Cyathula hildebrandtii

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

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

Basionym
- Sericocomopsis hildebrandtii Schinz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21(1-2): 184. (1895).
  - Lectotype (designated by Di Vincenzo et al., 2024): KENYA. Teita District: Ndi, Jul 1877, J. Hildebrandt 2584. Z+ZT Z-000000325; Isolectotypes: K K000243587, M M0107377.
Homotypic
- Kyphocarpa hildebrandtii (Schinz) C.B.Clarke, in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6: I. 54. (1909) (as "Cyphocarpa")
Heterotypic
- Sericocomopsis grisea Suess., Kew Bull., 1949: 479. (1950)
  - Holotype: TANZANIA, Kiruru: Upare, Moshi, alt. 780 m, May 1927, A. Haarer #499. K K000243588; Isotype: M M0107376.

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda 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.
Schinz, H. 1895. Amarantaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 21: 178–191. BHL Reference page.

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