Celosia spicata

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Celosia
Species: Celosia spicata

Varietates: C. s. var. holostachya – C. s. var. spicata
Name

Celosia spicata (Thouars) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 815. (1824)

Type: Madagascar. Du Petit-Thouars L.M.A.. Holotype: P P00086373; Isotype: P00086374.

Accepted by Hassler 2019. Considered as synonym of Deeringia spicata by Govaerts 2019.
Synonyms

Basionym
Lestibudesia spicata Thouars, Hist. Veg. Iles Austr. Afr. t. 16. (1806)
Homotypic
Deeringia spicata (Thouars) Schinz, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 27. (1934)
Lagrezia spicata (Thouars) Schinz, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 35. (1934)
Heterotypic
Celosia baronii Cavaco, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 24: 577. (1953)
Deeringia holostachya Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 342. (1890)
Type: Madagascar. Baron R. #5857. Isotype: P00086372.

Homonyms

Celosia spicata André ex Moq., DC. Prod. 13(2): 143. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
Western Indian Ocxean
Aldabra, Madagascar

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Sprengel, C. 1824 ('1825'). Caroli Linnaei, ... Systema vegetabilium. Ed. 16. Vol. I: Classis 1–5. 992 pp. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae [Göttingen]. BHL Reference page. : 815
du Petit-Thouars, A. 1805–1806. Histoire des Végétaux Recueillis dans les Isles Australes d'Afrique. Partie 1. Paris: Levrault, Schoell. Gallica Reference page. : t. 16, 53

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Celosia spicata in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Celosia spicata. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Celosia spicata. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 30 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Celosia spicata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 30.