Nivellea

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| genus = Nivellea

| parent_authority = B.H.Wilcox, K.Bremer & Humphries

| species = nivellei

| authority = (Braun-Blanq. & Maire) B.H.Wilcox, K.Bremer & Humphries

| synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=975142-1 |title=Nivellea nivellei (Braun-Blanq. & Maire) B.H.Wilcox, K.Bremer & Humphries |access-date=4 November 2021}}

| synonyms = Chrysanthemum nivellei {{small|Braun-Blanq. & Maire}}

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Nivellea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. The only species is Nivellea nivellei.{{cite web |title=Nivellea B.H.Wilcox, K.Bremer & Humphries {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:975141-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}

It is native to Morocco.

The genus name of Nivellea is in honour of Robert Nivelle (1856–1924), a French artillery general officer who served in the Boxer Rebellion, and the First World War.{{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 nivellei also refers to Robert Nivelle.

Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. (London), Bot. Vol.23 on page 140 in 1993.