Amaranthaceae
Cyathula

Cyathula cylindrica Moq.

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 328 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1988). Flora Zambesiaca 9(1): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Townsend, C.C. (1985). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Amaranthaceae: 1-136.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 135 (1974).
  • C.C. Townsend in Publ. Cairo Univ. Herb. 7–8: 74 (1977).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 64 (1953).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 119 (1950).
  • Gilg in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 173 (1895).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 2: 66 (1951).
  • J. G. Baker & C. B. Clarke in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 46 (1909).
  • Moq. in DC., Prodr. 13(2): 328 (1849).
  • Peter, Flora von Deutsch-Ostafrika 2: 223 (1932).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 132 (1948).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1996 Thomas, D.W. [9336] Cameroon K000381451 No
Oct 21, 1974 Scott Elliot, G.F. [7702] Uganda K000243625 Unknown Type Material No
Oct 21, 1974 Geilinger [2714] Tanzania K000243626 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1952 Mildbraed, G., W. J. [10812] Cameroon K000025571 No
Dec 1, 1952 Dunlap [34] Cameroon K000025572 No
Jan 1, 1952 Migeod, F., W. H. [51] Cameroon K000025570 No
Jan 1, 1949 Maitland, T.D. [261] Cameroon K000025573 No
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000243641 Syntype Yes
Mann [296] Equatorial Guinea K000243615 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann [296] Equatorial Guinea K000243616 Unknown Type Material No
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000243642 Type Yes
Kubbi [3] Ethiopia K000243620 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wild, H. [3267] Zimbabwe K000243636 Holotype No
Boughey, A.S. [7010] Cameroon K000025562 No
Maitland, T.D. [296] Cameroon K000025574 No
Breteler, F.J. [215] Cameroon K000025566 No
Lyall [s.n.] Madagascar K000243638 Type Yes
Mann [2007] Equatorial Guinea K000243617 Unknown Type Material Yes
Welw. [6493] Angola K000243635 Type Yes
Ujor, E.U. [FHI 29993] Cameroon K000025564 No
Timberlake, J. [5351] Malawi K000614695 No
Patel, H. [7394] Mozambique K000613656 No
Maitland, T.D. [0s.n101] Cameroon K000025575 No
Ujor, E. [29993] Nigeria Cyathula schimperiana K:SPC-21935.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0