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, 2^nd 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