Celosia pulchella

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 pulchella

Celosia pulchella Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 238. (1849)

Lectotype: India. Wallich, N. #Cat. no. 6913. Lectotype: K K000217503; Isolectotype: BR BR0000005212996.

Misapplied names
- Celosia polygonoides sensu Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6913. (1832), nom. inval. (non Celosia polygonoides Retz., 1781)

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India (SW-Ghats: Nilgiris), Sri Lanka References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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. : 238
Wallich, N. 1828–1849. A Numerical List of Dried Specimens of plants in the Museum of the Honl. East India Company, which have been supplied by Dr. Wallich, superintendent of the botanic garden at Calcutta. London. BHL Reference page. : no. 6913

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Celosia pulchella 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 pulchella. 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 pulchella. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 30 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Celosia pulchella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Jul. 2019.

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