Cyathula porphyrargyrea

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 porphyrargyrea

Name

Cyathula porphyrargyrea (Suess. & Overkott) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch, Taxon 74(1): 90 (2024).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pandiaka porphyrargyrea Suess. & Overkott, Bot. Arch. 41: 77. (1940).
    • Lectotype (designated by Di Vincenzo et al., 2024): ANGOLA. Between R. Ndamba (Mundamba) and R. Nkoki, on shallow soil overlying “laterite”, 8 Jan 1938, Milne-Redhead 3985. M M0107299; Isolectotypes: BM BM000910333, BR 0000008819925, K K000243754, PRE PRE0388726-0.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa South Tropical Africa E-Angola 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. 
• Suessenguth, K. & Overkott, O. 1940. Neue Amarantaceen aus Rhodesia und Angola. Botanisches Archiv 41: 72–85. Reference page. 

Links

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