Celosia argentea

Celosia argentea

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 argentea

Varietates: C. a. var. argentea – C. a. var. cristata – C. a. var. margaritacea

Name

Celosia argentea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 205. (1753)

• Type locality: "Habitat in America".
• Lectotype (designated by Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 5. 1974.): LINN LINN. 288.1.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Amaranthus huttoni Hort. Veitch., Gard. Chron. 215. (1872)
  • Amaranthus pyramidalis Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 7. (1790), nom. inval.
  • Celosia argentea var. mumbaiana M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 210. (2003), nom. inval.
  • Celosia cernua Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 19; Fl. Ind. i. 680. (1814)
  • Celosia coccinea L.Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 297. (1762)
  • Celosia cordata Raf., Autik. Bot. 151. (1840).
  • Celosia debilis S.Moore, J. Bot. 54: 291. (1916)
  • Celosia huttoni Mast., Gard. Chron. 215. (1872)
  • Celosia japonica Houtt., Nat. Hist. II. vii. Aanwyz. Plaat. [2], t. 43, fig. 1. (1777); Christm. Pflanzensyst. v. Verzeichn. Kupfertaf. [2], t. 43, fig. 1. (1779); fide Merrillin Journ. Arn. Arb. 1938, xix. 337, nom. inval.in syn.
  • Celosia linearis Sweet ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 4(12): 714. (1885)
  • Celosia marylandica Retz., Observ. Bot. (Retzius) fasc. 3: 27.
  • Celosia pallida Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 145. (1796)
  • Celosia plumosa hort., Dict. Hort. [Bois] 1: 270. (1893-1899)
  • Celosia stricta Hornem., Hort. Hafn. Suppl. 28. (1815)
  • Celosia swinhoei Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 318. (1891)
  • Celosia variegata hort., Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 864 (1895), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Chamissoa stricta (Hornem.) Schouw , Forteg. Kjöb. Bot. Hav. Pl. 123. (1847)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Pantropical, perhaps originally native to India References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 205. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Townsend, C.C. 1974. Amaranthaceae. In: Ali, S.I. (ed.) Flora of West Pakistan. Vol. 71. 49 pp. Stewart Herbarium, Gordon College (u.a.), Rawalpindi. eFloras Reference page. : Celosia argentea.
• eFloras 2008. Celosia argentea in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Celosia argentea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Celosia argentea. 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. 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Celosia argentea. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 24 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Celosia argentea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jul. 2019.

Vernacular names

català: Vellutet
Deutsch: Silber-Brandschopf, Hahnenkamm
English: Silver Cockscomb
español: Albahaca plateada, Cresta De Gallo
suomi: Kukonharja
한국어: 개맨드라미
polski: Celozja Srebrzysta, Grzebionatka Właściwa, Celozja Grzebieniasta, Koguci Grzebień
svenska: Plymört
தமிழ்: பண்ணைக்கீரை
中文: 青葙

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