{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | genus = Nectouxia | parent_authority = Kunth | species = formosa | authority = Kunth |synonyms = ''Nectouxia bella'' {{small|Miers}} }} '''''Nectouxia''''' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Nectouxia'' Kunth {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:38455-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The only species is '''''Nectouxia formosa'''''.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Nectouxia formosa'' Kunth {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:816821-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=31 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> It is in the ''Solanoideae'' subfamily and in Subtribe ''Salpichroinae'', which is a subtribe of ''Physaleae''.
Its native range is found in Texas, USA and Mexico.<ref name="POWO" />
The genus name of ''Nectouxia'' is in honour of Hippolyte Nectoux (1759–1836), a French botanist, botanical garden director in Santo Domingo. He was also head gardener in Fontainebleau and founded a botanical garden in Rome.<ref>{{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 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> The Latin specific epithet of ''formosa'' is derived from ''formosus'' meaning (well-)formed and/or beautiful.<ref>{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}</ref> Both the genus and species were first described and published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. Vol.3 on page 10 in 1818.<ref name="POWO"/>
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Category:Solanaceae Category:Monotypic Solanaceae genera Category:Plants described in 1818 Category:Flora of Texas Category:Flora of Mexico