The botanical legacy of Martinus Houttuyn (1720 - 1798) in Geneva Author Wijnands, Dirk Onno Author Heniger, Johannes Author Veldkamp, Jan Frederik Author Fumeaux, Nicolas Author Callmander, Martin W. text Candollea 2017 2017-05-12 72 1 155 198 journal article 20627 10.15553/c2017v721a11 ae864518-b1d7-49da-85dc-905b1a4e6809 2235-3658 5721887 26. Celosia japonica Houtt ., Nat. Hist. II(7): Aanwyz. Plaat. [2], 702, tab. 43, fig. 1. 1777. Lectotypus (designated here by Callmander & Fumeaux): JAPAN : Thunberg s.n. ( G-PREL [ G00818101 ]!). = Celosia pyramidalis Burm. f. , Fl. Indica: 65, tab. 25, fig. 1. 1768 [cited in Nat. Hist. II(7): 705]. 1777. Lectotypus (designated here by Callmander & Fumeaux): [ INDONESIA . Java ]: (Burman f., Fl. Indica: tab. 25, fig. 1. 1768). = Celosia argentea L., Sp. Pl.: 205. 1753. Notes . – Original material of Celosia japonica accepted under the Linnaean name C. argentea is present in G-PREL. The sole collection in the Japan herbarium collected by Thunberg is designated here as the lectotype of C. japonica . A Thunberg collection annotated by himself and Houttuyn as “ Celosia pyramidalis Burm. ” is in the Java herbarium in G-PREL [G00818112]. This collection cannot be considered as original material as the name is based on a cultivated plant originating from seeds collected in Java and grown at the Botanical Garden in Amsterdam (original description and Nat. Hist. II(7): 705. 1777). Figure 1 of plate 25 in Flora Indica by Burman f. is therefore designated as the lectotype in the absence of any original material. A Pryon collection is present in the Burman herbarium (G-PREL [G00818142]), annotated by Pryon as “Amarantus foliis angustis, pyramidalis flagellis, luteo purpureis”. There is a specimen in UPS-THUNB with no indication of its provenance (UPS-THUNB n° 5929). Another specimen was made from material grown much later in the Uppsala Botanical Garden (UPS-THUNB n° 5940); it has a fair resemblance to Houttuyn’s plate. Celosia japonica is the first report by Houttuyn of a specimen from Japan in his own herbarium (see introduction p. 162).