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celosioides

Taxon

Gomphrena celosioides Mart.

Protologue Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13: 301. 1826BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (33).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (33).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (13).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (13).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (19).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (19).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (29).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (29).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (23).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (23).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (15).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (15).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (14).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (14).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (16).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (16).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (24).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (24).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (31).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (31).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (35).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (35).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (32).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (32).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (30).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (30).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (22).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (22).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (26).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (26).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (17).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (17).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (28).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (28).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (21).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (21).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (18).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (18).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (36).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (36).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (27).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (27).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (20).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (20).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (34).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (34).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (25).JPG

Gomphrena celosioides, L. Nanyeni 1167--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (25).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay; introduced into 68 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

L. Nanyeni 1167

May 16, 2018

Location

Namibia, Okahandja District, Otjozondjupa Region

-21.453, 16.849639

Location Remarks

On Highway B1, 57 km N of D2110 junction in Okahandja; Rest stop along a fence line with Acacia branch barriers 1431 m elev.

Collectors

Leevi Nanyeni, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell

Notes

Acacia tortilis woodland. Full sun in sand and gravel of dry river channel.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Amaranthaceae

Genus

Gomphrena

Specific Epithet

celosioides

Authorship

Mart.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#288,568 of 335,497

Top 87%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →