Celosia schweinfurthiana

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 schweinfurthiana

Name

Celosia schweinfurthiana Schinz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21(1-2): 178. (1895)

• Lectotype: Zaire: Im Lande der Niamniam. Am Naporrupórra. Wildnis im NO vom Mbruole. 1870-03-01, Schweinfurth, G.A. #3062. Isolectotypes: K, M0053072.

• 8 Syntypes [1]:
  • Tanzania: Bukoba. 1890 - 1892, Stuhlmann, F.L. #1616. Isosyntype: M0241350.
  • Tanzania: Bukoba. 1892-02-18, Stuhlmann, F.L. #3271. Isosyntype: M0241351.
  • Tanzania: Bukoba. 1892-04-07, Stuhlmann, F.L. #3877. Isosyntype: M0241352.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Celosia oblongocarpa Schinz, Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 418. (1896)
    • Type: Tanzania: Mpwapwa. Stuhlmann #251. Holotype: Z.
• (ref. Hassler 2019, Townsend 1985)
  • Celosia intermedia Hochst., Bot. Zeit. 14: 598. (1856), nom. inval.
  • Celosia macrocarpa Volkens ex Lopr., in Engl. Jahrb. 30: 6. (1901), nom. illeg.
    • Based on a monstrosity: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro. Volkens #2244, in Z.
  • Celosia schweinfurthiana var. sansibarensis Schinz, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 9. (1903)
    • Lectotype: Tanzania: Dar es Salaam. Hildebrandt #1247. Isolectotype: K.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Rwanda, Zaïre Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schinz, H. 1895. Amarantaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 21: 178–191. BHL Reference page. : 178

Additional references

• Townsend, C.C. 1985. Amaranthaceae. In Polhill, R.M. (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. 136 pp. A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam, Boston. ISBN 90-6191-313-6 Reference page. : 11

Links

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