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Woolflower Or Cockscomb -- Celosia
''Celosia'' ( ) is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word (), meaning "burning", and refers to the flame-like flower heads. Species are commonly known as woolflowers, or, if the flower heads are crested by fasciation, cockscombs. The plants are well known in East Africa's highlands and are used under their Swahili name, mfungu. Uses As a garden plant The plant is an annual. Seed production in these species can be very high, 200–700 kg per hectare. One ounce of seed may contain up to 43,000 seeds. One thousand seeds can weigh 1.0–1.2 grams. Depending upon the location and fertility of the soil, blossoms can last 8–10 weeks. '' C. argentea'' and '' C. cristata'' are common garden ornamental plants. As food ''Celosia argentea'' var. ''argentea'' or Lagos spinach (a.k.a. quail grass, soko, celosia, feather cockscomb) is a broadleaf annual leaf vegetable. It grows w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celosia Isertii
''Celosia'' ( ) is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word (), meaning "burning", and refers to the flame-like flower heads. Species are commonly known as woolflowers, or, if the flower heads are crested by fasciation, cockscombs. The plants are well known in East Africa's highlands and are used under their Swahili name, mfungu. Uses As a garden plant The plant is an annual. Seed production in these species can be very high, 200–700 kg per hectare. One ounce of seed may contain up to 43,000 seeds. One thousand seeds can weigh 1.0–1.2 grams. Depending upon the location and fertility of the soil, blossoms can last 8–10 weeks. '' C. argentea'' and '' C. cristata'' are common garden ornamental plants. As food ''Celosia argentea'' var. ''argentea'' or Lagos spinach (a.k.a. quail grass, soko, celosia, feather cockscomb) is a broadleaf annual leaf vegetable. It grows w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celosia
''Celosia'' ( ) is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word (), meaning "burning", and refers to the flame-like flower heads. Species are commonly known as woolflowers, or, if the flower heads are crested by fasciation, cockscombs. The plants are well known in East Africa's highlands and are used under their Swahili name, mfungu. Uses As a garden plant The plant is an annual. Seed production in these species can be very high, 200–700 kg per hectare. One ounce of seed may contain up to 43,000 seeds. One thousand seeds can weigh 1.0–1.2 grams. Depending upon the location and fertility of the soil, blossoms can last 8–10 weeks. '' C. argentea'' and '' C. cristata'' are common garden ornamental plants. As food ''Celosia argentea'' var. ''argentea'' or Lagos spinach (a.k.a. quail grass, soko, celosia, feather cockscomb) is a broadleaf annual leaf vegetable. It grows w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iresine Diffusa
''Iresine diffusa'', or Juba's bush, is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it .... Appearance Herb 1–2 m, stem a little grooved, nodes jointed. Leaves opp, 14 x 7 cm, edge smooth. Flowers minute, greenish-white, panicle 40 cm long, male more open, female compact, 1 mm. Seed 0.5 mm. Folk use It is used to treat ovary inflammation in Peru. Chemistry Drimenes in aerial parts. ios, Magn Reson Chem 43:339 2005 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5920228 diffusa Taxa named by Aimé Bonpland Taxa named by Alexander von Humboldt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deeringia Polysperma
''Deeringia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it .... Its native range is tropical Asia, western Pacific, Australia and Madagascar. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: References Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae genera {{Amaranthaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deeringia Amaranthoides
''Deeringia amaranthoides'' is a species of plant in the Amaranthaceae family and is distributed from the western Himalayas east across southern China, down through south east Asia and Indonesia, across New Guinea to parts of Australia. It was first described as ''Achyranthes amaranthoides'' by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1785 and reclassified as ''Deeringia amaranthoides'' by Elmer Drew Merrill Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through t ... in 1917. Description References Amaranthaceae Flora of Western Australia Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Flora of Queensland Flora of New South Wales Plants described in 1917 Flora of Asia {{Amaranthaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamissoa Altissima
''Chamissoa altissima'', or false chaff flower, is native to North and South America. In Brazil it grows in the Cerrado vegetation. at . See also *List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil
This is a list of plants found in the wild in cerrado vegetation of Brazil.
Acanthaceae
* '' Anisacanthus'' ''trilobus'' Lindau
* '' Dicliptera'' '' mucronifolia'' Nees
* '' Dicliptera sericea'' Nees
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Celosia Whitei
''Celosia whitei'', is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it .... It was described in 1961 by William F. Grant, as ''Celosia whiteii''. The plant was named in honor of Orland E. White. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q57746535 whitei Plants described in 1961 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celosia Virgata
''Celosia virgata'', or ''albahaca'', is found in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands but not in the continental United States. It is a perennial subshrub A subshrub (Latin ''suffrutex'') or dwarf shrub is a short shrub, and is a woody plant. Prostrate shrub is a related term. "Subshrub" is often used interchangeably with "bush".Jackson, Benjamin, Daydon; A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their Der .... References virgata Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin Flora of Puerto Rico Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Amaranthaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celosia Trigyna
''Celosia trigyna'' is a plant species commonly known as woolflower for its curious flowers. Description ''Celosia trigyna'' may grow up to 1 m (3 feet) in height and is considered a weed in some regions of the world where it is introduced. It can be grown from seed. Use During drought, woolflower has been used as a source of food. The leaves are boiled like cabbage, and is known as torchata. It is also eaten as a vegetable in Africa.Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen. References External links * ttp://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242415644 ''Celosia trigyna''br>Use as food in Africa {{Taxonbar, from=Q5058431 trigyna Leaf vegetables African cuisine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celosia Spicata
''Celosia'' ( ) is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word (), meaning "burning", and refers to the flame-like flower heads. Species are commonly known as woolflowers, or, if the flower heads are crested by fasciation, cockscombs. The plants are well known in East Africa's highlands and are used under their Swahili name, mfungu. Uses As a garden plant The plant is an annual. Seed production in these species can be very high, 200–700 kg per hectare. One ounce of seed may contain up to 43,000 seeds. One thousand seeds can weigh 1.0–1.2 grams. Depending upon the location and fertility of the soil, blossoms can last 8–10 weeks. '' C. argentea'' and '' C. cristata'' are common garden ornamental plants. As food ''Celosia argentea'' var. ''argentea'' or Lagos spinach (a.k.a. quail grass, soko, celosia, feather cockscomb) is a broadleaf annual leaf vegetable. It grows w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celosia Palmeri
''Celosia palmeri'', commonly known as Palmer's cockscomb, is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae, that is native to the lower Rio Grande Valley (Texas), Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States as well as northeastern Mexico. The specific name honours British botanist Edward Palmer (botanist), Edward Palmer (1829–1911), who collected the type specimen in Monclova Municipality, Coahuila in 1880. It is a perennial shrub reaching a height of . Flowering takes place from summer to winter. References External links ** {{Taxonbar, from=Q5058428 Celosia, palmeri Plants described in 1883 Flora of Northeastern Mexico Flora of San Luis Potosí Flora of the Rio Grande valleys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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