Rose }}

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Neonelsonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.{{cite web |title=Neonelsonia J.M.Coult. & Rose {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames:3A295261-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=24 May 2021 |language=en}}{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} It just contains one species, Neonelsonia acuminata, native to southern Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panamá, Peru and Venezuela.{{cite web |title=Neonelsonia acuminata (Benth.) J.M.Coult. & Rose {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:168905-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=3 November 2021 |language=en}} It is part of the tribe Selineae.{{cite web |title=Genus Neonelsonia J. M. Coult. & Rose |work=GRIN Taxonomy |publisher=National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland |url=http://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=8125 |access-date=2022-12-12}}{{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233583699|last1=Downie|first1=Stephen R.|last2=Spalik|first2=Krzysztof|last3=Katz-Downie|first3=Deborah S.|last4=Reduron|first4=Jean-Pierre|title=Major clades within Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae as inferred by phylogenetic analysis of nrDNA ITS sequences|journal=Plant Diversity and Evolution|volume=128|issue=1|year=2010|pages=111–136|issn=1869-6155|doi=10.1127/1869-6155/2010/0128-0005|name-list-style=amp}}

The genus name of Neonelsonia is in honour of Edward William Nelson (1855–1934), an American naturalist and ethnologist.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}} The Latin specific epithet of acuminata is derived from acuminatus meaning tapering.{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}

The genus was first described and published in 1895. The species was first described as Arracacia acuminata in 1845, and transferred to Neonelsonia in 1898.