Amaranthaceae
Celosia

Celosia trigyna L.

First published in Mant. Pl. 2: 212 (1771)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Florida

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Berhaut, J. (1971). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 1: 1-626. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 2: 1-429. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1988). Flora Zambesiaca 9(1): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Townsend, C.C. (1985). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Amaranthaceae: 1-136.
  • Velayos, M., Barberá, P., Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Fero, M. & Aedo, C. (2014). Checklist of the vascular plants of Annobón (Equatorial Guinea). Phytotaxa 171: 1-78.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 527.
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 19

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by C. C. Townsend [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

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) 27, t. 3729 (1975).
  • Cavaco in Mém. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris, sér. B, 13: 44 (1962).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 56 (1953).
  • E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda p. 102 (1962).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 117 (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: 17 (1951).
  • J. G. Baker & C. B. Clarke in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 19 (1909).
  • L., Mant. Pl. Alt.: 212 (1771).
  • Peter, Flora von Deutsch-Ostafrika 2: 208 (1932).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 126 (1948).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2008 Festo, L.; Luke, Q. [2397] Kenya K000438609 No
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1553] Cameroon K000051098 No
Mar 6, 2001 van der Zon, A.P.M. [549] Benin K001562502 Yes
May 1, 1979 Lowe J. [3811] Cameroon K000025533 No
Jan 1, 1952 Baldwin, J.T., Jr. [10025] Liberia K000211386 No
Iecama; Iecama [J-24] Ethiopia K005209785 Yes
R-Smith; Pope; Goyder [5864] Malawi K005475331 Yes
Morton, J.K. [7045] Cameroon K000025540 No
Morton, J.K. [A4154] Ghana K005209269 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4459] Sierra Leone K005209222 Yes
Morton; Jarr [SL3867] Sierra Leone K005209233 Yes
Adam, J.G. [20860] Liberia K005209238 Yes
Gairdner, A.E. (Miss) [462] Zambia K005475355 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [870] Cote d'Ivoire K005209241 Yes
McClounie, J. [105] Malawi K005475325 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Høst, P.; Malaku Wondefrash; Kebede, S. [6929] Ethiopia K005209780 Yes
Parker, C. [E133] Ethiopia K005209792 Yes
Bos, J.J. [2670] Liberia K000211385 No
Codd, L.E. [7236] Zambia K005475359 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [830] Ghana K005209253 Yes
Friis, I.; Demissew, S.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [14388] Ethiopia K005209768 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K005209221 Yes
s.coll. [492] Malawi K005475316 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1744] Botswana K001581944 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2154] Benin K001418974 Yes
Sita, P. [44] Congo, Republic of the K001553616 Yes
Brass, L.J. [17933] Malawi K005475315 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2121] Cote d'Ivoire K005209239 Yes
Mesfin, T.; Kagnew, G.Y. [2117] Ethiopia K005209793 Yes
Mesfin, T.; Kagnew, G.Y. [2244] Ethiopia K005209781 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [2003] Zambia K005475351 Yes
Friis, I.; Aweke, G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [1735] Ethiopia K005209777 Yes
Lawrence, E. [492] Malawi K005475333 Yes
Smith, P.P.; Zimba, N.B. [PPS1837] Zambia K005475347 Yes
Ankrah, R.J.O. [20168] Ghana K005209263 Yes
Morton; Jarr [SL2294] Sierra Leone K005209232 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Malaku Wondefrash; Ayana, A.; Simon, F. [9227] Ethiopia K005209772 Yes
Friis, I.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [12698] Ethiopia K005209770 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [1015] Zambia K005475360 Yes
Best, E.B. [87] Zambia K005475354 Yes
Macaulay, M.A. (Mrs) [396] Zambia K005475317 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [4290] Zambia K005475364 Yes
[Ansell] [s.n.] Ghana K005209257 Yes
Angus, A. [106] Zambia K005475362 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Maunder, M.; Luke, P.A. [16491] South Sudan K001769904 Yes
Sukhorukov, A. P. [35] Zambia K001870214 No
Sukhorukov, A. [s.n.] Zambia K001870215 No
Ankrah, R.J.O. [20168] Ghana K005209262 Yes
Harris, T.M. [s.n.] Ghana K005209272 Yes
Johnston, H.H.; Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K005475318 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [152] Zambia K005475358 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A944] Ghana K005209270 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [[8719]] Malawi K005475320 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [9992] Malawi K005475338 Yes
Hooker; Vogel [132] Niger K005209256 Yes
Patel, I.H.; Nachamba, W. [2140] Malawi K005475321 Yes
Tindall, H.D. [72] Sierra Leone K005209228 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [7377] Sierra Leone K005209225 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Liberia K005209234 Yes
Parker, C. [2002] Burkina Faso K005209248 Yes
Pawek, J. (Mrs) [2471] Malawi K005475336 Yes
Wit, D.; Morton [A2905] Ghana K005209271 Yes
Pawek, J. [71738] Malawi K005475340 Yes
Friis, I.; Hounde, A.; Jacobsen, K. [74] Ethiopia K005209784 Yes
Ekema, N. [437] Cameroon K000518866 No
