Celosia
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Celosia (/siːˈloʊʃiə/ see-LOH-shee-ə[2]) is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. Its species are commonly known as woolflowers, or, if the flower heads are crested by fasciation, cockscombs.[3] The plants are well known in East Africa's highlands and are used under their Swahili name, mfungu.
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Celosia | |
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Celosia spicata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Subfamily: | Amaranthoideae |
Genus: | Celosia L.[1] |
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