Cyathula angolensis

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 angolensis (Bamps) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch, Taxon 74(1): 87 (2024).

Basionym
- Nelsia angolensis Bamps, Garcia de Orta, Ser. Bot. 2(2): 71. (1975).
  - Holotype: ANGOLA: Huíla: Tundavala, au NW de Sá da Bandeira, rocailles en prairie submontagnarde, alt. 2230 m, 13°22′N, 14°49′59.999″E. 19 Mar., Bamps P., Raimundo F. & Matos C. #4058.: BR BR0000008819741.
Heterotypic
- Nelsia tropidogyna C.C.Towns., in Kew Bull. 34(2): 235. (1979).
  - Holotype: ANGOLA. Huíla: Lubango, nos plainos do alto de Tundavala, 12 May 1964, O. Azancot de Meneses 1109. K K000975943; Isotype: PRE PRE0567712-0.

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

Bamps, P.R.J. 1975. Plantes nouvelles ou rares de l'Angola. Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 2(2): 71. Reference page.
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. 1979. A Second Species of Nelsia Schinz. Notes on Amaranthaceae: VII. Kew Bulletin 34(2): 235–236. JSTOR Reference page.

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