Allmania nodiflora (L.) R.Brown ex Wight (1834: 226)

Sindhu, Arya, Iamonico, Duilio, Suresh, Veerankutty & Kumar, Venugopalan Nair Saradhamma Anil, 2022, First molecular and morphometric data for the genus Allmania (Amaranthaceae), with the description of a new species from India, Phytotaxa 559 (3), pp. 221-237 : 230

Allmania nodiflora (L.) R.Brown ex Wight (1834: 226)

≡ Celosia nodiflora Linnaeus (1753: 205) .

Lectotype (designated by Townsend 1980: 7):— SRI LANKA, Herbarium Hermann 1: 2, no. 101 (first-step); second-step lectotypification here designated (BM621894, image!, available at https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/linnaean-typification/search/detailimage. dsml?ID=197700)

Distribution, habitat, and phenology:— Tropical Asia in Borneo, China (Guangxi and Hainan provinces), NE- (Assam state) and SW- (Kerala; see Soumya 2018) India, Eastern Himalayas, Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Islands), Java, Laos, Malay Peninsula, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam ( POWO 2022). Populations grow on sandy and clayey soils, on rocky beds near river valleys and sandy shores, mostly at 600–700 m of elevation. The flowering and fruiting times are both June to October.

Selected examined specimens:— CHINA. Hainan. Tai Wong Ling and vicinity, Tung Pin Tin village , 22 June 1933, Merrill 772 (P05047965) . INDIA. Andra Pradesh. Ananthapur district, Batrepally , 350 m, 14.2509°N, 78.1829°E, 9 November 2010, Raja K Swamy FAP 39684 ( JBC!) ; Kalasamudram forest , 300 m, 14.2053°N, 78.1115°E, 13 December 2014, Raja K Swamy HJCB-383 ( JBC!) ; Chittoor district, Tirumala hills, 2000 a.s.l., 13.4059° N, 79.3472°E, 25 October 2014, Sankara Rao, Arun Singh & Raja K Swamy HJCB-0094 ( JBC!) . Kerala. Palakkad district, Kaliyampara ± 110 m, 10.6140°N, 76.6908°E, 11 June 2019, Suresh, Anil Kumar & Arya 2099 (TBGT!, RO!) ; Palakkad district, Idachira 110 m, 10.5982°N 76.7247°E, 10 June 2019, Suresh, Anil Kumar & Arya 2088 ( TBGT!) ; Palakkad district, Nenmeni, near Alathur , 110 m, 10.5982° N, 76.7107°E, 16 June 2019, Suresh, Anil Kumar & Arya 2090 ( CALI!) ; Thiruvananthapuram district, Kazhakoottam 220 m, 8.5792°N, 76.8623°E, 30 August 2019, Anil Kumar & Arya 3075 ( TBGT!) ; Thiruvananthapuram, Attingal , kottiyod, 200 m, 8.7039°N, 76.8137°E, 10 September 2019, Anil Kumar & Arya 3114 ( TBGT!) ; Kollam districts, Ashramam 220 m, 220 m, 8.8929°N, 76.5949°E, 10 August 2019, Anil Kumar & Arya 3010 ( TBGT!) . Madras, Waira-Karour, Bellary , 500 m a.s.l., 24 December 1882, Chaper s.n. (P04918603) . SINGAPORE. Kampong Changi , 01 April 1950, Sinclair s.n. (P05047963) . VIETNAM. Duong-Dong, Phuquoc , 13 March 1938, Poilane 27260 (P05266660) .