The carpology and taxonomy of some Chinese Corispermum (Amaranthaceae s. l.) Author Sukhorukov, Alexander P. Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China; zhangml @ ibcas. ac. cn & Department of Higher Plants, Biological Faculty, Moscow Lomonosov State University, 119234, Moscow, Russia; suchor @ mail. ru Author Zhang, Mingli Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China; zhangml @ ibcas. ac. cn & Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Author Nilova, Maya V. Department of Higher Plants, Biological Faculty, Moscow Lomonosov State University, 119234, Moscow, Russia; suchor @ mail. ru text Phytotaxa 2014 2014-06-13 172 2 81 93 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.172.2.3 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.172.2.3 1179-3163 5142377 Corispermum elongatum Bunge in Maxim., Prim. Fl. Amur .: 224 (1859). Type ( lectotype , here designated by Sukhorukov & Zhang ):— RUSSIA . Amur : sandy bank of Amur river near Khungar, 11 July 1855 , Maximowicz s.n. (LE!) . Notes: —Eleven sheets that are part of the original material are preserved at LE, each bearing one plant whose features [leaves elongated (the lower ones up to 8 cm long), linear or lanceolate, inflorescence interrupted, and fruits glabrous with conspicouos wing] match the diagnosis. We here designated the specimen collected by Maximowicz in the locality Amur since it is included in the description of C. elongatum ( Bunge 1859 ) .