Amaranthaceae
Celosia

Celosia isertii C.C.Towns.

First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 38(2): 57 (1975)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a scrambling subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. 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.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1988). Flora Zambesiaca 9(1): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Townsend, C.C. (1985). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Amaranthaceae: 1-136.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers. [Cited as Celosia laxa.]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.C. Townsend in Hook., Ic. Pl. 38(2): 57, t. 3736 (1975).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2008 Tchiengue, B. [2825], Cameroon K000580460 No
May 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11253], Cameroon K000339701 No
May 1, 2006 Harvey, Y.B. [172], Cameroon K000339700 No
Nov 1, 2003 Lane, P. [282], Cameroon K000197898 No
May 1, 2001 Ghogue, J.-P. [478], Cameroon K000051109 No
May 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2809], Cameroon K000051093 No
May 1, 2001 Ghogue, J.-P. [73], Cameroon K000051119 No
May 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3887], Cameroon K000051099 No
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2578], Cameroon K000051104 No
May 1, 2001 Onana, J.-M. [543], Cameroon K000051126 No
May 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [10286], Cameroon K000051111 No
Jan 1, 1998 Acworth, J.M. [29], Cameroon K000011853 No
Aug 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7483], Cameroon K000086526 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [5853], Cameroon K000086520 No
Jan 1, 1996 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [49], Cameroon K000381446 No
Oct 1, 1995 Cheek, M. [6040], Cameroon K000086519 No
Oct 1, 1995 Williams, S. [133], Cameroon K000086524 No
Jan 1, 1995 Cable, S. [1318], Cameroon K000086525 No
Jan 1, 1995 Cable, S. [1576], Cameroon K000086523 No
Dec 1, 1994 Williams, S. [88], Cameroon K000518871 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0