Cyathula meruensis

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

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

Basionym
- Sericocomopsis meruensis Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, Heft 1(1): 7. (1950)
  - Holotype: TANZANIA. Meru Crater, T.T., alt. 4700 m, Jan 1941, G. Babault B 1808. K K000243589; Isotype: M M-0107375.
Heterotypic
- "Cyathula lindaviana Volkens ex Lopr.", in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 62. 1900, nom. nud.
- “Achyranthes lindaviana Schinz ex Peter” in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2.3): 230. 1938, nom. nud.
- “Sericocomopsis lindaviana Peter” in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2.3): 229. 1938, nom. inval. (no Latin description; Art. 39.1).

Native distribution areas:
Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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. 1950. Amaranthaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Combretaceae, Geraniaceae, Meliaceae, Myrtaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rubiaceae. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 1(1): 1–32. BHL Reference page.

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