Celosia trigyna

Celosia trigyna

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 trigyna

Name

Celosia trigyna L., Mant. Pl. Altera 212. (1771)

• Type: Senegal. LINN

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Lestibudesia trigyna (L.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 414. (1810)
  • Lestibudesia trigyna (L.) Sweet, Hort. Suburb. Lond. 48. (1818), isonym
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Celosia acroprosoides Hochst. ex Oliv., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 140. (1875)
  • Celosia adoensis Hochst.} ex Ferret & Galinier, Voy. Abyss. 3: 157. (1848), et ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 211. (1850)
  • Celosia digyna Suess., Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 8. (1951)
  • Celosia laxa Schumach. & Thonn., in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 141. (1827)
  • Celosia melanocarpos Poir., in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 318. (1816)
  • Celosia minutiflora Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 277. (1897)
  • Celosia semperflorens Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 277. (1897)
  • Celosia triloba E.Mey. ex Meisn., London J. Bot. 2: 448. (1843)
  • Oplotheca decumbens Mart., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13: 297. (1826)
• (+ ref. Govaerts 2019)
  • Achyranthes paniculata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 48. (1775)
  • Celosia caudata Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 21. (1790)
  • Lophoxera caudata (Vahl) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 42. (1837)
• (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Celosia amaranthoides Medik., Malv. 92.
  • Celosia trigyna var. adoensis Moq., in DC Prodr. 13(2): 241. (1849)
  • Celosia trigyna var brevifilamentosa Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staats. München 1: 75. (1951)
  • Celosia trigyna var convexa Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staats. München 1: 75. (1951)
  • Celosia trigyna var. fasciculiflora Moq., in DC Prodr. 13(2): 241. (1849)
  • Celosia trigyna var. longistyla Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staats. München 1: 75. (1951)
  • Celosia trigyna var. pauciflora Moq.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa Macaronesia Cape Verde West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Rwanda, Zaïre Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum Altera. Generum Editionis VI et Specierum Editionis II. Holmiae [Stockholm]. pp. [6] + 143­–587, Appendix. BHL Reference page. : 212
• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 414

Additional references

• Townsend, C.C. 1985. Amaranthaceae. In Polhill, R.M. (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. 136 pp. A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam, Boston. ISBN 90-6191-313-6 Reference page. : 12–13

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Celosia trigyna 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 trigyna. 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 trigyna. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 30 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Celosia trigyna. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Jul. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Celosia trigyna in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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