Iresine celosioides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1456. 1763, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Virginia, Jamaica." RCN: 7426.

Replaced synonym: Celosia paniculata L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Reveal & Nicolson in Taxon 38: 504. 1989): Clayton 576 (BM-000051634).

Current name: Iresine rhizomatosa Standl. ( Amaranthaceae).

Note: Shinners (in Taxon 11: 141. 1962) points out that this is a new name for Iresine celosia L. (1759), itself an illegitimate renaming of Celosia paniculata L. (1753) .