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Issue: Vol. 687 No. 1: 13 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-13
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.687.1.2
Page range: 9-14
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An overlooked new species of Gomphrena (Amaranthaceae) endemic to Mexico

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510 Ciudad de México, México
Universidad de Sonora, DICTUS, Herbario USON Niños Héroes, entre Rosales y Pino Suárez, Col. Centro, 83000 Hermosillo, Sonora, México
Caryophyllales Gomphrenoideae Flora of Guerrero Flora of Michoacán Eudicots

Abstract

Gomphrena medinae (Amaranthaceae), a new species from the states of Guerrero and Michoacán (Mexico), is described and illustrated. G. medinae is similar to G. pringlei, but it can be distinguished by the oblanceolate-spathulate to lanceolate leaves arranged towards the base, long-pedunculated inflorescences, involucral leaves shorter than the inflorescence, bracts shorter than the bractlets, and crest of the bractlets less than 1 mm wide.

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How to Cite

Zumaya-Mendoza, S. & Sandoval-Ortega, M.H. (2025) An overlooked new species of Gomphrena (Amaranthaceae) endemic to Mexico. Phytotaxa 687 (1): 9–14. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.687.1.2