Celosia polystachia

Taxonavigation

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

Celosia polystachia (Forssk.) C.C.Towns., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 38(2): 23. (1975)

Basionym
- Achyranthes polystachia Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 48. (1775)
  - Type: Aegypt.-Arabica. Forsskal #s.n. Type: BM000950556.
Heterotypic
- Celosia populifolia Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 239. (1849)
  - Lectotype: Ethiopia; Abyssinia, In valle Aguar provinciae Modat. 1839-04-04, Schimper W.G. #1038. Lectotype: ETH000000019. Isolectotypes: BR0000008357182, GH00961337, HOH009247, LG0000090024818, M0107386, MPU007233, P00799290, S07-12062, TUB000315, TUB000316, TUB000317.
- Chamissoa populifolia Hochst. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 239. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
- Celosia populifolia var. pluriovulata Suess., Kew Bull. 4: 476. ("1949" 1950)

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan East Tropical Africa Kenya Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Townsend, C.C. 1975. The genus Celosia (subgenus Celosia) in tropical Africa. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 38(2). 123 pp. Reference page. : 23
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. : 48
Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 239
Suessenguth, K. 1949 (publ. 1950). Some New or Noteworthy Amaranthaceae from East Africa. Kew Bulletin 4(4): 475–480. JSTOR Reference page. : 476

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International Plant Names Index. 2019. Celosia polystachia. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 26 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Celosia polystachia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jul. 2019.