Cyathula elegantissima

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 elegantissima

Name

Cyathula elegantissima (Schinz) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch, Taxon 74(1): 88 (2024).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Achyranthes elegantissima Schinz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 186. (1895)
    • Lectotype (designated by Di Vincenzo et al., 2024): CONGO (D.R.C.). Djur: Majob, 26 Apr 1869, G. Schweinfurth 1542. S No. S07-12227; Isolectotype: K K000243742.
• Homotypic
  • Pandiaka cylindrica Hook.f. ex Baker & C.B.Clarke, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1.1): 68. (1909), nom. superfl.
  • Centrostachys elegantissima (Schinz) Standl., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 76. (1915).
  • Pandiaka elegantissima (Schinz) Dandy, in F.W. Andrews, Fl. Pl. Anglo-Egypt. Sudan 1: 119. (1950).
• Heterotypic
  • Achyranthes oblanceolata Schinz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 187. (1895).
    • Pandiaka oblanceolata (Schinz) C.B.Clarke, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1.1): 70. (1909).
    • Centrostachys oblanceolata (Schinz) Standl., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 76. (1915).
      • Type: SUDAN. Addai, 28 Jul 1869, G. Schweinfurth 2185. K K000243741.
  • “Cyathula cylindrica Hook.f.” in Bentham & Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3(1): 36. 1880, nom. nud.
  • “Pandiaka cylindrica Schweinf. ex Hook.f.” in Bentham & Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3(1): 36. 1880, nom. nud.
  • “Pandiaka cylindrica Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.”, Index Kew. 2: 409: 1894, nom. nud.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic Northeast Tropical Africa South Sudan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• Andrews, F.W. 1950. The flowering plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Vol. 1: Cycadaceae–Tiliaceae. LXXXVI+237 pp. T. Buncle & Co. Ltd., Arbroath, Scotland. PDF Reference page. 
• Schinz, H. 1895. Amarantaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 21: 178–191. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cyathula elegantissima 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 elegantissima. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 27 2025. Reference page.