Celosia polygonoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Celosia
Species: Celosia polygonoides

Name

Celosia polygonoides Retz., Observ. Bot. (Retzius) fasc. 2: 12. (1781)

• Type: India. [Tranquebaria]. König, J.G. #s.n. Types: C C10005376, C10005377, C10005378, LD LD1725877, M M0241346.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Lophoxera polygonoides (Retz.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 42. (1837)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019)
  • Achyranthes decumbens Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 47. (1775)
• (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Achyranthes corymbosa B.Heyne ex Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6913. (1832), nom. inval. (and later homonym of Achyranthes corymbosa L., 1753)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India, Sri Lanka References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Retzius, A.J. 1781. Observationes Botanicae: sex fasciculis comprehensae. Fasc. 2. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Siegfried Lebrecht Crusium. BHL Reference page. : 12
• Rafinesque, C.S. 1837 ["1836"]. Flora Telluriana. Pars Tertia. 100 pp. Philadelphia, H. Probasco. BHL Reference page. : 42
• Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. : 47
• Wallich, N. 1828–1849. A Numerical List of Dried Specimens of plants in the Museum of the Honl. East India Company, which have been supplied by Dr. Wallich, superintendent of the botanic garden at Calcutta. London. BHL Reference page. : no. 6913

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Celosia polygonoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 30. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Celosia polygonoides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Celosia polygonoides. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 30 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Celosia polygonoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Jul. 2019.