Cyanthillium

Cyanthillium
Cyanthillium cinereum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Vernonioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Cyanthillium
Blume 1826
Type species
Cyanthillium villosum Blume [1] (synonym of Cyanthillium patulum)[2]
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Claotrachelus Zoll.
  • Cyanopis Blume 1828, illegitimate homonym not Cass. 1817
  • Isomeria D.Don ex DC.
  • Isonema Cass. 1817, illegitimate homonym not R.Br. 1810
  • Triplotaxis Hutch.
  • Vernonia subsect. Olivestus S.B.Jones
  • Vernonia sect. Tephrodes DC.
  • Vernonia subsect. Tephrodes (DC.) S.B.Jones

Cyanthillium is a genus of tropical plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.[3][5] It includes 12 species native to tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific.[4]

Species

12 species are accepted.[4][3]

  • Cyanthillium albicans (DC.) H.Rob. - southwestern India
  • Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.Rob. - tropical Asia + tropical Africa; naturalized in tropical Americas including Florida
  • Cyanthillium gracilis (Lander & P.J.H.Hurter) K.R.Thiele & E.E.Schill.
  • Cyanthillium conyzoides (DC.) H.Rob. - southwestern India
  • Cyanthillium hookerianum (Arn.) H.Rob. - Sri Lanka
  • Cyanthillium maritimum (Merr.) H.Rob. & Skvarla – Philippines and Taiwan
  • Cyanthillium patulum (Dryand. ex Dryand.) H.Rob. - tropical Asia, Madagascar
  • Cyanthillium polytrichomata (Wech.) H.Rob. – Tanzania and Zambia
  • Cyanthillium stelluliferum (Benth.) H.Rob. - tropical Africa
  • Cyanthillium vernonioides (Muschl.) H.Rob. - central Africa
  • Cyanthillium wollastonii (S.Moore) H.Rob., Skvarla & V.A.Funk - East Africa

References

  1. ^ lectotype designated by Robinson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 103(1):250 (1990)
  2. ^ Tropicos, Cyanthillium Blume
  3. ^ a b c Robinson, H. 1990. Six new combinations in Baccharoides Moench and Cyanthillium Blume (Vernonieae: Asteraceae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(1): 248–253
  4. ^ a b c "Cyanthillium Blume". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  5. ^ Flora of North America, Cyanthillium Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 889. 1826.
  • Media related to Cyanthillium at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Cyanthillium at Wikispecies
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