Cyathula rubrolutea

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 rubrolutea

Name

Cyathula rubrolutea (Lopr.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch, Taxon 74(1): 91 (2024).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Achyranthes rubrolutea Lopr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 57. (1899)
    • Lectotype (designated by Townsend in Kew Bull. 34: 428. 1980): ZAÏRE. M'Pueto, Mar 1896, Descamps s.n. Z+ZT; Isolectotypes: BR BR0000008820150.
• Homotypic
  • Pandiaka rubrolutea (Lopr.) C.C.Towns., Kew Bull. 34(3): 428. (1980)
• Heterotypic
  • Pandiaka andongensis Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 895. (1900)
    • Lectotype (designated by Cavaco in Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 13: 144. 1962): ANGOLA. Welwitsch 6567. BM BM000910331; Isolectotypes: K K000243758, LISU LISU221235.
  • Pandiaka aristata Suess., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 64. (1938)
    • Holotype: TANZANIA. Iringa, auf Granit, 1932, Lynes 1h.215e. K K000243745& K000243746 [mounted on two sheets labelled Sheet I and II]).
  • Pandiaka lindiensis Suess. & Beyerle, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44: 46. (1938)
    • Holotype: TANZANIA. Lindi D. Lindi-Bez. Lutambasee, on 240 m. u. M.; 03-03-1935, H. Schlieben 6083. B B 10 0154189; Isotypes: BR 0000008820211, 0000008820204, K K000243747.
  • Pandiaka andongensis var. gracilis Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1(8): 341. (1953)
    • Holotype: TANZANIA, T1 Mwanza D. Mwanghanda, Mbarika, Mwanza Lake Rov. 08-05-1952, Tanner 767. K K000243743 & K000243744 [mounted on two sheets labelled Sheet I and II].

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, DR Congo, Rwanda East Tropical Africa Tanzania South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe Western Indian Ocean Mozambique 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. 
• Lopriore, G. 1899. Amarantaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 27: 37–64. BHL Reference page. 
• Hiern, W.P. 1900. Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. F. Welwitsch in 1853-61. [Vol. I.] Dicotyledons, Part IV. Pp 785–1035. London. BHL Reference page. 
• Suessenguth, K. 1938. Afrikanische Amaranthaceen aus dem Herbarium Brüssel. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 15(1): 55–72. Reference page. 
• Townsend, C.C. 1980. Achyranthes, Achyropsis, and Pandiaka: Notes on Amaranthaceae: IX. Kew Bulletin 34(3): 423–433. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cyathula rubrolutea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov. 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Cyathula rubrolutea. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 26 2025. Reference page.