Cyathula polycephala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
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: Cyathula polycephala

Name

Cyathula polycephala Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897(128-129): 278. (1897)

• Type: "British East Africa: Kapti plateau, Masai-land, alt. 5000-6000 ft." Joseph Thomson.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pupalia polycephala Chiov., Fl. Somala, 2: 379, sub fig. 216. (1932), nom. inval. (sphalm. pro Cyathula polycephala)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Cyathula cordifolia Hochst. ex Chiov., Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 130. (1911)
    • Type: Ethiopia: Amhara-Semien: Debarek. 1909-07-11, Chiovenda, E. #953. Holotype: FT001003; Isotype: FT001004.
  • Cyathula echinulata Hauman, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 18: 107. (1946)
    • Type: 1935-03-07, De Witte, G.F. #2283. Types: BR0000008819703, BR0000008819697.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Rwanda, Zaïre Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Baker, J.G. et al. 1897. Diagnoses africanae, X. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 1897: 243–300. JSTOR BHL Reference page. : 278
• Chiovenda, E. 1911. Plantae novae vel minus notae e regione aethiopica. Annali di Botanica. Roma 9(1): 51–85 (BHL), (2): 125–152 (BHL). Reference page. : 130
• Hauman, L. 1946. Sur quelques Amaranthacées nouvelles ou mal connues de l'Afrique Équatoriale. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 18: 105-116. JSTOR Reference page. : 107

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Cyathula polycephala. 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 online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cyathula polycephala. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 22 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cyathula polycephala in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cyathula polycephala. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jul. 2019.