''Nierembergia'' ,''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607 common name cupflower, is a genus of plants in the

nightshade Solanaceae (), commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales. It contains approximately 2,700 species, several of which are used as agricultural crops, medicinal plants, and ornamental plants. Many me ...

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

. It is named after the Spanish Jesuit and mystic

Juan Eusebio Nieremberg Juan Eusebio Nieremberg y Ottín (9 September de 1595 – 7 April 1658) was a Spanish Jesuit, polymath and mystic. Biography Nieremberg was born in Madrid to German parents. His father was a Tyrolese, and his mother a Bavarian. He studie ...

(1595-1658).

Selected species

Accepted species include:

References

Petunioideae Solanaceae genera Taxa named by José Antonio Pavón Jiménez Taxa named by Hipólito Ruiz López {{Solanales-stub