Deighton, F.C. [1034] Sierra Leone K005209220 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2319] Cote d'Ivoire K005209240 Yes
Linder, D.H. [950] Liberia K005209236 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [5395] Ethiopia K005209779 Yes
[Ansellin] [s.n.] K005209255 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [2156] Malawi K005475342 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M.; Julin, H. [25255] Somalia K005209794 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [720] Cote d'Ivoire K005209244 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Metcalfe, C.R. [96] Cameroon K000025539 No
Rogers, F.A. (Rev.) [8736] Zambia K005475353 Yes
King, A.E. [44] Zambia K005475367 Yes
Parker, C. [E367] Ethiopia K005209791 Yes
Burger, W. [2148] Ethiopia K005209788 Yes
Morton, J.K. [s.n.] Ghana K005209264 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [13588] Ghana K005209261 Yes
Pawek [4839] Malawi K005475339 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [9431] Ethiopia K005209776 Yes
Leteinturier, B.; Malaisse, F.; Matera, J. [485] Zambia K005475343 Yes
Linder, D.H. [747] Liberia K005209235 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F178] Zambia K005475363 Yes
Small, D. [231] Sierra Leone K005209217 Yes
s.coll. [185] Ghana K005209258 Yes
Salubeni, A.J. [1053] Malawi K005475335 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL1599] Sierra Leone K005209231 Yes
s.coll. [W8221] Zambia K005475349 Yes
Johnson, W.H. [554] Ghana K005209251 Yes
Siegenthaler [1512] Ethiopia K005209786 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [4952] Ghana K005209273 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC8893] Ghana K005209265 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [211] Cameroon K000025535 No
Chuml, H. [546] Cameroon K000025529 No
Maitland, T.D. [211] Cameroon K000025537 No
[Mr. J.E.Siegenthaler] [C57] Ethiopia K005209778 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [4522] Cote d'Ivoire K005209243 Yes
Enti, A.A. [FH7851] Ghana K005209274 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Hall-Martin, A.J. [8987] Malawi K005475337 Yes
s.coll. [31] Malawi K005475319 Yes
Ash, J. (Mrs.) [1765] Ethiopia K005209774 Yes
[J.S. Danse] [449] Ghana K005209249 Yes
Hambler, D., J. [229] Cameroon K000025541 No
Brass, L.J. [17893] Malawi K005475327 Yes
Lawrence, E. [334] Malawi K005475332 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL4734] Sierra Leone K005209216 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [7723] Ethiopia K005209775 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [526] Sierra Leone K005209229 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC8081] Ghana K005209266 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [9215] Ethiopia K005209787 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC6000] Ghana K005209275 Yes
s.coll. [46] Ghana K005209268 Yes
Brass, L.J. [17500] Malawi K005475328 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [879] Sierra Leone K005209223 Yes
Friis, I.; Aweke, G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [1705] Ethiopia K005209773 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3396] Zambia K005475350 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [2067] Sierra Leone K005209219 Yes
Meller, C.J. [s.n.] Malawi K005475326 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K005209224 Yes
Johnston H. H. [0s.n.32] Cameroon K000025528 Type No
Jackson, G. [1544] Malawi K005475330 Yes
Gordon Read, J. [S62] Zambia K005475352 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [695] Sierra Leone K005209226 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A1145] Ghana K005209267 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [451] Sierra Leone K005209218 Yes
Brown, J.W. [311] Ghana K005209252 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia K005475366 Yes
Pawek, J. [11670] Malawi K005475341 Yes
Friis, I.; Demissew, S.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [14396] Ethiopia K005209767 Yes
Martin, J.D. [200] Zambia K005475346 Yes
Adams, C.D.; Akpabla, G.K. [4077] Ghana K005209260 Yes
s.coll. [71] Malawi K005475334 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [211] Cameroon K000025536 No
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K005475323 Yes
Dunlap [172] Cameroon K000025538 No
Deighton, F.C. [3018] Sierra Leone K005209227 Yes
Friis, I.; Demissew, S.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [14973] Ethiopia K005209769 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K005475324 Yes
Best, E.B. [87] Zambia K005475356 Yes
Morton; Gledhill [SL297] Sierra Leone K005209230 Yes
Johnson, W.H. [1096] Ghana K005209254 Yes
Fries, R.E. [223] Zambia K005475344 Yes
Meyer, F.G. [8924] Ethiopia K005209790 Yes
Macaulay, M.A. (Mrs) [649] Zambia K005475357 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [9158] Ethiopia K005209789 Yes
Jackson, G. [1544] Malawi K005475329 Yes
Gereau, R. [1307] Ethiopia K005209783 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [8724] South Africa K005475345 Yes
Friis, I.; Woldu, Z.; Vollesen, K.B. [2567] Ethiopia K005209782 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [523] Ghana K005209259 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [6995] Cameroon K000025530 No
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [10285] Liberia K005209237 Yes
Clair-Thompson, G.W.S. [1337] Zambia K005475348 Yes
Kwatha, R.B.; Salubeni, A.J. [77] Malawi K005475322 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A4690] Ghana K005209250 Yes
Codd, L.E. [7464] Zambia K005475361 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [38] Cameroon K000025534 No

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