Cyathula heudelotii

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 heudelotii

Name

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

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Achyranthes heudelotii Moq., in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 310. (1849).
    • Lectotype (designated by Di Vincenzo et al., 2024): SENEGAL. Heudelot 280. P P00466159; Isolectotypes: P P00466160, P00487011.
• Homotypic
  • Pandiaka heudelotii (Moq.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 2: 409. (1894).
  • Centrostachys heudelotii (Moq.) Standl., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 76. (1915).
  • "Pandiaka heudelotii (Moq.) Benth. & Hook.f.", Gen. 3: 36. (1880), nom. inval.
  • "Pandiaka heudelotii (Moq.) Hiern", Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl., Pt. 4, 894. (1900), isonym
• Heterotypic (blocked by Cyathula angustifolia Moq.)
  • Gomphrena angustifolia Vahl, Symb. Bot. (Vahl) 3: 45. (1794)
    • Achyranthes angustifolia (Vahl) Lopr., Malpighia, 14: 434. (1901), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Achyranthes angustifolia Benth., in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 492. (1849))
    • Pandiaka angustifolia (Vahl) Hepper, Kew Bull. 25(2): 189. (1971)
      • Lectotype (designated by Di Vincenzo et al., 2024): "Habitat in India orientali", but probably West Africa, “König s.n.”. C C10005385.
  • Achyranthes angustifolia Benth. in Hooker, Niger Fl.: 492. (1849).
    • Achyranthes benthamii Lopr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(1): 108. (1902), nom. illeg.
    • Centrostachys angustifolia (Benth.) Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5(3): 75. (1915)
    • Pandiaka benthamii Schinz in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 16c: 64. (1934), nom. illeg.
      • Type: NIGERIA. On the Quorra, Vogel 98. K K000243734.
  • Pandiaka heudelotii f. rubella Suess. in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 66. (1938).
    • Holotype: NIGERIA. Lely 641. K.
  • Pandiaka heudelotii var. spicata Suess. in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 65. (1938).
    • Lectotype (designated by Di Vincenzo et al., 2024): TOGO. Prope Lome, Warnecke 182. BR 0000008819734.
  • Pandiaka heudelotii var. subglobosa Suess. in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 66. (1938).
    • Lectotype (designated by Di Vincenzo et al., 2024): CONGO (D.R.C.). Distrikt de Kasaï: Luluabourg, Vanderyst 20933. BR BR0000013734022.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Rwanda, Zaïre Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan East Tropical Africa Tanzania, Uganda South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi 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. 
• Hepper, F.N. 1971. Amaranthaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Ceratophyllaceae. In: Tropical African Plants: XXXI. Kew Bulletin 25: 189–190. JSTOR 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. 
• Vahl, M. 1794. Symbolae botanicae, sive plantarum, tam earum, quas in itinere, imprimis orientali, collegit Petrus Forskål, quam aliarum, recentius detectarum, exactiores descriptiones, nec non observationes circa quasdam plantas dudum cognitas. Pars 3. 106 pp., tt. 51–75. Nicolaus Möller & fil., Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

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