Cyathula quadrangula

Cyathula quadrangula

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 quadrangula

Name

Cyathula quadrangula (Engl.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch, Taxon 74(1): 90 (2024).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Sericocoma quadrangula Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 7. (1888)
    • Type: Namibia: Hereroland: Usakos, alt. 900 m, May 1886, H. Marloth 1255. PRE PRE0381229-0.
• Homotypic
  • Sericocomopsis quadrangula (Engl.) Lopr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 42. (1899)
  • Kyphocarpa quadrangula (Engl.) C.B.Clarke, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1.1): 54. (1909). (as "Cyphocarpa")
  • Nelsia quadrangula (Engl.) Schinz, Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich lvi. 247 (1911)
• Heterotypic
  • Sericocoma welwitschii Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897, 278. (1897), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Sericocoma welwitschii Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3(1): 30. 1880)
    • Syntypes: ANGOLA. Province of Mossamedes, Welwitsch 6501. K K000243601, BM BM000910354.
  • "Sericocoma nelsii Schinz", H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(1a): 107. (1893), not validly published.
  • Sericocomopsis welwitschii Lopr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 42. (1899)
  • Kyphocarpa welwitschii C.B.Clarke, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1.1): 53. (1909), (as "Cyphocarpa")

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa South Tropical Africa SW-Angola Southern Africa Botswana, Namibia 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. 
• Engler, A. 1888. Plantae Marlothianae. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Flora Südafrikas. Mit Unterstützung von A. Cogniaux, A. Heimerl, O. Hoffmann, F. Pax, C. Schumann. 1. Teil: Monokotyledonae und Dikotyledonae archichlamydeae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 10: 1–50. BHL Reference page. 

Links

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

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