Spigelia xochiquetzalliana Islas-Hern., Lozada-Pérez & L.O.Alvarado

, Phytotaxa 303(2): 119 (2017).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77162351-1
Publication
Phytotaxa
Collation
303(2): 119
Date of Publication
11 Apr 2017
Family as entered in IPNI
Loganiaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
L.Lozada, C.Gallardo & R. de Santiago 2588
Locality
Municipio de Acapulco de Juárez. Cerro Cebadilla
Collection Date
3 Aug 2003
Type Herbaria
holotype FCME
Latitude
16° 57' 13" N
Longitude
99° 39' 48" W
Distribution Of Types
Guerrero (Mexico Southwest, Mexico, Northern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.303.2.2 Spigelia xochiquetzalliana (zo-chi-ket-za-lee-ana) refers to Xochiquétzalli or Xochiquétzal, the Nahuatl goddess mother of flowers, according to the Telleriano-Remensis and Florentine Codices, which are the manuscripts that explain history, religion, beliefs, practices, and deities from the indigenous Mexicans