Celosia isertii C.C. Towns.

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Synonyms: Celosia laxa Schumach. & Thonn. var. pilosa Schinz
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Status: Native
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Ghana
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Worldwide distribution: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea islands, Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola.
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Literature:

Townsend, C.C. (1988). Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Pages 34 - 36.

Troupin, G. (1978). Amaranthaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Page 241.


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