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Genus: Celosia
Life
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> Core Eudicots
> Order: Caryophyllales > Family:
Amaranthaceae > Subfamily: Amaranthoideae
About 45 species,
native to the warmer regions of the world, with two species native to southern Africa,
one species that is naturalised, and a further two species that are cultivated
in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Celosia nervosa |
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Celosia trigyna |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Celosia cristata (Cockscomb)
Pantropical distribution. A colourful garden
plant. |
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Celosia schweinfurthiana
Native to tropical Africa. |
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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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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