Feathered Amaranth or Boroco (Celosia argentea) flowers in Sawo, Ponorogo, East Java, Indonesia.Taxonomy – Scientific Classification System: APG III
Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells
Kingdom - Regnum: Plantae Haeckel, 1866 – plants
Clade - Cladus: Angiosperms Lindley [P.D. Cantino & M.J. Donoghue] - flowering plants, also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta
Clade - Cladus: Eudicots – true dicotyledons
Clade – Cladus: Core eudicots
Order - Ordo: Caryophyllales Perleb
Family - Familia: Amaranthaceae Juss.
Genus: Celosia L. - cock's comb
Species: Celosia argentea L.
Synonyms: Amaranthus purpureus Nieuwl. – Celosia coccinea L. – Celosia debilis S. Moore – Celosia huttonii Mast. – Celosia margaritacea L. – Celosia marilandica Retz. – Celosia pallida Salisb. – Celosia pyramidalis Burm. – Celosia swinhoei Hemsl. – Celosia plumosa – Celosia argentea. var plumosa
Common Names in English: Cockscomb, Celosia, Feathered Amaranth, Red Fox, Silver Cock's Comb, Plumed cockscomb
Common Names Indonesia: Boroco, sangsri, bayam ekor belanda, bayam kucing, kuntha, bayam kasubiki
Celosia argentea is a tender annual that is often grown in gardens. It is propagated by seeds. The seeds are extremely small, up to 43,000 seeds per ounce.
Photos were taken using a Camera phone Sony Ericsson K800i.
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- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celosia_argentea
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- www.plantamor.com/index.php?plant=302
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