Cyathula confusa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida 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 confusa

Cyathula confusa (C.C.Towns.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch, Taxon 74(1): 88 (2024)

Basionym
- Pandiaka confusa C.C.Towns., Kew Bull. 34(3): 427. (1980)
  - Holotype: Zambia, Mwinilunga District: Just S. of Matonchi Farm. 18-10-1937, Milne-Redhead, E. #2841. K K000243762.
Heterotypic
- Pandiaka schweinfurthii var. compacta Suess. & Overkott, Bot. Arch. 41: 78. (1940).
  - Holotype: ZAMBIA. Regio Mwinilunga, prope “Matonchi-Farm”, inter Brachystegias, Milne-Redhead 2841b K000243760. Isotypes: BR BR0000008819956, M M-0107302.
- Pandiaka schweinfurthii var. minor Suess. & Overkott,, Bot. Arch. 41: 79. (1940)
  - Holotype: ZAMBIA, Mwinilunga region: Half a mile N. of Mwinilunga. 1937-11-23, Milne-Redhead, E. #3358. K K000243761. Isotypes: BR BR0000008819970, M M-0107301.
- Pandiaka schweinfurthii var. parvifolia Suess. & Overkott, Bot. Arch. 41: 78. (1940).
  - Holotype: ZAMBIA, Mwinilunga District: Just S. of Matonchi Farm. 18-10-1937, Milne-Redhead, E. #2841a. K K000243759, Isotype: M M-0107303.

Native distribution areas:
Africa South Tropical Africa Angola, W-Zambia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Di Vincenzo, V., Berendsohn, W., Wondafrash, M. & Borsch, T. 2025. Phylogenetics and morphological character evolution in the achyranthoid clade (Amaranthaceae): Evidence to re-circumscribe the genera Achyranthes and Cyathula and to resurrect a third species of the former genus Sericocomopsis in East Africa. Taxon 74(1): 66–100. DOI: 10.1002/tax.13284 Reference page.
Townsend, C.C. 1980. Achyranthes, Achyropsis, and Pandiaka: Notes on Amaranthaceae: IX. Kew Bulletin 34(3): 423–433. JSTOR Reference page.
Suessenguth, K. & Overkott, O. 1940. Neue Amarantaceen aus Rhodesia und Angola. Botanisches Archiv 41: 72–85. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cyathula confusa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov. 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Cyathula confusa. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 27 2025. Reference page.