Celosia argentea L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 370-473 : 397

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Celosia cristata Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 1: 205. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in Asia." RCN: 1663.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 43, Celosia 2: 7 sheets ( BM) ; Herb. Linn. No. 288.6? ( LINN) ; [icon] in Mattioli, Pl. Epit.: 792. 1586.

Current name: Celosia argentea L. View in CoL ( Amaranthaceae ).

Note: Townsend (in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistani 71: 5. 1974) indicated 288.4 (LINN) as the holotype but this sheet lacks the Species Plantarum number (i.e. “2”) and is a post-1753 addition to the collection and not original material for the name. Smith (Fl Vitiensis Nova 2: 285. 1981) stated that the Clifford reference "suggests the suitable lectotype ", but there are seven sheets (evidently not from a single gathering) associated with this name in the Clifford herbarium, so this is not an effective choice.