Cyathula ramulosa

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 ramulosa

Name

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

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pandiaka ramulosa Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. (Hiern) 1: 894. (1900)
    • Lectotype (designated by Cavaco in Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 13: 132. 1962): ANGOLA. Mumpulla, Oct 1859, Welwitsch 6498. LISU LISU221234; Isolectotype: BM BM000910332.
• Heterotypic
  • Pandiaka polystachya Suess., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 67. (1938)
    • Lectotype (first-step, designated by Cavaco in Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 13: 146. 1962): CONGO (D.R.C.). District des Oberen Katanga: Plateau de la Manika, Biano (environ Katentania), Nov 1911, Homblé 755; Lectotype (second step, designated by Di Vincenzo et al. 2024): BR BR0000008819901; Isolectotypes: BR0000008820228, M M-0107308.
  • Pandiaka incana Suess. & Overkott, Bot. Arch. 41: 75. (1940)
    • Pandiaka polystachya var. incana (Suess. & Overkott) Cavaco, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 98. (1960)
      • Lectotype (first-step, designated by Cavaco in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 98. 1960): ZAMBIA. Regio Mwinilunga: S.W. Dobeka Bridge, auf Termitenhügeln, 13 Oct 1937, Milne-Redhead 2738; Lectotype (second step, designated by Di Vincenzo et al. 2024): M M-0107312; Isolectotypes: BM BM000910334, BR BR0000008819918, K K000243749, PRE PRE0388727-0.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Congo, DR Congo South Tropical Africa Zambia, Angola 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. 
• 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. 
• 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 ramulosa 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 ramulosa. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 26 2025. Reference page.