Chamissoa altissima

False Chaff Flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Chamissoa
Species: C. altissima
Binomial name
Chamissoa altissima
(Jacq.) Kunth
Synonyms
  • Achyranthes altissima Jacq.
  • Celosia paniculata L.
  • Celosia tomentosa Willd.[1]

Chamissoa altissima [2] (False Chaff Flower [3]) is a plant native to North and South America, and it specially grows up in the Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. In addition, this plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Chamissoa altissima". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ↑ Chamissoa altissima at Germplasm Resources Information Network
  3. ↑ Chamissoa altissima at USDA PLANTS Database
  4. ↑ (Portuguese) Chamissoa altissima at Flora Brasiliensis.

See also

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