Celosia richardsiae C.C.Towns.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Celosia

Characteristics

Inferior leaves not seen; superior stem leaves lanceolate-ovate, to c. 3.5 × 1.6 cm., shortly acuminate, acute or rather blunt, rapidly diminishing in size upwards (those of the branches very small), glabrous above, sparsely pilose along the nerves on the lower surface, cuneate to c. 5 mm. long petiole.
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Tepals 3–3.25 mm. long, oblong-elliptic, acute, glabrous, stramineous when dry, mucronate with the excurrent midrib, which is subtended on either side by one pair of long nerves extending well towards the apex and a pair of shorter nerves extending to c. halfway or less.
Bracts and bracteoles deltoid-ovate, stramineous when dry, 1.75–2.25 mm., shortly mucronate withe the excurrent, brownish midrib, glabrous or sparsely ciliate with multicellular hairs.
Inflorescence creamy, terminal and (by branch reduction) axillary, unbranched, spiciform-thyrsoid, up to c. 20 × 1.6 cm.; partial inflorescences condensed cymes up to 1.5 cm. in diam.
Stem and branches slender, terete, rather finely striate, moderately furnished with pale multicellular hairs, branches diverging at 45 degrees.
Ovary 6–7-ovulate; stigmas 2–3, slender and flexuose, slightly longer than the c. 1 mm. long style.
Filaments with the free apices longer than the basal cup; no intermediate teeth present.
Herb, duration and habit not known.
Capsule and seeds unknown.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Celosia richardsiae world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59971-1
WFO ID wfo-0000593175
COL ID S4DP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Celosia richardsiae