Amaranthaceae
Celosia

Celosia schweinfurthiana Schinz

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 17 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Tropical Africa. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1988). Flora Zambesiaca 9(1): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Townsend, C.C. (1985). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Amaranthaceae: 1-136.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 132 (1974).
  • C.C. Townsend in Hook, Ic. Pl. 38(2): 17, t. 3727 (1975).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 56 (1953).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 118 (1950).
  • Gilg in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 172 (1895).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 2: 18 (1951).
  • J. G. Baker & C. B. Clarke in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 22 (1909).
  • Peter, Flora von Deutsch-Ostafrika 2: 209 (1932).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 128 (1948).
  • Schinz in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 21: 178 (1895).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Laizer, G. [1576] Tanzania K000545413 No
Jun 1, 2008 Festo, L.; Luke, Q. [2501] Kenya K000438611 No
Jul 1, 2007 Luke et al. [10393] Tanzania K000449321 No
Welch, J.R. [445] Tanzania K005475041 Yes
Welch, J.R. [289] Tanzania K005475042 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [972A] Tanzania K005475009 Yes
s.coll. [106] Tanzania K005475035 Yes
[Illigeble] [1674] Tanzania K005475062 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Wingfield, R. [945] Tanzania K005475037 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [2565] Tanzania K005475044 Yes
Bruce, E.M. (Miss) [430] Tanzania K005475040 Yes
Tanner, R. [3003] Tanzania K005475013 Yes
Mtali [11] Tanzania K005475021 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [4171] Tanzania K005475016 Yes
Jannerup; Mhoro [0273] Tanzania K005475036 Yes
Newman, J.L. [128] Tanzania K005475030 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Maunder, M.; Luke, P.A. [16489] South Sudan K001769903 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S.; Bayona, W. [17886] Tanzania K001639090 Yes
s.coll. [2747] Tanzania K005475066 Yes
Luke, Q.; Bytebier, B.; Butynski, T.; Ehart, C.; Perkins, A.; Kimaro, G. [6595] Tanzania K005475058 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1291] Tanzania K005475054 Yes
Musk, H. [74] Tanzania K005475053 Yes
Archbold, N.E. [624] Tanzania K005475015 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [1827] Tanzania K005475049 Yes
Hornby (Mrs.) [49] Tanzania K005475032 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Mwangoka, M.; Festo, L. [11304] Tanzania K005475057 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [3578] Tanzania K005475028 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1953] Tanzania K005475043 Yes
Pócs; Munyenyembe; Lyaruu [88188/L] Tanzania K005475048 Yes
B. Mhoro [UMBCP234] Tanzania K005475051 Yes
Archbold, N.E. [445] Tanzania K005475027 Yes
Harris, B.J. [BJH2755] Tanzania K005475034 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [1526] Tanzania K005475019 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [1838] Tanzania K005475011 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Mwangulango, R.; Butynski, T.; Ehardt, C.; Kingdon, J.; Kimaro, G. [7723] Tanzania K005475060 Yes
Batty, M. [700] Tanzania K005475038 Yes
Wallace, G.B. [524] Tanzania K005475052 Yes
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [5146] Tanzania K005475046 Yes
Shabani [941] Tanzania K005475025 Yes
Hannington, J. [s.n.] K005475033 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Mwangoka, M.; Festo, L. [11304] Tanzania K005475056 Yes
Price, D.; B. Mhoro [WK233] Tanzania K005475061 Yes
Luke, Q.; Bytebier, B.; Butynski, T.; Ehart, C.; Perkins, A.; Kimaro, G. [6582] Tanzania K005475059 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [1599] Tanzania K005475017 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [1607] Tanzania K005475018 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [3356] Tanzania K005475045 Yes
Mwasumbi, L.B.; Munyenyembe, P. [13825] Tanzania K005475047 Yes
Borhidi, A.; Iversen, S.T.; Ruffo, C.K.; Steiner, M.; Temu, R.P.C. [86314] Tanzania K005475008 Yes
B. Mhoro [324] Tanzania K005475063 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [3881] Tanzania K005475014 Yes
Ward, E.T. [[U9]] K005475064 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2190] Tanzania K005475010 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [4278] Tanzania K005475029 Yes
[Stuhlmann] [6799] Tanzania K005475055 Yes
Shabani, S. [358] Tanzania K005475024 Yes
Leippert [6290] Tanzania K005475031 Yes
Charles, F. [2] Tanzania K005475026 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [4824] Tanzania K005475020 Yes
Mshana, H. [122] Tanzania K005475023 Yes
Cole, M. [[71]] Tanzania K005475039 Yes
Tanner, R. [2074] Tanzania K005475012 Yes
B. Mhoro [UMBCP27] Tanzania K005475050 Yes
Clarke, G.P. [3119] Tanzania K005475065 Yes
Mshana, H. [143] Tanzania K005475022 Yes

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