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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Celosia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 205. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 96. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Cockscomb
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Amaranthaceae;Celosia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Amaranthaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Celosia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek keleos, burning, alluding to color and/or appearance of the inflorescence of C. cristata
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 406
|treatment_page=page 407
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs </b>or subshrubs, annual or perennial.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>erect or clambering-straggling.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape">blade mostly lanceolate, ovate, or deltate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence fusion;inflorescence architecture;spike position;panicle position"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal and often axillary spikes or panicles, often fasciated in cultivated forms, many-flowered.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="tepal quantity;tepal fusion;tepal texture;tepal texture;tepal pubescence">tepals 3–5, distinct, membranous or scarious, usually glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="filament fusion">filaments connate basally into cups;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="anther architecture or structure in adjective form">anthers 4-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pseudostaminode presence">pseudostaminodes absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ovule quantity">ovules 3–many;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style duration;style some measurement">style persistent, 0.2–4 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stigma quantity;stigma shape;stigma shape">stigmas 2–3, capitate or subulate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="utricle shape;utricle texture;utricle dehiscence"><b>Utricles </b>ovoid, membranaceous, dehiscence centrally circumscissile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>(2–) 3–many, black, flattened.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 9.</span><!--

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|distribution=Primarily tropical;subtropical Americas;Asia;and Africa
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 65 (5 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=grant1961a
|text=Grant, W. F. 1961. Speciation and basic chromosome number in the genus Celosia. Canad. J. Bot. 39: 45–50.
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|id=grant1962a
|text=Grant, W. F. 1962. Speciation and nomenclature in the genus Celosia. Canad. J. Bot. 40: 1355–1363.
}}
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Styles 3-4 mm; inflorescences dense, cylindric, 13-20 mm diam. spikes, or fasciated, crested or plumose
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Styles 0.2-1 mm; inflorescences lax spikes or panicles, units less than 10 mm diam
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Inflorescences cylindric or ovoid spikes; tepals silvery white or pinkish
|[[Celosia argentea|Celosia argentea]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Inflorescences fasciated, crested, or plumose; tepals pink, red, yellow, purple, or white
|[[Celosia cristata|Celosia cristata]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Plants annual herbs; tepals silvery, whitish, or tannish, 1-veined, 2-3 mm
|[[Celosia trigyna|Celosia trigyna]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Plants perennial herbs, subshrubs, or shrubs; tepals green, greenish white, pinkish green, or white with reddish base, drying tan, striate, 3.5-6(-7) mm
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Leaf blades deltate to triangular-lanceolate, not lobed; stigmas 3.
|[[Celosia nitida|Celosia nitida]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Leaf blades moderately hastate, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate; stigmas 2.
|[[Celosia palmeri|Celosia palmeri]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Celosia
|author=Kenneth R. Robertson
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Amaranthaceae
|distribution=Primarily tropical;subtropical Americas;Asia;and Africa
|reference=grant1961a;grant1962a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Celosia
|anther architecture or structure in adjective form=4-locular
|blade shape=deltate;ovate;deltate;ovate;lanceolate
|filament fusion=connate
|flower reproduction=bisexual
|inflorescence architecture=many-flowered
|inflorescence fusion=fasciated
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|leaf architecture=petiolate
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|ovule quantity=3;many
|panicle position=axillary
|pseudostaminode presence=absent
|seed coloration=black
|seed quantity=(2-)3-many
|seed shape=flattened
|spike position=axillary
|stem orientation=clambering-straggling;erect
|stigma quantity=2;3
|stigma shape=subulate;capitate
|style duration=persistent
|style some measurement=0.2mm;4mm
|tepal fusion=distinct
|tepal pubescence=glabrous
|tepal quantity=3;5
|tepal texture=scarious;membranous
|utricle dehiscence=circumscissile
|utricle shape=ovoid
|utricle texture=membranaceous
|whole_organism duration=perennial;annual;perennial;annual
|whole_organism growth form=subshrub;herb
|x chromosome quantity=9
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