Gomphrena nitida Rothrock (1878: 233)

Sandoval-Ortega, Manuel Higinio & Zumaya-Mendoza, Silvia, 2023, Identities of some names in Gomphrena (Amaranthaceae), Phytotaxa 626 (2), pp. 78-92 : 79

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.626.2.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10248392
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scientific name	Gomphrena nitida Rothrock (1878: 233)
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2. Gomphrena nitida Rothrock (1878: 233) View in CoL .

Lectotype (here designated):— UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Southern Arizona: Chiricahua Mountains, on rocky knolls, 1874, Rothrock 520 (US00102795! Image available at http://n 2t.net/ark:/65665/3e5f1737e-ac05-46db-884a-60524d7f17d1; isolectotypes: F-V0047608F image available at https://collections-botany.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/253772; GH00037067 ! image available at https://s3.amazonaws.com/huhwebimages/1D5A515B4E6E472/type/full/37067.jpg, YU068883 ! [two specimens on the left side of the sheet] image available at https://collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Record/ YU.068883).

Typification of the name Gomphrena nitida : —The protologue consists of a detailed description and the citation “Chirichaua Mountains, in Southern Arizona, on rocky knolls (520)”, where “520” would refer to a collection number and, therefore, the whole citation being a syntype (Art. 9.6 of ICN). Note, moreover, that at pages XIII-XV of the Introduction of volume no. 6 of Wheeler’s Report upon United States Geographical surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, it was published a “Letter of Lieutenant Wheeler to General Humphreys” in which (pag. XIII) J. T. Rothrock was mentioned as “surgeon and botanist to the Expedition of 1873-4-5 ” and collector in the “years 1871 and 1876”. The letter continues by saying that “the collections obtained during the several years, ..., have been forwarded through the Smithsonian Institution for final lodgment in the herbarium of the Agricultural Department (now with the acronym NA). However, we verified that no specimen of Gomphrena nitida collected by Rothrock is deposited at NA. Fortunately, we traced four specimens (probably duplicates) collected by Rothrock with number 520, located in the herbaria F, GH, US, and YU. All these sheets match the protologue of G. nitida . US 00102795 ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ) is here designated as a lectotype of this name since it matches the protologue, is in good condition, has mature reproductive structures, and corresponds to the current concept in Gomphrena (e.g., Clemants 2003, Zumaya-Mendoza & Sánchez-del Pino 2015). The other three specimens (F, GH, and YU) are isolectotypes.