# Nectouxia
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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| genus = Nectouxia
| parent_authority = Kunth
| species = formosa
| authority = [Kunth](/source/Carl_Sigismund_Kunth)
|synonyms = ''Nectouxia bella'' {{small|Miers}}
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'''''Nectouxia''''' is a [monotypic genus](/source/monotypic_genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s belonging to the family [Solanaceae](/source/Solanaceae).[{{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}}] The only species is '''''Nectouxia formosa'''''.[{{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}}] It is in the ''Solanoideae'' subfamily and in Subtribe ''Salpichroinae'', which is a subtribe of ''Physaleae''.
Its native range is found in [Texas](/source/Texas), USA and Mexico.[{{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}}] The Latin [specific epithet](/source/binomial_nomenclature) of ''formosa'' is
derived from ''formosus'' meaning (well-)formed and/or beautiful.[{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}]
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.