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Scientific Name | Celosia trigyna L. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Celosia digyna Suess., Celosia trigyna L. var. longistyla Suess. incl. subvar. convexa Suess. et filamentosa Suess., Celosia triloba E.Mey. ex Meisn. |
Common Names | Hanekam (a), Isihlaza (nd), Uvelabahleke (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/08/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Celosia trigyna is a widespread and common weedy species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species is widespread throughout tropical Africa and Madagascar, extending as far south the Eastern Cape coast near Kentani. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Central Sandy Bushveld, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Lowveld Riverine Forest, Swamp Forest, Northern Afrotemperate Forest, Southern Mistbelt Forest, Northern Mistbelt Forest, Scarp Forest, Northern Coastal Forest, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Ironwood Dry Forest, Eastern Valley Bushveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld, Zululand Lowveld, Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Granite Lowveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Sand Forest |
Description | It is a weed of cultivation and disturbed places, occurring in sandy, loamy or clay soils. It is frequently encountered along watercourses (including standing water), forest tracks, open woodland, rocky outcrops, from sea level to 1900 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Celosia trigyna L. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Meeuse, A.D.J. 1961. Notes on the genera Celosia L. and Hermbstaedtia Reichb. (Amaranthaceae) occuring in Southern Africa. Kirkia 2:144-171.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Townsend, C.C. 1988. Amaranthaceae. In: E. Launert (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 9 (Part 1):28-133. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Celosia trigyna L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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