2292.000 Celosia L.

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.

Malawi: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
argentea L.	S
schweinfurthiana Schinz	S
trigyna L.	N,C,S	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Celosia
Flora of Burundi: Celosia
Flora of the DRC: Celosia
Flora of Mozambique: Celosia
Flora of Rwanda: Celosia
Flora of Zambia: Celosia
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Celosia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Celosia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Celosia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Celosia
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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