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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
Cosmea Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 3: 2250 (1803) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000009441
Cosmus Pers. – — wfo-4100000144

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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 bipinnatus var. albiflorus Sprenger Bull. R. Soc. Tosc. Ort 15: 356. 1890 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000065602
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos bipinnatus var. parviflorus (Pers.) A.Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 90 (1853) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000110523
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos dissecta S.Watson – — wfo-0000133002
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos diversifolius var. pumilus Sherff Bot. Gaz. 88: 305 (1929) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001382204
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos diversifolius var. typicus Sherff Brittonia 6: 342 (1948) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001382205
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos hybridus Goldring – — wfo-0000050078
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 linearifolius var. typicus Sherff Brittonia 6: 341 (1948) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000102196
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos microcephalus Sherff Bot. Gaz. 76: 89 (1923) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000084608
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos montanus var. pinnatus Sherff Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 8: 433 (1932) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000126804
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos montanus var. typicus Sherff Brittonia 6: 342 (1948) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000070314
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos ocellatus var. greenmanii Sherff Bot. Gaz. 88: 305 (1929) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000099982
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos ocellatus var. typicus Sherff Brittonia 6: 341 (1948) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001382206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos palmeri var. typicus Sherff Brittonia 6: 342 (1948) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001382207
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos peucedanifolius var. bipinnatisectus (Kuntze) Sherff Brittonia 6: 342 (1948) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000108891
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos peucedanthifolius Wedd. – — wfo-0000036560
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos pinnatus Jacq. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 426 (1840) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000015232
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos purpureus var. bicolor Sherff Amer. J. Bot. 24: 90 (1937) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000104277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos purpureus var. flavidiscus Sherff Brittonia 14: 173 (1962) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000107061
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos purpureus var. typicus Sherff Brittonia 6: 342 (1948) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000098024
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. indivisus B.L.Rob. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 44: 624 (1909) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000113335
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 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 Carrière – — wfo-0000050600
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. 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
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cosmos uhdeanus Kunth Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) : 12 (1846) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000028468