Celosia castrensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 297. 1762.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 1666.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Mattioli, Pl. Epit.: 792. 1586; [icon] in Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 5: 236, t. 84. 1747; [icon] in Boccone, Mus. Piante Rar. Sicilia: 77, t. 66. 1697; [icon] in Barrelier, Pl. Galliam: 46, t. 1195. 1714.

Current name: Celosia cristata L. ( Amaranthaceae).