Acleisanthes longiflora A.Gray is a plant in the Nyctaginaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Acleisanthes longiflora A.Gray

Acleisanthes longiflora A.Gray

The lectotype for Acleisanthes longiflora A.Gray, originally mis - designated as holotype, is Wright 310 from Texas in 1849. Gray's protologue cited multiple collections, exsiccatum 599 combines two Wright's materials, and typification needs correction per ICN rules.

Family
Genus
Acleisanthes
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Acleisanthes longiflora A.Gray

Lectotype (designated by Smith (1976: 272) as holotype, here corrected according to Article 9.10 of the ICN): UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Texas, Valley of the Limpio; and near San Antonio, 25 August 1849, Wright 310 (Exsiccata 599) (GH 00037284 [image!], only the right - side specimen, image available at https: // s 3. amazonaws. com / huhwebimages / 70 CA 156 C 592 F 4 F 1 / type / full / 37284. jpg; isolectotype: US 00102870 [image!], only the left - side specimen, image available at http: // n 2 t. net / ark: / 65665 / 38401 b 176 - acb 1 - 4531 - 8 ff 3 - ecf 5 f 7 e 7394 f). Typification of the name Acleisanthes longiflora: In the protologue, Gray (1853) cited collections including Wright 599, Wright 1704, Riddell and Lindheimer (from Texas), and Gregg (from Northern Mexico). Exsiccatum no. 599 (barcode GH 00037284) is a combination of two of Wright’s original materials, nos. 928 and 310. Smith (1976: 272) selected the right - side specimen of GH 00037284 (corresponding to Wright 310) as the holotype. This exsiccatum matches Gray’s protologue and aligns with the current concept in Acleisanthes (as seen in Jepson Flora Project 2022, Spellenberg 2003). According to Article 9.6 of the ICN, both collections on exsiccatum no. 599 (Wright 928 and Wright 310) are syntypes. According to Article 9.10 of the ICN, the typification by Smith (1976: 272) should be corrected to a lectotype.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Nyctaginaceae Acleisanthes

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