2292.000 Celosia L.

Description of the genus

Annual herb (in ours). Leaves alternate. Modified sterile flowers 0. Inflorescence a spike-like thyrse, not white-woolly. Tepals 5, free, ± glabrous or pilose near the base only. Stamens 5. Stigmas 2-3. Capsule circumscissile. Seeds flattened, black, shiny.

Worldwide: 45 species in the tropics of both New and Old Worlds.

Zambia: 8 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
argentea L.	N,W,C,E
brevispicata C.C. Towns.	W	W
chenopodiifolia Baker[DD]	W	Nw
isertii C.C. Towns.	N	Lp
richardsiae C.C. Towns.[VU]	N	N
stuhlmanniana Schinz	N	N
trigyna L.	B,N,W,C,E,S	Nw,N,E,C,Lk,S,W	Description, Image
vanderystii Schinz	B,N,W,C	Nw,N,C,W

Other sources of information about Celosia:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Celosia
Flora of Burundi: Celosia
Flora of Malawi: Celosia
Flora of Mozambique: Celosia
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Celosia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Celosia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Celosia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Celosia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Celosia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Celosia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Celosia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Celosia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Celosia
JSTOR Plant Science: Celosia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Celosia
Plants of the World Online: Celosia
Tropicos: Celosia
Wikipedia: Celosia

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Celosia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=522, retrieved 24 November 2024

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