Celosia trigyna Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 212. 1771.

"Habitat in Senegallia." RCN: 1667.

Neotype (Townsend in Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 38(2): 30. 1975): Herb. Linn. No. 102.19 (S) .

Current name: Celosia trigyna L. ( Amaranthaceae).

Note: Although Townsend treated material in S as the holotype, there appears to be no original material for this name so his choice is accepted as a neotype (Art. 9.8).