7.1. Cyphomeris gypsophiloides (Martens & Galeotti) Standley (1911: 428)

≡ Lindenia gypsophiloides Martens & Galeotti (1843: 358) ≡ Senkenbergia gypsophiloides (Martens & Galeotti) Bentham & Hook. f. (1880: 5) ≡ Boerhavia gypsophiloides (Martens & Galeotti) Coulter (1894: 354) .

Lectotype (here designated):― MEXICO. Puebla, dans les plaines á mimosées et á cactées de Tehuacán de las Granadas, August 1840, Galeotti 577 (BR0000005230372 [image!] image available at https://www.botanicalcollections.be/specimen/ BR0000005230372).

Typification of the name Lindenia gypsophiloides:― The protologue (Martens & Galeotti 1843: 358) consists of a description, a locality “dans les plaines á mimosées et á cactées de Tehuacán de las Granadas” and a collector “Coll. H. Gal. No. 577” (sintype according to Art. 9.6 of ICN). Here, the specimen deposited in BR (barcode BR0000005230372) is designated as lectotype since it is the only original material known so far.

Distribution in Mexico: ―It is reported from Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Zacatecas (Sandoval-Ortega et al. 2020, Villaseñor 2016). In Sonora it is restricted to the Chihuahua Desert biogeographic province (Fig. 4D), and has been collected in Agua Prieta municipality, in xerophytic scrub, at 1200–1300 m a.s.l.