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The genus Celosia is in the family Amaranthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Celosia

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Celosia allmanoides Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia alomiris Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia angustifolia Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia anthelminthica Asch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia argentea L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia bakeri C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia baronii Cavaco	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia benguellensis C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia boivinii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia bonnivairii Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia brasiliensis Moq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia brevispicata C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia caudata Vahl	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia cernua Andrews	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia chenopodiifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia chiapensis Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia cordata Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia corymbifera Didr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia digynia Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia dioica Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia effusa Schinz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia elegantissima Hauman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia euxolus Raf.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Celosia expansifila C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia exstipulata Hornem. ex Schrank	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia fadenorum C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia fleckii Schinz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia flexuosa Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia floribunda A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia freynii Sint. ex Freyn	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia glauca J.C.Wendl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia globosa Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia grandifolia Moq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia hastata Lopr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia humbertiana Cavaco	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia humilis Suess.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia intermedia Hochst. ex Oliv.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia intermedia Schinz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia isertii C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia lappacea Medik.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia leptostachya Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia loandensis Baker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia longifolia Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia madagascariensis Poir.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia maritima Salzm. ex Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia micrantha Baker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia monosperma Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia moquinii Guill. ex Moq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia namaensis Schinz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia nervosa C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia nitida Vahl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia orcuttii Greenm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia palmeri S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia pandurata Baker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia patentiloba C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia patula Willd.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia persicaria Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia piloselloides Poit. ex Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia polygonoides Retz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia polystachia (Forssk.) C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia procumbens Jacq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia pseudovirgata Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia pulchella Moq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia pumila Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia richardsiae C.C.Towns.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia rogersii (Burtt Davy) Suess.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia rosea Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia salicifolia Lopr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia sanguinea Hoffmanns.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia scabra (Schinz) Schinz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia schaeferi Schinz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia schweinfurthiana Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia spathulifolia Engl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia spicata Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia staticodes Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia stuhlmanniana Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia taitoensis Hayata	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia texana Scheele	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia toenjesii Schinz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia trigyna L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia triquetra Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia triuncinella Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia tumida Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia vanderystii Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia virgata Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia welwitschii Schinz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Celosia whitei W.F.Grant	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 158 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Celosia. Of these 51 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 20 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Celosia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 158 species names for the genus Celosia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	51	32.3%
◕	Synonym	60	38.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	47	29.7%

All names

The status of the 178 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Celosia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	51	28.7%
◕	Synonym	80	44.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	47	26.4%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 4 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 158 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Celosia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	50	57	0	0	107	67.7%
	Low confidence	1	3	0	47	51	32.3%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Celosia is as follows: