Chamissoa altissima

False chaff flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Chamissoa
Species:	C. altissima
Binomial name
Chamissoa altissima (Jacq.) Kunth
Synonyms
Achyranthes altissimaJacq. Celosia paniculataL. Celosia tomentosaWilld. [1]

Chamissoa altissima, ^[2] or false chaff flower, ^[3] is native to North and South America. In Brazil it grows in the Cerrado vegetation. ^[4]

See also

• List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil

Notes

1. "Chamissoa altissima". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
2. "Chamissoa altissima". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 21 January 2018.
3. Chamissoa altissima at USDA PLANTS Database
4. (in Portuguese) Chamissoa altissima at Flora Brasiliensis.