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 native to North and South America. In Brazil it grows in the Cerrado vegetation.[4] In Mexico it is called Hierba del arloma.

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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