Celosia argentea

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Species Distribution Map
Family:AMARANTHACEAE
Species:Celosia argentea L.
Common Name:Silver Cock's Comb
Habitat:Rare escape from cultivation. Roadsides, trash heaps, disturbed areas along creeks and ditches.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:CEAR3
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:Grant, W. F. 1961. Speciation and basic chromosome number in the genus Celosia. Canad. J. Bot. 39: 45-50. Grant, W. F. 1962. Speciation and nomenclature in the genus Celosia. Canad. J. Bot. 40: 1355-1363.
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyAMARANTHACEAE - Amaranth family
Genus Celosia
Species Celosia argentea L. - Silver Cock's Comb

Citation

Citation Celosia argentea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 205. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data (lectotype: LINN 288.1). Lectotypified by C. C. Townsend, in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 5. 1974.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Celosia argentea var. cristata Celosia argentea Linnaeus, var. cristata (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 541. 1891.Celosia cristata Linnaeus 1753. 
Celosia aurea Celosia aurea T. Moore, Flor. Mag. 1: 47. 1861.  
Celosia castrensis Celosia castrensis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 297. 1762. INDIA
Celosia coccinea Celosia coccinea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 297. 1762. INDIA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 288.6). Lectotypified by Townsend, in Bosser et al., Fl. Mascareignes 142: 4. 1994.
Celosia comosa Celosia comosa Retz, Observ. Bot. 6: 26. 1791.  
Celosia cristata Celosia cristata Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 205. 1753.  
Celosia pallida Celosia pallida Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 145. 1796, nom. illegit.Celosia argentea Linnaeus 1573. 
Celosia plumosa Celosia plumosa Siebert & Voss, Vilmorin's Blumeng., ed. 3. 1: 864. 1895.  
Celosia pyramidalis Celosia pyramidalis Burman f., Fl. Indica 65, t. 25(1). 1768. INDONESIA: Java:
Celosia variegata Celosia variegata Siebert & Voss, Vilmorin's Blumeng., ed. 3. 1: 864. 1895.  
Celosia margaritacea Celosia margaritacea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 297. 1753.  

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Etowah, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Macon, Marion, Mobile, Monroe, Pike, Sumter, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, BRIT, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UNAF, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1962 - 1962

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
SAMF0003702 Henry 26 Sep 1992 Shelley, Lansie
41		 SAMF
Celosia argentea Linnaeus
JSU113851 Jefferson 28 Aug 1985 Barber, J. Patrick
1718		 JSU
Celosia argentea Linnaeus
ALNHS00006178 Lee 03 Oct 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4233		 ALNHS
Celosia argentea L.
TROY000000835 Pike 18 Oct 2006 Roberts, Carla
119		 TROY
Celosia argentea Linnaeus
JSU113850 Etowah 14 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3828		 JSU
Celosia argentea Linnaeus
BRIT68760 Pike 04 Oct 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13676		 BRIT
Celosia argentea Linnaeus
UNA00059539 Pike 04 Oct 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13676		 UNA
Celosia argentea L.
UNA00033374 Mobile _ Oct _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Celosia argentea L.
AMAL00004244 Monroe 25 Sep 2012 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13650		 AMAL
Celosia argentea Linnaeus
ALNHS00005992 Macon 27 May 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4032		 ALNHS
Celosia argentea L.
UNA00033375 Tuscaloosa 03 Nov 1962 Deramus, Rebecca
230		 UNA
Celosia cristata L.
TROY000000834 Pike 04 Oct 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13676		 TROY
Celosia argentea Linnaeus
UNAF0000200 Marion 23 Sep 1989 Markham, Todd
s.n.		 UNAF
Celosia argentea Linnaeus
UWAL0054297 Sumter 09 Nov 2021 Keener, Brian R.
12349		 UWAL
Celosia argentea L.
SAMF0003701 Jefferson 26 Sep 2006 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3587		 SAMF
Celosia argentea Linnaeus
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