Nuxia is a genus of plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus in 1791.Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de. 1791. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique Botanique 1:295-296. description in LatinLamarck, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de. 1791. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique Botanique plate 71. line drawing as illustration (at lower left)Tropicos, Nuxia Comm. ex Lam. It was formerly placed in the Loganiaceae and Buddlejaceae families.
Nuxia is native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean.
Species The genus contains fifteen species.
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