Celosia argentea var. cristata

Celosia argentea var. cristata

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
Variety: Celosia argentea var. cristata

Name

Celosia argentea var. cristata (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 541. (1891)

Considered as synonym of Celosia argentea by Govaerts 2019. Accepted as Celosia cristata by Hassler 2019.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Celosia cristata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 205. (1753)
    • Type locality: "Habitat in India?"
    • Lectotype (designated by Iamonico, D. & Jarvis, C.E., 2012. Lectotypification of Linnaen names in the genus Celosia L. (Amaranthaceae). Taxon 64(5): 1102.): [Cultivated material from the garden of George Clifford III: Hartekamp Garden, Holland]. Herb. Clifford - 43, Celosia 2B. BM000557864.
• Homotypic
  • Amaranthus cristatus (L.) Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 7. (1790), nom. inval.
  • Celosia argentea f. cristata (L.) Schinz, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 29. (1934)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Celosia aurea T.Moore, Flor. Mag. 1: t. 47. (1861)
  • Celosia cernua Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 19; Fl. Ind. 1. 680. (1824)
  • Celosia comosa Retz., Observ. Bot. (Retzius) fasc. 6: 26.
  • Celosia purpurea J.St.-Hil., Pl. France 1: 79. (1808)
  • Celosia pyramidalis Burm.f., Fl. Ind. (N. L. Burman) 62. (1768)
  • Lophoxera comosa Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 42. (1837)
  • Lophoxera racemosa Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 42. (1837)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
origin unknown (India?), widely cultivated in tropical regions. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 541
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 205. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Celosia argentea var. cristata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Celosia cristata. 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. 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Celosia argentea var. cristata. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 26 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Celosia argentea var. cristata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jul. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Cockscomb
Türkçe: Horozibiği
中文: 鸡冠花, 雞冠花

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