Celosia argentea - Cockscomb - Biodiversity of Singapore

Taxonomic tree

Kingdom Plantae 2414 Phylum Tracheophyta 2407 Subphylum Angiospermae 2272 Class Magnoliopsida 1790 Order Caryophyllales 44 Family Amaranthaceae 8 Subfamily Amaranthoideae 3 Genus Celosia 1

Celosia argentea

Introduced

Celosia argentea L. Species

Cockscomb

Introduced herb species. Casual, cultivated.

Other common names

Feather Cockscomb en, Quail Grass en, Silver Cock's Comb en, Wheat Celosia en, பண்ணைக்கீரை ta, 鸡冠花 zh, 青葙 zh, 青葙子 zh, 青葙花 zh.

Distribution

Afghanistan, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Caribbean Netherlands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint-Barthelemy, Saint-Martin, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Bahamas, The Gambia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen and Zambia.