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Typification of the name Celosia nitida (Amaranthaceae) and first record for the State of Sonora, Mexico Cover

Typification of the name Celosia nitida (Amaranthaceae) and first record for the State of Sonora, Mexico

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|Jun 2026

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Figure 1:

Specimen of Celosia nitida collected in the Tepache municipality, Sonora, deposited at USON (barcode USON32388).

Figure 2:

Details of Celosia nitida structures. A = flowers with reddish tepals. B = open flower with ovary and stamens. C = bract and bracteoles. D = flower with mature pyxidium. E = mature pyxidium.

Figure 3:

Distribution map of Celosia nitida Vahl in México.

Figure 4:

Plate 91 from Sloane (1707). Left: Illustration of “Blitum album majus scandens ’’. Right: Illustration of “Amaranthus fruticosus erectus, spica viridi laxa et strigosa’’.

Figure 5:

Epitype of Celosia nitida Vahl, designated here, BM000588968.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3986/hacq-2025-0011 | Journal eISSN: 1854-9829 | Journal ISSN: 1581-4661
Language: English, Slovenian
Page range: 151 - 157
Submitted on: Oct 2, 2024
Accepted on: Nov 4, 2024
Published on: Jun 3, 2026
Published by: Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Manuel Higinio Sandoval Ortega, Silvia Zumaya Mendoza, published by Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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