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December 2023

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genus

Cosmos Cav.

This genus name was first published in Icon. i. 9. tt. 14, 79 (1791). Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000009452.

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Synonyms of Cosmos

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cosmos sect. Eucosmos Sherff wfo-1000043918
Cosmea Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 3: 2250 (1803) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000009441
Cosmus Pers. wfo-4100000144

Species in Cosmos ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cosmos:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos atrosanguineus (Ortg.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 485. 1894 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000124160
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos atrosanguineus Stapf Bot. Mag. 153: sub t. 9180, in obs. 1929 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000125959
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos dissecta S.Watson wfo-0000133002
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos hybridus hort. ex Gard. and For. 1: 474. 1888 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000034001
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos peucedanthifolius Wedd. wfo-0000036560
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos pseudoperfoliatus Art.Castro, M.Harker & Aarón Rodr. Phytotaxa 146(2): 38 (2013) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001337694
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos ramirezianus Art.Castro, M.Harker & Aarón Rodr. Phytotaxa 146(2): 40 (2013) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001337695
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos roseus Mart. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 426 (1840) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000107273
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos scabiosoides f. typicus Sherff Brittonia 6: 342 (1948) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001322106
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos scabiosoides var. typicus Sherff Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 8: 436 (1932) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001382208
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos sect. Cosmos wfo-1000044042
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos sect. Discopoda (DC.) Sherff wfo-1000044074
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos sect. Klibea Sherff wfo-1000044040
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos sect. Mesinenia Sherff wfo-1000044104
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos seemannii A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 16. (1883) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000127386
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos spectabilis hort. ex Rev. Hortic. 44: 372, f. 114-15. 1892 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000014195
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos sulphureus f. calva (Miq.) Backer wfo-0000113625
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos sulphureus f. exaristatus Brandegee Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001326841
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos sulphureus f. exaristatus Brandegee ex Sherff Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 8: 411. 1932 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001325576