Nelsia

Nelsia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is with the Amaranthoideae subfamily.

It is native to Angola, Botswana and Namibia.

The genus name of Nelsia is in honour of Louis Nels (1855–1910), a German government official who served as acting Reichskommissar in German South West Africa in 1890–1891. It was first described and published in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich Vol.56 on page 247 in 1911.

Known species
According to Kew:
 * Nelsia angolensis Bamps
 * Nelsia quadrangula (Engl.) Schinz
 * Nelsia tropidogyna C.C.Towns.