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Genus: Celosia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Core Eudicots >  Order: Caryophyllales >  Family: Amaranthaceae > Subfamily: Amaranthoideae

About 45 species, found in the warmer regions of the world, with 2 species indigenous to southern Africa.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Celosia argentea 

 

Celosia nervosa

 

Celosia trigyna

 

Publications

  • Meeuse, A.D.J. 1961. Notes on the genera Celosia L. and Hermbstaedtia Reichb. (Amaranthaceae) occurring in southern Africa. Kirkia 2: 144-171.

 

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