Cyathula carsonii var. milnei

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 carsonii
Varietas: Cyathula carsonii var. milnei

Name

Cyathula carsonii var. milnei (Suess. & Overkott) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch, Taxon 74(1): 88 (2024).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pandiaka milnei Suess. & Overkott, Bot. Arch. 41: 76. (1940)
    • Lectotype (designated by Di Vincenzo et al., 2025): ZAMBIA. Mwinilunga: Kalenda-Plain auf Laterit; E. Milne-Redhead 2835. M M-0107309; Isolectotypes: BR 0000008820044, K K000243753.
• Homotypic
  • Pandiaka carsonii var. milnei (Suess. & Overkott) Cavaco, Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 13(1): 139. (1962).
• Heterotypic
  • "Pandiaka carsonii var. linearifolia Hauman" in Boutique, Fl. Congo Belge Ruanda-Urundi, Spermatoph. 2: 49. 1951, not validly published (no latin diagnosis)
    • Intended Type: CONGO (DRC). Haut-Katanga: mines de Luiswishi, Quarré 5213 (P P00466161; “isotypes”: BR 0000008819932, 0000008819949], K K000243739.
  • Pandiaka carsonii var. linearifolia Hauman ex C.C.Towns. in Fl. Zambes. 9(1): 121 (1988), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa DR Congo South Tropical Africa Zambia 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 carsonii var. milnei 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 carsonii var. milnei. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 27 2025. Reference page.