Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Achyranthes polystachia Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 48. (1775)
    • Type: Aegypt.-Arabica. Forsskal #s.n. Type: BM000950556.

• Heterotypic
  • Celosia populifolia Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 239. (1849)
    • Lectotype: Ethiopia; Abyssinia, In valle Aguar provinciae Modat. 1839-04-04, Schimper W.G. #1038. Lectotype: ETH000000019. Isolectotypes: BR0000008357182, GH00961337, HOH009247, LG0000090024818, M0107386, MPU007233, P00799290, S07-12062, TUB000315, TUB000316, TUB000317.
  • Chamissoa populifolia Hochst. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 239. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Celosia populifolia var. pluriovulata Suess., Kew Bull. 4: 476. ("1949" 1950)

Primary references

• Townsend, C.C. 1975. The genus Celosia (subgenus Celosia) in tropical Africa. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 38(2). 123 pp. Reference page. : 23

• Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. : 48

• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 239

• Suessenguth, K. 1949 (publ. 1950). Some New or Noteworthy Amaranthaceae from East Africa. Kew Bulletin 4(4): 475–480. JSTOR Reference page. : 476

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Celosia polystachya 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. 26.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Celosia polystachya. 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. 26.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Celosia polystachia. Published online. Accessed Jul. 26 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Celosia polystachia . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 26.