Cyathula

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Cyathula

Species: C. achyranthoides – C. biflora – C. braunii – C. capitata – C. ceylanica – C. coriacea – C. cylindrica – C. divulsa – C. erinacea – C. fernando-poensis – C. humbertiana – C. lanceolata – C. madagascariensis – C. mollis – C. natalensis – C. obtusifolia – C. officinalis – C. orthacantha – C. perrieriana – C. pobeguinii – C. polycephala – C. prostrata – C. tomentosa – C. triuncinata – C. triuncinella – C. uncinulata
Name

Cyathula Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 11: 548. (1826), nom. cons.

Type: Cyathula prostrata (L.) Blume

Homonyms

Cyathula Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 101. (1790), nom. rej. vs. Cyathula Blume
Type: Cyathula geniculata Lour.

References
Primary references

Blume, C.L. 1826 ["1825"]. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië. 11de Stuk. Pp. 529–577. Ter Lands Drukkerij, Batavia. BHL Reference page. : 548
Loureiro, J. de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi Imperio, Africa orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale linnaeanum. Tomus I. Pp. I–XX, 1–353. Typis, et expensis academicis, Ulyssipone [Lisbon]. BHL Reference page. : 101

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Cyathula. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cyathula. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 18 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cyathula in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Cyathula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 18.

Cyathula is a genus of medicinal and ornamental plants in the family Amaranthaceae. They are distributed in Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas.

Species include:

Cyathula achyranthoides (Kunth) Moq.
Cyathula albida
Cyathula alternifolia
Cyathula angustifolia
Cyathula biflora
Cyathula braunii
Cyathula capitata Moq.
Cyathula ceylanica
Cyathula cordifolia
Cyathula coriacea
Cyathula crispa
Cyathula cylindrica
Cyathula deserti
Cyathula distorta
Cyathula divulsa
Cyathula echinulata
Cyathula erinacea
Cyathula fernando-poensis
Cyathula geminata
Cyathula geniculata
Cyathula globosa
Cyathula globulifera
Cyathula hereroensis
Cyathula hererpensis
Cyathula humbertiana
Cyathula kilimandscharica
Cyathula lanceolata
Cyathula lancifolia
Cyathula lindaviana
Cyathula madagascaricuais
Cyathula mannii
Cyathula merkeri
Cyathula mollis
Cyathula natalensis
Cyathula obtusifolia
Cyathula officinalis – kuan, radix cyathula
Cyathula orbiculata
Cyathula orthacantha
Cyathula orthacanthoides
Cyathula paniculata
Cyathula pedicellata
Cyathula perricriana
Cyathula pobeguinii
Cyathula polycephala
Cyathula prostrata Blume
Cyathula repens
Cyathula sanguinolenta
Cyathula schimperiana
Cyathula semirosulata
Cyathula sequax
Cyathula spathulata
Cyathula spathulifolia
Cyathula sphaerocephala
Cyathula strigosa
Cyathula tomentosa
Cyathula triuncinata
Cyathula triuncinella
Cyathula uncinulata