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Celosia
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|image_caption = ''Celosia spicata''
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|taxon = Celosia
|taxon = Celosia
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]<ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2225 |title=Genus: ''Celosia'' L. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2001-08-07 |access-date=2011-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010203740/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2225 |archive-date=2012-10-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''''Celosia''''' ({{IPAc-en|s|iː|ˈ|l|oʊ|ʃ|i|ə}} {{respell|see|LOH|shee|ə}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Sunset Western Garden Book|year=1995|pages=606–607}}</ref>) is a small genus of edible and [[ornamental plant]]s in the [[amaranth]] family, [[Amaranthaceae]]. Its species are commonly known as '''woolflowers''', or, if the flower heads are crested by [[fasciation]], '''cockscombs'''. The plants are well known in [[East Africa]]'s highlands and are used under their [[Swahili language|Swahili]] name, {{lang|sw|mfungu}}.
'''''Celosia''''' ({{IPAc-en|s|iː|ˈ|l|oʊ|ʃ|i|ə}} {{respell|see|LOH|shee|ə}}) is a small genus of edible and [[ornamental plant]]s in the [[amaranth]] family, [[Amaranthaceae]]. Its species are commonly known as '''woolflowers''', or, if the flower heads are crested by [[fasciation]], '''cockscombs'''. The plants are well known in [[East Africa]]'s highlands and are used under their [[Swahili language|Swahili]] name, {{lang|sw|mfungu}}.


== Taxonomy ==
== Taxonomy ==