Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 541 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Celosia cristata L. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1901), The Queensland Flora 4: 1218 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 397 [secondary reference]

common name: Cock's-comb [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Celosia argentea L. legitimate

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