Cyathula carsonii var. carsonii

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. carsonii

Name

Cyathula carsonii (Baker) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch var. carsonii, Taxon 74(1): 87 (2024), autonym

Synonyms

Basionym
- Achyranthes carsonii Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897(128-129): 280. (1897), as "carsoni"
  - Lectotype (designated by Di Vincenzo et al., 2025): ZAMBIA. Fwambo: Lake Tanganyika, alt. 5000–6000 ft., 1893, Carson 8. K K000243752.
Homotypic
- Pandiaka carsonii (Baker) C.B.Clarke, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1.1): 70. (1909), as "carsoni"
- Centrostachys carsonii (Baker) Standl., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 76. (1915)
Heterotypic
- Argyrostachys splendens Lopr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(1): 109. (1901).
  - Lectotype (designated by Di Vincenzo et al., 2025): TANZANIA. Unyika beim Dorfe Luembu, auf feuchten Wiesen, alt. 1600 m, Oct 1899, W. Goetze 1391. BR 0000008819727; Isolectotype: E E00193546.
- Achyranthes lanata Schinz in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 76: 141. (1931), nom. illeg.
  - Pandiaka lanata Hauman, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 18: 113. (1946)
    - Holotype: CONGO (D.R.C.). Katanga: Sep 1899, Verdick 204. BR 0000008820075.
- Pandiaka obovata Suess., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 67. (1938)
  - Lectotype (designated by Di Vincenzo et al., 2025): CONGO (D.R.C.). Distrikt des oberen Katanga: Katuba, Nov 1934, Quarré 4316. BR 0000008820020; Isolectotypes BR 0000008820037, M M-0107307.
- Pandiaka schweinfurthii var. glabra Schinz ex Suess. in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 15: 68. 1938
  - Pandiaka glabra (Schinz ex Suess.) Hauman, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 18: 113. (1946)
    - Holotype: CONGO (D.R.C.). Distrikt des oberen Katanga: Elisabethville, Quarré 691. BR 0000008819963.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa DR Congo South Tropical Africa Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe Southern Africa Namibia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd 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.
Baker, J.G. & Clarke, C.B. 1909. Amarantaceae. pp. 14–75. In: Thiselton-Dyer, W.T. (ed.): Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1). London. BHL Reference page.
Baker, J.G. et al. 1897. Diagnoses africanae, X. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 1897: 243–300. JSTOR BHL Reference page.

Links

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