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Celosia staticodes

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Identification
Isotype of Celosia staticodes Hiern [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for CELOSIA staticodes Hiern. [family AMARANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 14, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
CELOSIA staticodes Hiern. [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 886.
CELOSIA dewevreana Schinz [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxix. 102.
Information
A herb, 2–3 ft. high; the stem and nerves of the leaves more or less pubescent. Leaves up to 4 by 2 1/4 in., ovate-acuminate, base truncate or subcordate; petiole 1–2 in. long. Inflorescences 1 ft. long, compound paniculate; lateral panicles 3–4 in. long, loose. Perianth 1/10 in. long, white; segments elliptic, acute, fuscous, scarious on margins. Stamens of Celosia. Ovary very young; style hardly any, with 2 branches.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Golungo Alto; outskirts of the forest in Sobato de Mussengue, Welwitsch, 6572!Congo South Central Dewevre, 230!

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