Celosia argentea

Classification

Amaranthaceae [family]
Celosia [genus] (3)
argentea [species]

Classification

Amaranthaceae [family]
Celosia [genus] (3)
argentea [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Curaçao
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  • Saba
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  • Sint Eustatius
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  • Sint Maarten
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    Presence status
  • Introduced (2) - Curaçao
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  • Introduced (2) - Saba
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  • Introduced (2) - Sint Eustatius
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  • Introduced (2) - Sint Maarten
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    Natural distribution Africa
    Distribution description Native to Africa.
    Notes on presence status Collected in 1904-1906, locality unknown, Sint Eustatius. Cultivated in Curaçao and St. Eustatius (Stoffers).

    Publications

    • Axelrod, F.S. 2015. A Systematic Vademecum to the Vascular Plants of Sint Eustatius. 179 pp.
    • Howard, R.A. 1988. Dicotyledoneae - Part 1. In: Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands. 4: 673. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
    • Mori, S.A., Gracie, C.A. 2007. Flowering Plants. Plants and Lichens of Saba Virtual Herbarium of The New York Botanical Garden. [link]
    • Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of Sint Eustatius. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
    • Stoffers, A.L. 1980. Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Netherlands Antilles 2: 144-166.
    • WCSP 2017. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [link]