Celosia virgata

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 virgata

Celosia virgata Jacq., Collectanea 2: 279. (1789), but according to Tropicos: Icones Plantarum Rariorum 2(1): t. 339. (1788)

text (p. 12) issued in Icon. Pl. Rar. fasc. 16, 1795, name validated by plate 339 with analysis in Vol. 2(1), 1788

Homotypic
- Achyranthes virgata (Jacq.) Zeyh., Verz. Saemm. Gewaech. Schwezingen 11. (1818), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Achyranthes virgata Poir., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 2. 10. 1811).
- Lestibudesia virgata (Jacq.) Sweet, Hort. Suburb. Lond. 48. (1818)
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
- Celosia virgata var. paniculata Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 5. (1935)
(+ ref. Govaerts 2019)
- Nevrolis fuscata Raf., Autik. Bot.: 150 (1840)

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Southern America
- Central America
  - El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
- Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean
- Northern South America
  - Venezuela
- Western South America
  - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Jacquin, N. v. 1788 [publ. 1789]. Collectanea ad botanicam, chemiam, et historiam naturalem spectantia, cum figuris. Vol. 2. Ex Officina Wappleriana, Vindobonae [Vienna]. 374 pp., 18 pl. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page. : 279
Jacquin, N.J. 1786–1793. Icones Plantarum Rariorum. Vol. 2, 22 pp., pl. 201–454. Vindobonae. BHL Reference page. : 12, t. 339

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Celosia virgata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 31. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Celosia virgata. 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. 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Celosia virgata. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 31 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Celosia virgata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jul. 2019.