Celosia argentea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 205. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 1661.

Lectotype (Townsend in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 5. 1974): Herb. Linn. No. 288.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Celosia Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 135. 1929).

Current name: Celosia argentea L. ( Amaranthaceae).