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2292.000 Celosia
Description of the genus
Annual herb (in ours). Leaves alternate. Modified sterile flowers 0. Inflorescence a spike-like thyrse, not white-woolly. Tepals 5, free, ± glabrous or pilose near the base only. Stamens 5. Stigmas 2-3. Capsule circumscissile. Seeds flattened, black, shiny. Worldwide: 45 species in the tropics of both New and Old Worlds. Mozambique: 4 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| nervosa Towns.[End] | N,M | |
| pandurata Baker[End] | Z,T,MS | |
| schweinfurthiana Schinz | MS | |
| trigyna L. | N,Z,T,MS,M | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Celosia:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: CelosiaFlora of Burundi: Celosia
Flora of Malawi: Celosia
Flora of Zambia: Celosia
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Celosia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Celosia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Celosia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CelosiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Celosia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Celosia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Celosia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Celosia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Celosia
JSTOR Plant Science: Celosia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Celosia
Plants of the World Online: Celosia
Tropicos: Celosia
Wikipedia: Celosia
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