Synonyms

• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Amaranthus huttoni Hort. Veitch., Gard. Chron. 215. (1872)
  • Amaranthus pyramidalis Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 7. (1790), nom. inval.
  • Celosia argentea var. mumbaiana M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 210. (2003), nom. inval.
  • Celosia cernua Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 19; Fl. Ind. i. 680. (1814)
  • Celosia coccinea L.Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 297. (1762)
  • Celosia cordata Raf., Autik. Bot. 151. (1840).
  • Celosia debilis S.Moore, J. Bot. 54: 291. (1916)
  • Celosia huttoni Mast., Gard. Chron. 215. (1872)
  • Celosia japonica Houtt., Nat. Hist. II. vii. Aanwyz. Plaat. [2], t. 43, fig. 1. (1777); Christm. Pflanzensyst. v. Verzeichn. Kupfertaf. [2], t. 43, fig. 1. (1779); fide Merrillin Journ. Arn. Arb. 1938, xix. 337, nom. inval.in syn.
  • Celosia linearis Sweet ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 4(12): 714. (1885)
  • Celosia marylandica Retz., Observ. Bot. (Retzius) fasc. 3: 27.
  • Celosia pallida Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 145. (1796)
  • Celosia plumosa hort., Dict. Hort. [Bois] 1: 270. (1893-1899)
  • Celosia stricta Hornem., Hort. Hafn. Suppl. 28. (1815)
  • Celosia swinhoei Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 318. (1891)
  • Celosia variegata hort., Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 864 (1895), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Chamissoa stricta (Hornem.) Schouw , Forteg. Kjöb. Bot. Hav. Pl. 123. (1847)

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum, Tomus I: 205.

Additional references

• Townsend, C.C. 1974. Amaranthaceae. In: Flora of Pakistan Vol. 71. 49 pp. eFloras 2008 Reference page. : Celosia argentea.

• eFloras 2008. Celosia argentea in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Celosia argentea 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. 24.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Celosia argentea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov 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. 24.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Celosia argentea. Published online. Accessed Jul. 24 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Celosia argentea . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 24.