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

"Habitat in India." RCN: 1665.

Lectotype (Townsend in Bosser & al., Fl. Mascareignes 142: 4. 1994): Herb. Linn. No. 288.6 (LINN) .

Current name: Celosia argentea L. ( Amaranthaceae).