Cyathula involucrata

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 involucrata

Name

Cyathula involucrata (Moq.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch, Taxon 74(1): 89 (2024).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Achyranthes involucrata Moq., in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 310. (1849)
    • Holotype: NIGERIA. Village of Pandiaki, 17 Sep 1841, Vogel s.n.. K K000243731; Isotype: K K000243732.
• Homotypic
  • Pandiaka involucrata (Moq.) B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 1(1): 25. (1893), Index Kew. 2: 409. (1894)
  • "Pandiaka involucrata (Moq.) Benth. & Hook.f.", Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3(1): 35. (1880), nom. inval.
  • Pandiaka involucrata (Moq.) Baker & C.B.Clarke, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1.1): 67. (1909), isonym
  • Centrostachys involucrata (Moq.) Standl., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 76. (1915)
• Heterotypic
  • Pandiaka involucrata var. megastachya Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44: 46. (1938)
    • Holotype: NIGERIA. Naraguta, H.V. Lely 239. K K000243733.
  • "Achyranthes capitata Moq.", in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 310. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Achyranthes nodosa Vahl ex Schumach.. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 139. (1827)
  • Pandiaka nodosa (Vahl ex Schumach.) Schinz, in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 64. (1934)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Central African Republic Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Sudan East Tropical Africa Tanzania South Tropical Africa Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe 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. 
• Jackson, B.D. 1893. Index Kewensis plantarum phanerogamarum. Nomina et synonyma omnium generum et specierum a Linnaeo usque ad annum MDCCCLXXXV complectens nomine recepto auctore patria unicuique plantae subjectis sumptibus beati Caroli Roberti Darwin ductu et consilio Josephi D. Hooker confecit B. Daydon Jackson. Tomus I, Fasc. I. Pp. 1–632. E Prelo Clarendoniano, Oxonii [Oxford]. BHL Reference page. 
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

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