More Genus entries
[ Celmisia ] [ Celosia ] [ Celsia ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Celosia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Celosia

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Familia  Amaranthaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 87. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Amaranths       Subfamilia  Celosioideae (Fenzl) Lindl. pub. Veg. Kingd.: 510, 511. Jan-Mai 1846.       Tribus  Celosieae Fenzl in Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 303. Oct 1837.       Genus  Celosia L. pub. (1753) common name: cock's comb

Named members of the Genus Celosia

1	Species  argentea L.
	2    Varietas  cristata (L.) Kuntze syn. Celosia cristata
3	Species  cristata L. common name: crested cock's comb, plumed celosia
4	Species  margaritacea L. syn. Celosia argentea
5	Species  nitida Vahl common name: West Indian cock's comb
6	Species  palmeri S. Wats. common name: Palmer's cock's comb
7	Species  paniculata L. 1763, non 1753 syn. Chamissoa altissima
8	Species  trigyna L. common name: woolflower
9	Species  virgata Jacq. common name: albahaca

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.