Cyathula polycephala

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

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 edit

  • 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)

Distribution edit

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

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