Celosia richardsiae C.C. Towns.

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Zambia
Notes: Red data status: VU D2
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Red data list status: Vulnerable
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Literature:

Townsend, C.C. (1988). Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Page 33.


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Celosia richardsiae
African Plant Database: Celosia richardsiae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Celosia richardsiae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Celosia richardsiae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Celosia richardsiae
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iNaturalist: Celosia richardsiae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Celosia richardsiae
JSTOR Plant Science: Celosia richardsiae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Celosia richardsiae
Plants of the World Online: Celosia richardsiae
Tropicos: Celosia richardsiae
Wikipedia: Celosia richardsiae


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Celosia richardsiae.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=216770, retrieved 5 December 2025

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